Tracy Penny Light

Tracy Penny Light is Associate Professor (History) at Thompson Rivers University in British Columbia, Canada. Her historical research explores gender and sexuality in Canadian history, with a particular emphasis on medicine and popular culture. Publications include Bodily Subjects: Essays on Gender and Health, 1800-2000 (with Wendy Mitchinson and Barbara Brookes) and Feminist Pedagogy in Higher Education: Critical Theory and Practice (with Jane Nicholas and Renee Bondy). Her educational research explores the use of ePortfolios to foster deep learning and she has co-authored two books on ePortfolio implementation and practice: Electronic Portfolios and Student Success (with Helen L. Chen) and Documenting Learning with ePortfolios: A Guide for College Instructors (with Helen L. Chen and John Ittelson). She is President and Board Chair of the Association for Authentic, Experiential, and Evidence-Based Learning (AAEEBL.org) and was previously Director of Women’s Studies and Associate Professor in the Sexuality, Marriage, and Family Studies and History departments at the University of Waterloo (UW), Canada.