Antonina Lukenchuk, Ed.D.
Title:
Professor
Teaching and Learning
National College of Education
Programs/Classes Taught:
Dr. Lukenchuk specializes in preparing teacher candidates to apply the knowledge of educational foundations and teacher inquiry to their professional practice. Dr. Lukenchuk brings a wealth of her expertise in paradigms of research and qualitative research methods to share with doctoral students pursuing degrees in curriculum, advocacy, and policy; disability and equity studies; reading and languages; and higher education leadership.
The following are the courses that Dr. Lukenchuk has been teaching recurrently:
ESR 505, Educational Inquiry and Assessment
ESR 514, Research in Action: Becoming Practitioner Researchers
ESR 614, Interpretive and Critical Research I
ESR 618, Interpretive and Critical Research II
FND 510, Social Justice Perspectives in the History and Philosophy of American Education
FND 511, Social and Cultural Politics of Education: Personal and Contextual Perspectives
Areas of Expertise:
Dr. Lukenchuk has been pursuing research and scholarly interests in philosophy of education, paradigms of research, qualitative research methods, service-learning, online and blended education, and international and cross-cultural issues in higher education. Dr. Lukenchuk has been conducting workshops and seminars on the pedagogy of service-learning, paradigms of research, and qualitative research in several Midwestern Universities and internationally.
Biography:
Antonina Lukenchuk is an Associate Professor at National Louis University where she teaches graduate courses in educational foundations and research. Dr. Lukenchuk is a member of several professional organizations, an editor of “Inquiry in Education” (i.e.) journal, an on-staff reviewer of manuscript submissions in several higher education journals, and a passionate advocate of service-learning. Dr. Lukenchuk is a native of Ukraine where she completed BA and PhD programs in general and comparative linguistics and Germanic languages (English) and worked as a public school teacher of English as a foreign language. At her leisure, Antonina loves to traverse the waters of the Pacific Ocean, to listen to a symphony in Ravinia, to dance under the starts, or to have a picnic with friends. Antonina holds the 1st-degree black belt in kajukenbo martial arts.
Education:
EdD, Adult Education. May, 2001
Leadership and Educational Policy Studies. Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
Dissertation: Reflections on the Nature of Self in the World and in Adult Education: A Search for Inclusive Ways of Knowing.
PhD, General & English Linguistics. June, 1993
English, General and Comparative Linguistics. Chernivtsi University, Ukraine
Dissertation: Evaluative Adjectives in Modern English.
MsEd, Foundations of Education. August, 1997
Leadership and Educational Foundations. Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
Thesis: Comparative Analysis of Western-European and Ukrainian Women Thinkers: Implications for Women’s Education.
BA, English Linguistics. June, 1987
Department of Romance and Germanic Languages. Chernivtsi University, Ukraine
Thesis: Pragmatic Aspects of Command in Modern English: a Means of Expression
Research and Interests:
Dr. Lukenchuk has been pursuing research and scholarly interests in philosophy of education, paradigms of research, qualitative research methods, service-learning, online and blended education, and international and cross-cultural issues in higher education.
Some of Dr. Lukenchuk’s recent publications include:
Lukenchuk, A. (Ed.). (2017). Outliving your dissertation: A guide for students and faculty. New York, NY: Peter Lang.
Lukenchuk, A. (2016). Themes at the intersections of theory and practice in online and blended education. Distance Education, 37(1), 130—136.
Pitts, J., Sanders-Funnye, S., & Lukenchuk, A. (2014). The promise of hope: A study of educational opportunities for marginalized students of color. Journal of Transformative Education. DOI: 10.1177/1541344614550043.
Lukenchuk, A. (Ed.). (2013). Paradigms of research for the 21st century: Perspectives and examples from practice. New York, NY: Peter Lang.
Lukenchuk, A., Jagla, V., & Price, T. (2013). Critical discourse analysis of service-learning perspectives and models: Transforming teacher education. In V. Jagla, J. A. Erickson, & A. Tinkler (Eds.), Transforming teacher education through service-learning. New York, NY: IAP.
Lukenchuk, A. (2012). Itinerary of the Knower: Mapping the ways of Gnosis, Sophia, and imaginative education. In I. Semetsky (Ed.), Jung and educational theory (Educational philosophy and theory special issues) (pp. 35-46). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
Contact Information:
Antonina Lukenchuk
NLU Lisle Campus
850 Warrenville Rd., Lisle, IL 60532
P/F: (630) 874-4636
antonina.lukenchuk@nl.edu
