Rosa Bruno-Jofré

Rosa Bruno-Jofré
Born1946 (age 78–79)
Argentina
Academic background
EducationB.A., Universidad Nacional del Sur
PhD., University of Calgary
ThesisThe Educational Work of the American Methodist Episcopal Mission in Peru (1889-1930): Social Gospel and American Economic and Ideological Penetration (1985)
Academic work
InstitutionsWestern Washington University
University of Manitoba
Queen's University

Rosa del Carmen Bruno-Jofré FRSC (1946) is an historian of education. She is Professor Emerita and former Dean (2000-2010) of the Faculty of Education at Queen's University. She was cross-appointed to the Department of History, Faculty of Arts and Science, at Queen's. In 2019, Bruno-Jofré was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in the Social Sciences and Humanities Division. Bruno-Jofré’s research has been and is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.[1]

Career

Bruno-Jofré is an Argentinian who moved to Canada after a stay in Peru in 1977.[2] After earning her PhD from the University of Calgary, Dr. Bruno-Jofré accepted academic positions with Western Washington University and the University of Manitoba.[3] After serving three years at the University of Manitoba as an Associate Dean of Education, she joined the faculty of Queen's University in 2000 as the Dean of Education.[2] She spent 10 years in this role.[4][5] As Dean of Education, she was the recipient of the 2004 Lamp of Learning Award given by the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation.[6]

Dr. Bruno-Jofré is the co-founding editor of Encounters in Theory and History of Education since 2000, and is the founding editor of the Theory and History of Education Monograph Series.[7] She is also the founding coordinator of The Theory and History of Education Research Group, which originated in 2007.[8]

In 2010, Bruno-Jofré received the International Award, Santander Group as a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.[9] In 2017, TD Canada Trust named Bruno-Jofré as one of the 10 most influential Hispanic Canadians.[10] Bruno-Jofré was subsequently honoured with the 2018 G.E. Clerk Award by the Canadian Catholic Historical Association for excellence in Catholic studies[11] and by Queen's for her research and leadership skills.[12] In 2019, Bruno-Jofré was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in the Social Sciences and Humanities Division.[13][14] In 2022, Bruno-Jofré received the Distinguished Historian Award from the Triennial on the History of Women Religious, at the University of Notre Dame’s CUSHWA Center. In addition to her administrative roles, Bruno-Jofré taught at Queen’s University from 2000-2025.

Academic Work

Among other titles, Bruno-Jofré’s books include Ivan Illich Fifty Years Later: Situating Deschooling Society in His Intellectual and Personal Journey, co-authored with Jon Igelmo, (University of Toronto Press, 2022); The Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions: From Ultramontane Origins to a New Cosmology (University of Toronto Press, 2020); Teacher Education at the Crossroads of Multiple Modernities and Internationalities, (XIX-XX Centuries), co-edited with Diana Gonçalves Vidal, (Open Portal, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2025), and Rethinking Freire and Illich: Historical, Philosophical and Theological Perspectives, co-edited with Michael Attridge and Jon Igelmo, (University of Toronto Press, 2023). In 2025, Rethinking Freire and Illich: Historical, Philosophical and Theological Perspectives received the Canadian Foundations for Education Edited Book Prize.[15]

Many of Bruno-Jofré’s authored and co-authored articles have appeared in Educational Theory, Hispania Sacra, Journal of the History of Ideas, American Catholic Review, Historical Studies, and Journal of Ecclesiastical History (Cambridge), Oxford Education Research Encyclopedia, Bordón (Sociedad Española de Pedagogía), Historical Reflections/Relexions Historiques, and Enfoques Educacionales, among other publications. She has written and edited books published by University of Toronto Press, McGill-Queen’s University Press, Routledge, Open Portal, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Wilfrid Laurier University Press.

Books

Books: Author

  • The Sisters of Our Lady of Missions: From Ultramontane Origins to a New Cosmology. 2020. Montréal and Kingston, London and Ithaca: McGill-Queen’s University Press. [16]
  • The Missionary Oblate Sisters: Vision and Mission. 2005. Montréal and Kingston, London and Ithaca: McGill-Queen’s University Press.[17] Also translated into French.[18] (Shortlisted for the Margaret McWilliams Award in the category of scholarly history for 2005.[19])
  • Methodist Education in Peru: Social Gospel, Politics, and American Ideological and Economic Penetration, 1888‑1930. 1988. Waterloo: Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion – Wilfrid Laurier University Press.[20]

Books: Co-Author

  • Rosa Bruno-Jofré and Jon Igelmo Zaldívar, 2022. Ivan Illich Fifty Years Later: Situating Deschooling Society in his Intellectual and Personal Journey. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.[21]
  • Rosa Bruno-Jofré, Heidi McDonald, and Elizabeth Smyth. 2017. Vatican II and Beyond: The Changing Mission and Identity of Canadian Women Religious. Montréal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press. [22]
  • Rosa Bruno-Jofré, James Scott Johnston, Gonzalo Jover, and Daniel Trohler. 2010. Democracy and the Intersection of Religion and Traditions: The Readings of John Dewey's Understanding of Democracy and Education. Montréal and Kingston, London and Ithaca: McGill-Queen’s University Press.[23]

