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Sean Chorney
Associate Dean, Graduate Programs
Sean Chorney is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at 51猎奇入口 and serves as Associate Dean, Research and International. His research examines how students use mathematics to understand issues of justice, sustainability, and place. Much of his work explores what happens when mathematical activity is connected to historical, social, and environmental questions.
Drawing on contexts such as the draining of Sumas Lake, electoral apportionment in British Columbia, and greenhouse gas emissions, he studies how students use mathematics to make sense of complex issues that do not have simple solutions. His work brings together theories of mathematising and m茅tissage to examine how mathematical activity can foster ethical engagement with people, places, and histories.
He also studies the role of digital technologies in mathematics learning and has contributed to research on the knowledge, practices, and expertise of mathematics teacher educators. Before joining SFU, Sean taught high school mathematics for more than twenty years. He has developed and studied classroom activities across secondary, undergraduate, and teacher education settings and is an editor of Vector, the journal of the British Columbia Association of Mathematics Teachers.
school PhD Supervision Status: Open to New Students
Research
Keywords
mathematising, mathematics teacher educator expertise, m茅tissage, socio-political, socio-ecological
Supervisory Experience
Master's Supervision
- Herman, Melissa (MSc, 2020),
- Richards, Angela (MSc, 2020), (Co-supervisor)
- Mann, Mundeep (MSc Ed, 2018), (Co-supervisor)
- Sterelyukhin, Max (MSc 2016), (Co-supervisor)
Upcoming Courses
Fall 2026
This instructor is currently not teaching any courses.