Samira Elatia, University of Alberta

Research

educational leadership schools administration intersections of gender equity

Latest papers

If Teaching Is a Female Dominated Profession, Why Are So Few Leading the Profession?
Journal of research on leadership education · 2024 · first author

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Canadian school administrators' statistical reasoning about probability, effect, and representativeness
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$164,099
Educational Leadership and Administration at the Intersections of Gender
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$197,183
The effect of sociolinguistic factors on examinees performance in bilingual national achievement tests across Canada
SSHRC · 2010 · Principal investigator
$60,480

All 3 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

If Teaching Is a Female Dominated Profession, Why Are So Few Leading the Profession?

ElAtia S, Gomez LN, Corsi E

Journal of research on leadership education2024First author

DOI: 10.1177/19427751221137926 PMID: 38450174

Canadian school administrators' statistical reasoning about probability, effect, and representativeness

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Hunter, Darryl M.

Keywords: statistical reasoning; school leaders; interviews; phenomenology

$164,099

Educational Leadership and Administration at the Intersections of Gender

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Elatia, Samira

Keywords: educational leadership; schools administration; intersections of gender; equity

$197,183

The effect of sociolinguistic factors on examinees performance in bilingual national achievement tests across Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Elatia, Samira

Keywords: bilingual measurement; social and linguistic effect in testing; test adaptation and translation; language testing; differential item functioning

$60,480

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: educational leadership Dear Professor Elatia, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "If Teaching Is a Female Dominated Profession, Why Are So Few Leading the Profession?" (2024), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Educational Leadership and Administration at the Intersections of Gender" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]