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.

128
Master's Students
54
Doctoral Students
71
Graduate Degrees Awarded

Research Supervisors

Name Research Interests
Ahmed, Anwar
Belliveau, George Art education, drama education, pedagogy, teacher research
Bryson, Mary literacies; cancer education; critical theory; Gender and Sexuality Studies; digital cultures; literacies, cancer education, critical theory, gender and sexuality studies, digital cultures
Corella, Meghan Academic Discourse; Children and youth; Discourse Analysis; Language ideology; Sociolinguistics; Academic Discourse, Children and Youth, Discourse Analysis, Language ideology, Sociolinguistics
Darvin, Ron identity and investment in language learning; critical applied linguistics; race, ethnicity, and social class; Digital Literacies; generative AI; identity and investment in language learning, critical applied linguistics, race, ethnicity, and social class, digital literacies, generative AI
Dobson, Teresa Literary Education; Digital Literacy; Digital Humanities; Text Visualization; Literary Education, Digital Literacy, Digital Humanities, Text Visualization
Duff, Patricia applied linguistics and sociolinguistics, multilingualism and work, sociocultural and sociopolitical aspects of languages in education, Adolescent issues, adult education issues, English and French as second languages, international perspecives
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 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; 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 reading-research; immigrant-achievement; home literacy environment; 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 Digital Cultures and Education; Digital Games; Game-based Learning; Gender; Online Learning; technology; Technology Implementation and integration; 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 critical applied linguistics; culture and language; Language Rights and Policies; language education; language ideologies; multicultural education; race and language teaching; Critical applied linguistics, Culture and language, Language Rights and Policies, Language education, Language ideologies, Multicultural education, Race and language teaching
Kumpulainen, Kristiina Critical literacies/pedagogies; Digital Literacies; Arts-based research; Multiliteracy and multimodality; Place-based literacies; Storytelling/narrative inquiry; Imagination; Critical literacies/pedagogies, Digital literacies, Arts-based research, Multiliteracy and multimodality, Place-based literacies, Storytelling/narrative inquiry, Imagination
Kunnas, Marika 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 and knowledges; Multiliteracy and multimodality, Bilingual/Multilingual education, Decolonizing pedagogies and knowledges
Rogers, Theresa Children's and Adolescent Literature; Digital Literacies; Education; Educational Approaches; Literacy; Youth Studies; Children's and Adolescent Literature, Digital Literacies, Education, Educational Approaches, Literacy, Youth Studies
Talmy, Steven teacher education; Teacher Education
Wernicke, Meike Intercultural Education; Language Planning and Policy; Multi-/Plurilingualism; Second Language Education (French); teacher education; Intercultural Education, Language Planning and Policy, Multi-/Plurilingualism, Second Language Education (French), Teacher Education

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