Andrea Sterzuk, PhD
Biography
Dr. Andrea Sterzuk's began as Interim Associate Vice-President (Research) on September 19, 2022. On January 1, 2024, she was appointed to the role for a five-year term.
Dr. Sterzuk received her PhD in Education, Interdisciplinary Language Acquisition Program at McGill University and joined the Faculty of Education at the University of Regina in 2007. Over the last 12 years, she has served in a number of leadership roles including Acting Associate Dean, Graduate Programs & Research in Education and Acting Dean of the Faculty of Education. In December of 2020, Dr. Sterzuk was appointed as Director of the Centre for Educational Research, Collaboration and Development which is the Faculty of Education’s faculty-based research centre.
Dr. Sterzuk’s research is focused on language issues related to settler colonialism and has been published in numerous publications and journals. Additionally, she has been involved in numerous research collaborations and delivered conference presentations nationally and internationally. Her commitments to advancing the research of colleagues are many and diverse. Her support to other scholars has included reviewing major research grant proposals, providing grant proposal preparation support, and providing peer review for academic and professional texts and book proposals for academic presses.