Dr Sue McGregor

On my left Dr Sue McGregor in the dinner of the Sixth Conference on CCN Berim.

Background

PhD, University of Strathclyde

Dr. Sue McGregor is a Canadian home economist and Full Professor in the Faculty of Education at Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada. Her current work focuses on pushing the boundaries of consumer research and home economics thinking toward transformative leadership, the critical science approach, transdisciplinary practice, and the new science approach. She is included in the 2005-09 Canadian Who’s Who. She recently published a new leadership book called “Transformative Practice” Http://www.kon.org/news.html She is the Principal Consultant for The McGregor Consulting Group. http://www.consultmcgregor.com
Within the Education Faculty, she provides courses and/or expertise related to: global education theory and pedagogy, globalization and education, the political and power dimensions of education, transformative curriculum leadership, peace and social justice theory and pedagogy, peace in a consumer society Institute, CALM/HPDR, and family studies methods and advanced curriculum.

Research and Teaching Interests

transdisciplinary inquiry and leadership
transformative leadership and learning (and other paradigm shifts)
home economics (family and consumer sciences) leadership, education, theory, philosophy and practice
consumer morality (reframing consumption)
postmodernism, consumerism and a culture of peace
consumerism as structural violence and as a sense of entitlement
consumer accountability and responsibilities (to balance current focus on corporate social responsibility)
globalization, consumerism and the human spirit
global, citizenship, and peace educations as they inform living in consumer society
consumer studies, policy and education (bankruptcy, consumer debt and e-commerce) .