Dr. Donna Kotsopoulos

Dean and Professor, Faculty of Education, Western University

Education, mathematics education, math, STEM education, education policy, organizational behaviour, post-secondary leadership and governance, women, leadership, university, schools

Media

VROC On the Go - Research Matters: Life in 2030 - Donna Kotsopoulos

What will life be like in 2030? VROC visited Waterloo to attend the Research Matters event on January 23rd, 2013. Dr. Donna Kotsopoulos discusses the role that mathematics and early childhood education will play on the future of Ontario.

Women Lead: Facilitating mentorship of women academic leaders Let. 2019 be the year of women and leadership at your institution.

Biography

Dr. Donna Kotsopoulos is the Dean and a professor at the Faculty of Education at Western University. She is an Ontario Certified Teacher and has experience teaching and conducting research in both elementary and secondary schools. Her research explores mathematics learning across the lifespan as well as postsecondary education – particularly strategic resource allocation, leadership, and university governance. She has been funded by SSHRC, NSERC, and various other agencies. She is the co-founder of LittleCounters©, a community-based program that supports the development of early numeracy. Her service, research, and teaching has been recognized with several awards, including the John and Gail MacNaughton Prize for Excellence in Teaching (2020), an OCUFA teaching award (2014), the Fields Institute Fellow (2017) through the esteemed Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences.

Expertise

  • Mathematics education
  • STEM Education
  • Organizational behaviour and governance in post-secondary education
  • Women
  • Leadership
  • University
  • Schools

Education/Éducation

  • York University
    Mathematics Education
    Bachelor of Education, 2001
  • Western University
    Master of Education, 2004
  • York University
    Mathematics, Liberal Arts
    BA, Mathematics, 2001
  • Western University
    Education
    Ph.D., 2007