Literacy Education
Literacy Education offers opportunities to study in the areas of English education, drama education and reading from cognitive, social, cultural, and poststructuralist perspectives. Research areas within the program include: child language development in education, composition (writing); early, intermediate, adolescent and adult literacy; family literacy; children's and young adult literature; Aboriginal literacy; teacher librarianship; and arts-based and multimodal approaches to literacy learning.
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Faculty Members in Literacy Education
| Name | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Ahmed, Anwar | Languages and literature |
| Belliveau, George | Art education, drama education, pedagogy, teacher research |
| Bryson, Mary | Critical studies of technology; literacies; cancer education; critical theory; Gender and Sexuality Studies; digital cultures |
| Corella Morales, Meghan | Other languages and literature; Academic Discourse; Children and youth; Discourse Analysis; Language ideology; Sociolinguistics |
| Darvin, Ron | ESL, TESOL, LOTE and sign language curriculum, pedagogy and didactics; identity and investment in language learning; critical applied linguistics; race, ethnicity, and social class; Digital Literacies; generative AI |
| Dobson, Teresa | Media and communications; Literary Education; Digital Literacy; Digital Humanities; Text Visualization |
| Galla, Candace | what types of technology initiatives (low-, mid-, or high) Indigenous language communities are using to revitalize, maintain, and promote their language |
| Gladwin, Derek | Other languages and literature; Cultural Studies; Digital & Media Literacy; Environmental & Energy Literacy; Environmental Humanities; Food Literacy; Literary Education; Sustainability Education; Writing & Rhetoric |
| Gunderson, Lee Paul | Languages and literature; reading-research; immigrant-achievement; home literacy environment |
| Hare, Jan | Aboriginal youth mobility, Aboriginal family and community perspectives on early literacy, literature, identity construction and urban Aboriginal youth, Cultural studies, early childhood, first nations education |
| Jenson, Jennifer | Other languages and literature; Digital Cultures and Education; Digital Games; Game-based Learning; Gender; Online Learning; technology; Technology Implementation and integration |
| Kendrick, Maureen | literacy, digital literacy, Children and youth, ESL, international perspectives |
| Kumpulainen, Kristiina | Languages and literature; Social sciences; Critical literacies/pedagogies; Digital Literacies; Arts-based research; Multiliteracy and multimodality; Place-based literacies; Storytelling/narrative inquiry; Imagination |
| Li, Guofang | longitudinal studies of immigrant children |
| Rajagopal, Harini | Multiliteracy and multimodality; Bilingual/Multilingual education; Decolonizing pedagogies and knowledges |
| Rogers, Theresa | Children's literatures; Other languages and literature; Children's and Adolescent Literature; Digital Literacies; Education; Educational Approaches; Literacy; Youth Studies |