Language and Literacy Academics
Explore our academics in Language and Literacy and their areas of research expertise
![Soroush Sabbaghan photo](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2024-01/soroush-sabbaghan.png?itok=ybomgbYE)
Soroush Sabbaghan - Specialization Chair
- Artificial Intelligence and Pedagogy
- Mathematics Education
- Teacher Education
- Bilingual/second language education
- Applied Linguistics
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Alexandra Berry
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Subrata Bhowmik
- Sociocultural approaches to L2 education
- ESL writing in K-12 contexts
- Language and culture
- Second language education
- Applied linguistics
![Umit Boz](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2022-06/umit-boz.jpeg?itok=yxsTPLQR)
Umit Boz
- Second language teaching and learning
- Conversation and discourse analysis
- Intercultural communication
- Sociolinguistics
- English for academic purposes (EAP) curriculum design
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Roswita Dressler
- Bilingual/second language education
- Second language teaching and learning
- Teacher education
![Yan Guo](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2022-06/yan-guo.jpeg?itok=hIXxVeef)
Yan Guo
- Second language acquisition (SLA)
- Sociolinguistics
- Language and culture
- Identity development
- Diversity
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Kim Lenters
- Literacy
- Integrating technology in education
- Elementary education
- Case study research
- Community studies
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Sandra Manyfeathers
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Katherine Mueller
- French immersion schools
- Pedagogy
- Practicum
- Second language acquisition (SLA)
- Second language teaching and learning
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Sylvie Roy
- Bilingual/second language education
- French immersion schools
- Second language teaching and learning
- Sociolinguistics
- Discourse analysis
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Anuradha Sengupta
- English as a foreign language (EFL)
- English for academic purposes (EAP) curriculum design
- English for academic purposes (EAP) teaching
- Heritage language instruction
- Pedagogical approaches in ESL/EAP teaching and learning environments
![Erin Spring](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2019-09/ErinSpring.jpg?itok=dvE6MxeQ)
Erin Spring
- Case study research
- Children's literature
- Conversation and discourse analysis
- Cultural studies
- Diversity
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Dennis Sumara
- Curriculum theory and design
- Literacy
- Reading and writing
- Pedagogy
- Teacher education
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Gregory Tweedie
- Dialects in education
- Dialects in language planning
- World Englishes
- English as a Lingua franca in health care
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Rahat Zaidi
- Bilingual/second language education
- Language and culture
- Second language teaching and learning
- Multilingual literacy interventions
- Peace education