Associate Professor
Research Interests
Johanne Jean-Pierre is an Associate Professor who conducts research projects in the fields of education and child and youth studies, particularly with Black Canadian, Francophone minority, and immigrant communities. She currently works on projects pertaining to intergenerational storytelling, first-generation students’ pathways, and youth outreach through arts, specifically animated films. She is a member of the Empowering Next Generation Researchers in Perinatal and Child Health (ENRICH) Network.
Contact
Department: Sociology
Department of Sociology, jjpierre@yorku.ca
York U profile: https://profiles.laps.yorku.ca/profiles/jjpierre/
Published Manuscripts (Select Publications)
Jean-Pierre, Johanne, Maria Brisbane, Sabrin Hassan, Jonathan Bailey, and Hawa Barrie. 2025. “The influence of transnational cultural capital on Black immigrant and refugee youth perspectives of school discipline.” Pp 103-123 in Sociological Studies of Children and Youth, Volume 36, edited by L.E. Bass. Birmingham, UK: Emerald Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1537-466120250000036007
Jean-Pierre, Johanne. 2025. “Overlooked and underserved: How inclusive education oversights exclude Black students.” Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs 25(4): 1187-1201. https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-3802.70036
Jean-Pierre, Johanne, Tya Collins, Khandys Agnant, Alicia Boatswain-Kyte, Cameron Herman, Tanya Mathews, Bukola Salami, and Carl E. James. 2025. “Broadening core research ethics principles: Insights from research conducted with Black communities.” Ethics & Human Research 47(5): 2-12. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eahr.60011
Jean-Pierre, Johanne.2022. « Les composantes de l’espoir critique dans les récits de parents Afro-canadiens de la Nouvelle-Écosse. » Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie 59(4): 507-524. https://doi.org/10.1111/cars.12409
Jean-Pierre, Johanne. 2021. “How African Nova Scotians envision culturally relevant and sustaining pedagogy as civic repair.” British Journal of Sociology of Education 42(8): 1153-1171. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2021.1981247