Simangele Mabena
Student
Doctor of Philosophy in Language and Literacy Education (PhD)
Language and Literacy Education
Doctor of Philosophy
Department of Language & Literacy Education
The Department of Language and Literacy Education is a community of educators committed to social justice in scholarship, teaching, and service. We are interested in the many ways that humans make meaning through language and other symbolic resources. In our courses and our research, we see language and literacy as activities that make consensus possible, but that may also lead to inequity and injustice. In addition, conscious of ever-changing technologies for knowledge mobilization and the need for multiple and malleable literacies, we study and teach communication as a multimodal activity.
Graduate Degree Programs
Research Supervisors
| Name | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Ahmed, Anwar | Languages and literature |
| Belliveau, George | Humanities and the arts; Theatre; Arts-based research; Drama Education; Research-based Theatre; Interdisciplinary Arts |
| Bryson, Mary | Critical studies of technology; literacies; cancer education; critical theory; Gender and Sexuality Studies; digital cultures |
| Corella, 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 |
| Duff, Patricia | Adolescent Issues, Adult Education Issues, English as a Second Language, French and Second Languages, International Perspectives, Language Education, Literacy, Multiple Literacies |
| Dupris, Joseph | |
| Early, Margaret | Adolescent issues, English as a second Language, language education, literacy, teacher research |
| 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 | Inter-disciplinary, trans-disciplinary learning and education; Communication and media studies; Environmental philosophy; environmental and ecological literacy; energy literacy and transition; systems literacy and complexity education; transdisciplinary and collaborative education; philosophy and theory of education (ontology, environmental, Asian, phenomenology); textual literacies (through media, literary, and visual culture); narrative inquiry and storytelling; Arts-based research |
| 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 |
| Hunte, Melissa | |
| 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 |
| Kubota, Ryuko | Specialized studies in education; critical applied linguistics; culture and language; Language Rights and Policies; language education; language ideologies; multicultural education; race and language teaching |
| 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 |
| Kunnas, Marika | French language and literacy curriculum, pedagogy and didactics (except sign language); Bilingual/Multilingual education; Critical intercultural studies; Critical literacies/pedagogies; Decolonizing pedagogies and knowledges; Drama/Theater education; French language education; Race and antiracism; identity; language ideologies; Bilingual/multilingual education, Critical intercultural studies, Critical literacies/pedagogies, Decolonizing pedagogies and knowledges, Drama/Theater education, French language education, Race and antiracism, Identity, Language ideologies |
| Li, Guofang | longitudinal studies of immigrant children |
| Norton, Bonny | education, ESL, international perspectives, literacy, teacher research |
| Rajagopal, Harini | Multiliteracy and multimodality; Bilingual/Multilingual education; Decolonizing pedagogies, methodologies, and knowledges; teacher education; Arts-based Education ; Childhood Studies |
| Spiegelman, Julia | Gender, sexuality, and queer inclusion, French language education, Teacher education, Race and antiracism, Language ideologies |
| Talmy, Steven | teacher education; Teacher Education |
| Wernicke, Meike | Specialized studies in education; Intercultural Education; Language Planning and Policy; Multi-/Plurilingualism; Second Language Education (French); teacher education |