Faculty and staff

Courses taught:

AIS 299: Professional Practices I
AIS 380: Practicum/Internship I
AIS 399: Professional Practices II
AIS 480: Practicum/Internship II

Dr. Hampton is an experienced facilitator and educator, who grounds her practice in experiential learning, critical pedagogy, and inclusive teaching practices. Dr. Hampton brings a wealth of career development theoretical knowledge, coupled with practical experience supporting students in their career planning. Her doctoral research, a narrative inquiry titled Counter-narratives of PhD Graduates, explored the unique career paths of PhD graduates who work outside of the academic track. Dr. Hampton brings her experience of supporting graduate students to the undergraduate student population at UFV. 
 
Dr. Hampton accidentally developed a passion for teaching as an English teacher in the 1990s in South Korea and Taiwan. Since then, she has taught at several institutions, including St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia and Simon Fraser University in BC. Prior to joining UFV, she worked at UBC as a teaching and learning specialist, advising on course design, inclusive teaching, and anti-racist teaching practices. She developed and facilitated workshops and programs, and worked collaboratively with other faculty members on initiatives such as the Empowering Students’ Self-Awareness as Learners and Capacity for Academic Success (2019) and the First-Year Experience Educator’s Symposium (2018-2020). Dr. Hampton's classrooms are sites of active and reflective learning, where students engage collaboratively with others, to consider their contexts, interests, and possible futures. 
 
In her spare time, Dr. Hampton reads and writes fiction. She enjoys travelling and spending time with her family. In the summertime, they can be found camping in their trailer around BC.
 

• Doctor of Education, Educational Leadership in Post-Secondary Contexts, Simon Fraser University (SFU) 
• Master of Arts, Educational Psychology & Leadership Studies, University of Victoria (UVic)    
• Post-Graduate Certificate in International Project Management, Humber Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
• Bachelor of Arts (Psychology), University of Victoria (UVic)

Member: Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education (CSSHE)

Member: Educational Development Community in Canada (EDCC)

As a white settler scholar, who grew up working class and was myself a first-generation student, I believe in the potential for learning to be transformative. My teaching approach is learner-centred, attentive to equity and inclusion, and grounded in critical pedagogy. I am insatiably curious about the classroom and its various dynamics, and I am intentional about the activities I design for learning. I work hard to build a sense of community in the course. I believe that social and emotional learning is a key aspect of learning and that learning together can be fun.  I intend for all students to participate, and work together as a team to share new ideas, concepts and skills during the course. Students are not only learning from me but learning from one another. In this way, I expect students will gain new understandings through the course, feel like they belong in the course, and look forward to being there.

• Career preparation and exploration for post-secondary students;
• Leadership theory and practice
• Learner-centred and inclusive teaching and course design;
• Curricular and teaching approaches that support equitable, inclusive, and anti-racist classroom experiences for students;
• Meta-cognition and developing students’ critical thinking skills;
• Integration of Indigenous Ways of Knowing, Doing, and Being in teaching and curriculum.

• Career development, career preparation, and career exploration; 
• Constructivist career theories;
• Social justice, anti-racism, and equity efforts within higher education;
• Initiatives which support decolonial and anti-oppressive institutions and learning spaces;
• Interpretive research design, including narrative, participatory, and community-based approaches.

Hampton, S. (May 26, 2023). Exploring beyond Eurocentric course design frameworks. Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education (CSSHE), Toronto, ON.

Hampton, S. (May 25, 2023). Taking a narrative approach to better understand the career pathways of PhD graduates. Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education (CSSHE), Toronto, ON.

Hampton, S. (May 16, 2022). Counter-narratives of PhD graduates. Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education (CSSHE), Virtual. 

Hampton, S. (April 25, 2018). Using reflective mapping to help grad students understand their transferable skillsets. University Affairs.

Cox, R.D., Dougherty, M., Lang Hampton, S., Niegel, C. & Williams, K. (2017). Does This Feel Empowering? Using Métissage to Explore the Effects of Critical Pedagogy. The International Journal of Critical Pedagogy, 8(1).