Claire Ahn

Claire Ahn is an Assistant Professor of Multiliteracies in the Faculty of Education at Queen’s University. Much of her research is framed around the following question: how is information shared across different platforms and how does this impact people’s understanding about particular issues, events or people? In other words, asking ourselves: how do we know what we know? She is particularly interested in the role and implications of visual media, which she explored as part of her dissertation research where she investigated the kinds of images used in environmental documentaries and whether viewers were motivated to act in more eco-conscious ways. Claire also explored how Hollywood teacher films impact teacher identities, and is currently a co-investigator on a study exploring youth’s understanding of social justice issues. Claire was also a high school English teacher for ten years in Alberta, and it is because of her experiences as a secondary educator that continue to motivate and inspire her research and connections to current teaching the BEd program at Queen’s.