D. Jean Clandinin

Dorothy Jean Clandinin is a Canadian scholar known for her contributions to educational research and narrative inquiry. She is professor emerita and the founding director of the Centre for Research for Teacher Education and Development at the University of Alberta. Clandinin previously served as the vice president of Division B (Curriculum Studies) of the American Educational Research Association (AERA).

Clandinin has received multiple awards for her teaching and research, including AERA's Early Career Award (1993), Canadian Education Association Whitworth Award (1999), Kaplan Research Achievement Award (2001), AERA's Division B Lifetime Achievement Award (2002), the University of Alberta's Larry Beauchamp Award (2008), Killam Mentoring Award (2009), AERA's Division K Legacy Award (2015), and International Study Association of Teachers and Teaching STAR award.

Clandinin began her career as an educator, spending 10 years in schools as a "teacher, counsellor, and special programs teachers" before beginning her doctorate at the University of Toronto's Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, where she worked with scholars such as Mark Johnson and Frank  Smith.

Clandinin has worked closely with F. Michael Connelly, with whom she is credited for coining the term 'narrative inquiry'.