劉慕嫦 / Pauline Sameshima (she/her) is a Full Professor and Acting Chair (Jan-June 2025) / Chair (July 2025 - June 2028) of Undergraduate Studies in Education at Lakehead University, Ontario, Canada. She is an editor, curator, curriculum theorist, writer and artist with specializations in mobilizing research, learning across broad audiences, and innovating university-community learning collaborations.

Pauline is an inducted member of the College of the Royal Society of Canada and the recipient of various awards including: the 2025 Lakehead EDI (Equity, Diversity & Inclusion) Award, the 2024 Lakehead Distinguished Researcher Award, the 2022 Ontario Art Education Association's Post-Secondary Teacher of the Year Award, the 2022 Lakehead Teaching Innovation Award, and the 2020 Lakehead Building Research Capacity Award. Her interdisciplinary research methodology book, Parallaxic Praxis, won an outstanding book award from the Society of Professors of Education. Pauline was the Canada Research Chair in Arts Integrated Studies from Nov. 2012 to Oct. 2022. 

Pauline's experience includes higher education programming and instruction, elementary school teaching and administration, and pre-service teacher education. Her professional interests include community-engaged research and arts integrated studies through the lenses of curriculum theory, cultural studies, reparative pedagogies, contemplative inquiry, feminist studies, social justice, applied health sciences, and sustainability. 

Curator of GALLERIES@LAKEHEADU (2014 - date)
Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies (2015-2025)
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