Books: Editor and Co-Editor

  • Rosa Bruno-Jofré and Diana Gonçalves Vidal, Teacher Education at the Crossroads of Multiple Modernities and Internationalities (XIX-XX Centuries). 2025. Open Portal, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
  • Rosa Bruno-Jofré, Michael Attridge, and Jon Igelmo Zaldívar (Eds). 2023. Rethinking Freire and Illich: Historical, Philosophical, and Theological Perspectives. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
  • Rosa Bruno-Jofré (Ed.). 2019. Educationalization and its Complexities: Religion, Politics, and Technology. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.[24]
  • Rosa Bruno-Jofré and Jon Igelmo Zaldívar (Eds.). 2017. Catholic Education in the Wake of Vatican II. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.[25]
  • Rosa Bruno-Jofré and James Scott Johnston (Eds.). 2014. Teacher Education in a Transnational World. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.[26]
  • Rosa Bruno-Jofré and Jürgen Schriewer (Eds.). 2011. The Global Reception of John Dewey’s Thought: Multiple Refractions Through Time and Space. New York & London: Routledge.[27]
  • Rosa Bruno-Jofré and Natalia Aponiuk. (Eds.). 2001. Educating Citizens for a Pluralistic Society. Calgary: Canadian Ethnic Studies Association.[28]
  • Rosa Bruno-Jofré. 1993. (Ed.). Issues in the History of Education in Manitoba: From the Construction of the Common School to the Politics of Voices. New York: Edwin Mellen Press.[29]

References

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  4. ^ "QUEEN'S GAZETTE" (PDF). queensu.ca. February 9, 2009. pp. 13–14. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
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  6. ^ "Past Recipients of the OSSTF/FEESO Lamp of Learning Award". osstf.on.ca. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
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  10. ^ "Queen's faculty members named among most influential Hispanic Canadians | Queen's Gazette". www.queensu.ca. Retrieved 2025-12-13.
  11. ^ "Dr. Rosa Bruno-Jofré honoured with 2018 G.E. Clerk Award". cchahistory.ca. August 2, 2018. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
  12. ^ "Celebrating a 'strong research culture'". queensu.ca. February 28, 2018. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
  13. ^ Craig, Anne (September 10, 2019). "A royal honour for research". queensu.ca. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
  14. ^ "Royal Society of Canada Class of 2019" (PDF). rsc-src.ca. 2019. p. 2. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
  15. ^ "Past Awards: 2024/2025". cafe-acefe. Retrieved 2025-12-13.
  16. ^ The Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions. ISBN 978-1-4875-0564-6.
  17. ^ Bruno-Jofré, Rosa del Carmen (2005). The Missionary Oblate Sisters : vision and mission. Montreal [Que.]: McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN 978-0-7735-7313-0. OCLC 191819028.
  18. ^ Bruno-Jofré, Rosa del Carmen (2010). Les Missionnaires oblates : vision et mission. Tétreault, Dora., Canadian Electronic Library. Montréal [Que.]: McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN 978-0-7735-7549-3. OCLC 708579653.
  19. ^ "Missionary Oblate Sisters, The | McGill-Queen's University Press". www.mqup.ca. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
  20. ^ Bruno-Jofré, Rosa del Carmen (1988). Methodist education in Peru : social gospel, politics, and American ideological and economic penetration, 1888-1930. Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion. Waterloo, Ont., Canada: Published for the Canadian Corp. for Studies in Religion by Wilfrid Laurier University Press. ISBN 0-88920-954-5. OCLC 19267161.
  21. ^ "Ivan Illich Fifty Years Later - University of Toronto Press". Default Book Series. doi:10.3138/9781487545086.
  22. ^ Bruno-Jofré, Rosa del Carmen. Vatican II and beyond : the changing mission and identity of Canadian women religious. MacDonald, Heidi, Smyth, Elizabeth M. (Elizabeth Marian), 1954-. Montreal. ISBN 978-0-7735-5263-0. OCLC 1015215547.
  23. ^ Democracy and the intersection of religion and traditions : the reading of John Dewey's understanding of democracy and education. Bruno-Jofré, Rosa del Carmen, 1946-. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press. 2010. ISBN 978-0-7735-8068-8. OCLC 768246592.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  24. ^ Educationalization and its complexities : religion, politics, and technology. Bruno-Jofré, Rosa del Carmen, 1946-. Toronto. ISBN 978-1-4875-3206-2. OCLC 1107879436.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  25. ^ Catholic education in the wake of Vatican II. Bruno-Jofré, Rosa del Carmen, 1946-, Igelmo Zaldívar, Jon, 1982-. Toronto. ISBN 978-1-4875-1452-5. OCLC 1003284576.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  26. ^ Teacher education in a transnational world. Bruno-Jofré, Rosa del Carmen, 1946-, Johnston, James Scott. Toronto. ISBN 978-1-4426-1999-9. OCLC 897379111.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  27. ^ The global reception of John Dewey's thought : multiple refractions through time and space. Bruno-Jofré, Rosa del Carmen, 1946-, Schriewer, Jürgen. New York: Routledge. 2012. ISBN 978-0-415-89888-1. OCLC 723529078.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  28. ^ Educating citizens for a pluralistic society. Aponiuk, Natalia., Bruno-Jofré, Rosa del Carmen, 1946-. Calgary: Canadian Ethnic Studies. 2001. ISBN 0-9683327-1-4. OCLC 53212559.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  29. ^ Issues in the history of education in Manitoba: from the construction of the common school to the politics of voices. Bruno-Jofré, Rosa del Carmen, 1946-. Lewiston, N.Y.: E. Mellen Press. 1993. ISBN 0-7734-9330-1. OCLC 28149505.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
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