Lori Doan

Role

As a member of the Science and Learning Team (STL), Dr. Lori Doan oversees the internal program evaluation processes to assess workshops, programs, and special events offered by The Centre. She also supports the evaluation processes of faculty-developed professional development programs to provide them with evidence to enhance their offerings. As a mixed-methods researcher, Dr. Doan collaborates and leads higher education research studies and supports The Centre’s mandate as it relates to the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL). 

Biography

​​Dr. Lori Doan earned her Ph.D. in Brain and Cognitive Sciences in the Department of Psychology at the University of Manitoba. As a graduate student, Dr. Doan developed a passion for teaching, which has led to 19 years of teaching experience as an online and sessional instructor for the Department of Psychology (UM) and the International College of Manitoba (ICM). Currently, her passion for teaching led to interest in conducting research on student and instructor well-being and its intersection with other constructs in higher education. Dr. Doan’s work focuses on fostering inclusive, trauma-informed, and compassionate teaching. As a white settler on Treaty 1 territory, Dr. Doan centers care, kindness, and equitable practice in her work, reflecting The Centre’s missions of anti-racism and Indigenization. In her leisure time, she enjoys writing, spending time with family (including her dogs and parrots), music, and cottage life on Lake Winnipeg.  

Education

Ph.D., M.A., B.A. (Hons)

Publications

Book Chapters

​De Jaeger, A. E., Stoesz, B. M., & Doan, L. A. (2022). Tensions and Partnerships: Understanding Research Ethics in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). In L. Fedoruk (Ed.), Ethics and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (pp. 43-63). Springer.

​Doan, L. A., & De Jaeger, A. E. (2022), Hedonic and Eudaimonic Approaches to Adult Learning: Promoting Flourishing in the Adult Student. In N. Simmons and J. Podrebarac (Eds.) (pp. 9 -17). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004506428_002

Conference Presentations

​Doan, L. A. (2025, October 16). Sustaining SoTL through the reflective practice of educational developers. Presented at Mokakiiks 2025 SoTL Symposium: Opening Borders: Cultivating an Inclusive and Sustainable SoTL, Banff, AB, Canada.

​Doan, L.  A., De Jaeger, A. E., & Stoesz, B. M. (Nov 2022). The Impact of Perceptions of SoTL and the Ethics Review Process on the Transfer of Evidence-based Practices in Higher Ed [Paper]. Presented at ISSOTL 2022, Kelowna, B.C., Canada. 

​Invited Talks and Panel Discussions

​Doan, L. (2025, September 22). The science of student engagement. [Invited Talk]. Navitas UPNA Virtual Learning & Teaching Conference 2025

​Doan, (2025, May 22). Culturally Responsive Pedagogy and the Neuroscience of Learning. International College of Manitoba Open House.

​Doan, L. (2024, January 26). Trauma-informed teaching in online and blended learning: Panel discussion [Panel]. Manitoba Flexible Learning Hub / Brandon University Centre for Teaching, Learning & Technology.