Doctoral Committee Member

Amburgay, Brent (PhD, 2024), Plurilingual Students’ Navigation of Learning in an Undergraduate Business Program: A Qualitative Study of Language, Discourse, and Practices

Park, Gifty (PhD, 2024), Deconstructing People, Analytics and Platforms: Multimodality, Inclusion and Practice

Itoi, Kiyu (PhD, 2023), Re-thinking English-only pedagogy through translanguaging in Japanese university CLIL classrooms: students, teachers, challenges and dilemmas

Forte, Magali (PhD, 2023), Agencements sociomatériels et relations dans diverses écologies d’enseignement et d’apprentissage en contexte de réconciliation

Banerjee, Sanjoy (PhD, 2019), Continuities and Transformations in the Practices and Narratives of Religious Identities and Literacy Development: Bangladeshi Hindus in Canada

Krilic, Alma (PhD, 2018), Learning and its Discontents: Three Theories of Study and the Figure of the Studier

Zhang, Olivia (PhD, 2017), Past Expectations: Current Experiences, and Imagined Futures: Narrative Accounts of Chinese International Students in Canada 

Allen, Willow (PhD, 2016), White Euro-Canadian Women in Transracial/cultural Families: Lived Experiences of Race and Difference

Marom, Lilach (PhD, 2016), From Experienced Teachers to Newcomers to the Profession: The Capital Conversion of Internationally Educated Teachers in Canada

Naoko, Takei (PhD, 2015), Language, culture and ethnicity: A case of Japanese mixed heritage youth

Jiang, Yujia (PhD, 2014), ‘Roots’ or ‘Routes’: A case study of immigrant Chinese teachers of Mandarin in a Canadian university

Frank, Monica (PhD, 2013), Professional identity development: Life positioning analysis of foreign-trained teachers

Hayashi, Hisako (PhD, 2013), Becoming a student: Multilingual students’ identity construction at Simon Fraser University

Garson, Kyra (EdD, 2013), Are we graduating global citizens? A mixed methods study investigating students’ intercultural development and perceptions of intercultural and global learning in academic settings

Masters Supervisor

Itoi, Kiyu (MA, 2019). Creating Equitable Classrooms - Exploring the Experiences of Students in an International Graduate Program in Canada

Miranda, Camila (MA, 2018). Language issues in the transcultural university: experiences of staff, students, and faculty Recipient of CIESC Michael Laferrière Masters Award

Shaw, F. (MA, 2014). Instructors of adult English as an additional language (EAL) students in British Columbia: Shared experiences in the Contact Zone

Suhr, C. (MA, 2014). Identity re-construction: An autoethnographic inquiry of an experienced non-native speaking English teacher in an English-dominant country

Masters Committee Member

Ahmad, Sidrah (MA, 2019), Social Connections Are Key: A Case Study on Learning English as an Additional Language (EAL) 

Cuthbert, Colin (MA, 2017), A Place to Be, A Place to Become: An Insider's Report on Youth Integration Programs in the Lower Mainland 

Walsh, Jennifer (MA, 2011), Exploring identity formation and academic writing of multilingual students: Skipping through the academy

Jin, Shuqin (MA, 2008), Outside school English literacy of school-aged new immigrant children from China

Doctoral Internal/External Examiner

Van der Putten, Sonja (PhD, 2022), SFU, Faculty of Education, Young Adult Women from Refugee Backgrounds and the Role that Barriers Play in their Pursuit of Higher Education in Canada

Mao, Jing (PhD, 2022), University of Victoria, Surviving through uncertainties: Perceptions and experiences of Chinese EAL writers in FYC courses in a Canadian university

Côté, Isabelle (EdD, 2021), SFU, Faculty of Education, Le discours des enseignants d’immersion française en Colombie-Britannique sur l’intégration des perspectives autochtones dans leur pratique.

Anonby, Stan (PhD, 2020), SFU, Linguistics Department, Prolonged multilingualism among the Sebuyau: An ethnography of communication

Pastrana, Sergio (EdD, 2020), SFU, Faculty of Education, Experiences of Latin Americans Seeking Professional Jobs in Greater Vancouver

Singh, Angelpreet (PhD, 2019), SFU, Faculty of Education, Early bilingual development in preschool and kindergarten: An ethnographic study of three Punjabi-speaking emergent bilingual learners in British Columbia

Henao-Castrillon, Alexandra (PhD, 2019), SFU, Faculty of Education, A critical analysis of Mexican migrant farm workers in British Columbia: Language, oppression and resistance

Ibata, Rima (PhD, 2016), SFU, Linguistics Department, English Language Learning in Japan: Representations of the English Language and the Worlds of English Language Users

Quinio, Ariel, (PhD, 2015), OISE, University of Toronto, From Policy to Reality: A Study of Factors Influencing the Employment Trajectories of Internationally Educated Professionals

Galiev, Albert, University of Calgary (PhD, 2013), Official bilingualism and immigrants: Perceptions, experiences and practices

Lockhart, Kim (EdD, 2012), L’identité professionnelle des enseignants de  l’immersion française en Colombie Britannique

Desgroseillers, Paule (EdD, 2012), Étude des représentations du bilinguisme et du français langue seconde chez des apprenants en Colombie- Britannique

Laszlo, Richard (PhD, 2011), Participating in a Community of Learners: A Sociocultural Approach to the Inclusion of Students with Autism in Mainstream Classrooms

Masters Internal/External Examiner

Bao Le, Ngoc (MA, 2024), SFU, Faculty of Education, Vietnamese International and Vietnamese-Canadian Students’ Experience of English Use at Simon Fraser University

Zhang, Yun (MA, 2024), SFU, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Living Outside the Ethnic Hub: The Racial Discourse of Chinese Neighbourhoods and The Spatial Negotiation of Recent Chinese Immigrants’ Ethnic Identity

Lam, Victoria (MA, 2018), SFU, Faculty of Education, Challenging racial privilege in International Experiential Learning programs with Canadian university students

Shorten, Lisa (MA, 2017), The Price of Admission: Private English Schools at the Inner/Expanding Circle Interface 

Khan, Afrina (MA, 2017), Be(come)ing an English Speaker: Positioning of South Korean Students in a Canadian University 

Burton, Jennifer (MA, 2016), University of Regina, Be(come)ing an English Speaker: Positioning of South Korean Students in a Canadian University

Grineva, Marina, Memorial University (MEd, 2012), The Use of TV News in Teaching Culture in Foreign Language Classrooms

Schindel, Angela (MA, 2011), Learner perceptions of language choice in English as an additional language classrooms

Moores, Lisa (MA, 2008), Positive aspects of international students’ cross-cultural transition: A qualitative exploration

PhD/EdD Comprehensive Exam Examiner (2008–present)

• 13 students

MEd Comprehensive Exam Supervisor (2004–present)

• 148 students

Comprehensive Exam M.Ed Reader (2004–present)

• 69 students