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Literacies, Texts and Languages
Literacies, Texts and Languages (LTL) explores the processes, tools, and social practices people use every day to make meaning of texts, including literature, graphic novels, oral stories, songs, dances, policy documents, social media posts, various genres of non-fiction and academic writing, popular television and film, toys, podcasts, picture books, and video games.
Faculty members in this area use critical, theoretical, and qualitative approaches to research literacies and language education in K–12 classrooms, post-secondary academic settings, popular culture, and within communities involving learners of all ages.
As a doctoral student focused on LTL, you will explore how texts, languages, and literacies shape learning, identity, culture, communication, and participation across educational and community contexts.
Research topics and course themes include:
- Academic literacies/academic writing
- Algorithmic, digital and new media literacies
- Children's literature and media
- Creative and non-fiction literacies
- Indigenous literacies and storytelling
- K–12 language arts pedagogies
- Literacies in communities/adult literacies
- Pop culture literacies
- Racial literacies
- Teaching additional languages
- Writing children’s literature/oral storytelling
FACULTY ENGAGED WITH LITERACIES, TEXTS AND LANGUAGES
Interested in applying for a PhD? Check out our Literacies, Texts and Languages faculty members and their ongoing research and supervision:
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Sara Florence Davidson
Supervision Status: Open to New Students
Research Keywords: Indigenous pedagogies; Indigenous literacies; Indigenous storytelling; Indigenous methodologies; Indigenous education; English language arts; teacher education
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Joel Heng Hartse
Supervision Status: Open to Co-Supervision Only
Research Keywords: academic literacy; second language writing; applied linguistics; TESOL; writing studies; academic integrity; language ideology; world Englishes; English as a lingua franca; higher education; academic publishing; popular music
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Roumi Ilieva
Supervision Status: Not Accepting New Students
Research Keywords: culture and identity in language education; internationalization of higher education; language teacher education; teacher identities; immigrant integration
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Robyn Ilten-Gee
Supervision Status: Not Accepting New Students
Research Keywords: critical digital literacy, new media pedagogy, racial literacies, moral education, moral development, reasoning, social emotional learning, educational psychology
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Ena Lee
Supervision Status: Not Accepting New Students
Research Keywords:
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Elizabeth Marshall
Supervision Status: Not Accepting New Students
Research Keywords: children’s picture books; children’s film; drinking culture; alcohol; teachers and teaching in popular culture; childhood and youth studies
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Suzanne Smythe
Supervision Status: Not Accepting New Students
Research Keywords: automated literacies, algorithmic culture, AI literacies, adult education, community education, socio-technologies; pluriversality
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Greg Sutherland
Supervision Status: Open to Co-Supervision Only
Research Keywords: teacher education; Indigenous education; language arts curriculum and instruction; digital literacies; new media literacies; comics-based research; social studies curriculum and instruction
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