Melissa Keehn

Education summary

• M.Ed in Education | University of New Brunswick | 2017
• B.Ed in Education | Saint Thomas University Secondary Education | 2010
• Bachelor of Arts | Saint Thomas University | 2007

Key areas of interest

• Gender and sexuality education
• Social studies education
• Sex education
• Critical studies,
• Teacher education

Teaching

• ED 5001 Teaching and Learning Theories I
• ED 5002 Teaching and Learning Theories II
• ED 5003 Teaching and Learning Theories III
• ED 5050 B.Ed Practicum
• ED 5067 Comprehensive Sex Education Methods
• ED 5070 Cultural Contexts in Education
• ED 5621 Introduction to Social Studies in Elementary Education
• ED 5625 Introduction to Teaching Secondary Social Studies
• ED 6131 Teachers as Researchers
• ED 6133 Feminist Theory and Education
• ED 6155 Deconstructing Cultural Diversity in Schools

Selected publications

Burkholder, C., Keehn, M., MacEntee, K., Hill, M., Beaumont, A., Hunt, S., & Pride/Swell. (2024). “There’s a lot of DIY joy”: elevating queer joy through participatory visual research with 2SLGBTQIA+ folks in Atlantic Canada. Journal of Gender Studies, 1-20.

Burkholder, C. & Keehn, M. (2024). Mobilizing femme pedagogy in sexuality education in New Brunswick, Canada. Curriculum Inquiry.

Keehn, M. (2024). ‘Within the limits of decency and modesty’: the construction of cis-heteronormativity in New Brunswick school dress code policies. Teachers and Teaching, 1-16.

Keehn, M., Burkholder, C., McEntee, K., Hill, M.., Beaumont, A., & Hunt, S. (2024). Doing It Together, But in A Queer Way: Joyful worldmaking with 2SLGBTQI+ folks in Atlantic Canada. Journal of LGBT Youth.

Burkholder, C., & Keehn, M. (2024). " In Some Ways They’re the People Who Need it the Most": Mobilizing Queer Joy with Sex Ed Teachers in New Brunswick, Canada. Journal of Queer and Trans Studies in Education, 1(2), 1.

Burkholder, C. & Keehn, M. (2023). “Something that is so overlooked”: Joyfully exploring queer bodies and sexualities in sex education in New Brunswick, Canada. Sex Education.

Keehn, M. (2023). (In) Visible Youth: Considerations for Visual Research in Rural New Brunswick’s Queer Spaces. In Facilitating Visual Socialities: Processes, Complications and Ethical Practices (pp. 99-115). Springer International Publishing.