Language and Literacy Academics & Research Expertise

Erin Spring - Specialization Chair
- Case study research
- Children's literature
- Conversation and discourse analysis
- Cultural studies
- Diversity

Subrata Bhowmik
- Sociocultural approaches to L2 education
- ESL writing in K-12 contexts
- Language and culture
- Second language education
- Applied linguistics

Umit Boz
- Second language teaching and learning
- Conversation and discourse analysis
- Intercultural communication
- Sociolinguistics
- English for academic purposes (EAP) curriculum design

Roswita Dressler
- Bilingual/second language education
- Second language teaching and learning
- Teacher education

Yan Guo
- Second language acquisition (SLA)
- Sociolinguistics
- Language and culture
- Identity development
- Diversity

Kim Lenters
- Literacy
- Integrating technology in education
- Elementary education
- Case study research
- Community studies

Sandra Manyfeathers
Full profile

Katherine Mueller
- French immersion schools
- Pedagogy
- Practicum
- Second language acquisition (SLA)
- Second language teaching and learning

Sylvie Roy
- Bilingual/second language education
- French immersion schools
- Second language teaching and learning
- Sociolinguistics
- Discourse analysis

Soroush Sabbaghan
- Mathematics education
- Teacher education
- Bilingual/second language education
- Applied linguistics
- English for academic purposes (EAP) curriculum design

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

Dennis Sumara
- Curriculum theory and design
- Literacy
- Reading and writing
- Pedagogy
- Teacher education

Gregory Tweedie
- Dialects in education
- Dialects in language planning
- World Englishes
- English as a Lingua franca in health care

Rahat Zaidi
- Bilingual/second language education
- Language and culture
- Second language teaching and learning
- Multilingual literacy interventions
- Peace education