Vera Dolan

Brazilian-Canadian Vera Dolan has spent over two decades helping to advance virtual instruction, evaluation and overall improvement of higher education. Part of the first wave of faculty teaching in the online environment, Dr. Dolan also has deep experience as a faculty coach and training hundreds of online instructors. In pursuing her Ph.D. degree at the University of Toronto, Dr. Dolan conducted research on the careers and working lives of professors with invisible disabilities. She also holds an M.Ed. in Open, Digital and Distance Education from Athabasca University, where a graduate award from the Canadian Network for Innovation in Education recognized her thesis research on motivation and loyalty in online adjunct faculty. Dr. Dolan is a scholar with experience in supervising doctoral students, which allows her to be immersed in academic research – a true passion. Her scholarly research interests focus on issues of diversity, inclusion, equity and belonging, particularly related to social justice and the intersectionality of minority traits. She is also a peer reviewer for several academic journals and conferences. She lives in Toronto, Canada.

20+ years of online university teaching. Supervision of doctoral students. Qualitative researcher. Volunteer graduate student mentor. Peer reviewer.

Ph.D. in Higher Education from the University of Toronto/OISE

MEd in Open, Digital and Distance Education from Athabasca University

Diversity and Inclusion certificate from Cornell University