Stephanie Bogue Kerr, MA, MSW, PhD

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Stephanie is a professor in the bilingual stream and teaches in both French and English.  Her research focuses on the body in social work, an interest nourished by her studies in Theatre Performance (BFA, Concordia University), Creative Art Therapies (MA, Concordia University) and Social Work (MSW, PhD. University of Ottawa). Her time as a second language teacher shaped her understanding of language acquisition, child and adolescent development, as well as family systems. Her practice as a medical social worker has informed her research on the lived experience of illness and how these are influenced, in part, by the systems and structures in which people seek care. Her recent research explored the integration of running into processes of recovery from substance-based addictions. She is interested in embodied, art and sports-based approaches to psychosocial intervention, as well as the development of mobile research methods like running interviews.

Stéphanie est professeure au sein du programme bilingue et enseigne en français comme en anglais. Ses recherches portent sur le corps en travail social, un intérêt nourri par ses études en interprétation théâtrale (B.F.A., Université Concordia), en thérapies par les arts (M.A., Université Concordia) et en travail social (M.S.S. et Ph. D., Université d'Ottawa). Ses années comme enseignante de langue seconde ont aiguisé sa sensibilité à l'acquisition des langues et approfondi sa compréhension du développement de l'enfant et de l'adolescent, ainsi que des dynamiques familiales. Sa pratique de travail social en milieu médical a éclairé ses recherches sur l'expérience vécue de la maladie et sur la manière dont celle-ci est influencée, en partie, par les systèmes et les structures au sein desquels les personnes recourent aux soins. Elle s'intéresse aux approches incarnées, artistiques et sportives de l'intervention psychosociale, ainsi qu'au développement de méthodes de recherche mobiles, comme les entretiens en course à pied.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Bogue Kerr, S. & Roy, M. (2026). Ticking into Being: Rethinking the surge in “tics on Tiktok” through Hacking’s ecological niches. British Journal of Social Work, 00, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcag211

O’Connor, J. & Bogue Kerr, S. (2026) Cancer, Care, and Raining Men: A Call for Humanity in the Care of Psychiatrized People. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology,44 (5), 678-688. https://doi.org/10.1080/07347332.2026.2624025

Bogue Kerr, S. & Moreau, N. (2025) Running and Stumbling to Recovery: A Carnal Sociological Study of Change in Substance Use. Sociology of Health & Illness, 47(5), e70052. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.70052

Bogue Kerr, S. (2024) Research on the Run: A Carnal Sociological Adaptation of Embodied Interviews. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 17(2), 108-122. https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676X.2024.2416234

Bogue Kerr, S. (2024b) For a Carnal Social Work. British Journal of Social Work, 55(1), 472-492. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcae153

Bogue Kerr, S., Soulière, M. & Bell, L. (2019) Beyond Numbers: The Liminal Experience of Kidney Transplantation Amongst Young Adults Following Transfer of Care. Journal of Nephrology Social Work, 42, 2, 17-26

Bogue Kerr, S., Soulière, M. & Bell, L. (2018) The Transliminal Self: The Ebb & Flow of the Kidney Transplant Experience. Qualitative Health Research, 28, 4, 561-571. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1049732317743937