Leslie Kern, PhD
I’m currently an associate professor in the department of geography & environment at Mount Allison University. I’m also the director of women’s and gender studies. I have a doctorate in gender, feminist, and women’s studies from York University. I do research on gender and cities, gentrification, and environmental justice. You can read more about that work on my research website.
My academic experience
The experience that I bring to academic coaching includes:
- successfully completing my masters and doctoral theses
- publishing my dissertation as a monograph
- working as an adjunct, contract, tenure-track, and (finally!) tenured professor
- surviving the job market
- publishing multiple peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters
- writing in many different formats (for textbooks, encyclopedia, book reviews)
- writing with multiple collaborators and students
- conducting peer review of dozens of scholarly books and articles
- writing successful national multi-year research grants
- raising a child while attending grad school and working as early career faculty
- organizing conferences
- extensive award-winning teaching experience
- directing an academic program
- wide variety of university service experiences, including hiring
- surviving two prolonged labour strikes
- figuring out how not to work on weekends and evenings
My coach training
My coach training is ongoing through Erickson International, where I’ve completed 3 of 5 modules of the Art & Science of Coaching program.
