Recent Supervisions

Over the course of her career, Dr. Russell has supervised to completion the research of 9 doctoral students, 52 master's students, and 8 undergraduate students, and been the external examiner of 21 doctoral dissertations and 4 master's theses for universities across Canada as well as in Australia, Finland, South Africa, and Sweden. Below is a list of student work she has supervised to completion most recently.

PhD Dissertations

Twance, Melissa. (2024). Futurities in Anishinaabe Arts Practices: Beading as Decolonial Praxis [PhD Dissertation, Faculty of Education, Lakehead University].

Boileau, Elizabeth. (2022). Relating and Learning with Other Beings, Materials, and Weather: Multispecies Assemblages at a Canadian Forest School [PhD Dissertation, Faculty of Education, Lakehead University].

Kennedy, Jay. (2021). Male Outdoor Educators' Understandings of Masculinity in Practice: A North American Case Study [PhD Dissertation, Faculty of Education, Lakehead University].

MEd Theses

Morin, Julie. (2022). Fostering Greater Equity and Inclusion with Plant-Based Food Options in School: A Critical Inquiry with Elementary Parents in the Lakehead District School Board [MEd Thesis, Faculty of Education, Lakehead University].

MEd Portfolios

Phillips, Madison. (2026). Environmental Education in Healthy Active Living Education Courses: A Justice-Oriented Resource for Ontario Secondary Educators [MEd Portfolio, Faculty of Education, Lakehead University].

Gélineau, Marleine. (2022). Changing Channels: Altering the Dis-course of “Invasive” Species Education [MEd Portfolio, Faculty of Education, Lakehead University].

Parker, Anna. (2022). Critical Assessment for Transformative Education: For People and the Planet [MEd Portfolio, Faculty of Education, Lakehead University].