Kara Loy

Biography

Kara Loy advances experiential learning and undergraduate research by collaborating with faculty, staff and students across campus. She contributes to faculty development and academic citizenship by designing evidence-based resources, building transdisciplinary and intervarsity relationships, growing the scholarship of teaching and learning in postsecondary education, and connecting curricular activities with industry and community engagement.

Kara's career has evolved from rich foundations in the humanities and liberal arts to more recent academic and professional development in education. She holds an interdisciplinary Master of Education with specializations in elearning and bilingual education from the Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary (2016), and a Bachelor of Arts in Humanities (High Honours with Distinction) in English (2006), a postgraduate teaching certificate in English as a Subsequent Language (CERTESL, 2005) and a Bachelor of Liberal Arts Degree in Spanish (1998), all from the University of Saskatchewan. She is currently pursuing an Educational Doctorate (EdD) in educational leadership with the Werklund School of Education, with an interest in researching how professors are leading change in Canadian higher education via professional practices and networks. Since 2019 she has served as an elected councillor for the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR).