REACHing Beyond: Conversations on Language and Literacy Research Methods and Methodologies

Guest Speakers: Meike Wernicke is an associate professor in language and literacy education on the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm campus of the University of British Columbia. As a white settler, Meike immigrated to Canada from Germany and grew up on the traditional lands of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓-speaking peoples in what is now known as the Fraser Valley. Her research with French teachers in minority language contexts...

Guest Speakers: Andrea Hoff (she/her) is a multimedia artist, writer, and arts-based researcher. Her work in art and academia is centred on community practice and often engages with speculative world-building and radical ecologies. Her recently completed PhD in Language and Literacy Education at UBC focused on youth empowerment in the context of the climate crisis, explored through comics. In 2022...

Guest Speakers: Dr. Brian Morgan is a senior scholar at Glendon College, York University. His current areas of interest include critical affective literacies and their adoption in Applied Linguistics and Language Teacher Education. He is also interested in postmemory and supportive research methods such as duoethnography. Dr. Anwar Ahmed is an Assistant Professor of Language Education as Anti-oppr...

Guest Speakers: Dr. Kathryn Accurso is an Associate Professor of Teaching in Language and Literacy Education at the University of British Columbia. She is an applied linguist and former English teacher, which has shaped her research interest in literacy, equity, and teacher education. She uses action research to explore how to support K-12 teachers in developing beliefs, knowledge, and practices f...

Guest Speakers: Dr. Guofang Li is a Professor and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Transnational and Global Perspectives of Language and Literacy Education of Children and Youth at the University of British Columbia. Her research examines the language and literacy development of multilingual children and youth in transnational and immigrant contexts. She focuses on bilingualism, biliteracy, digital...

Host: The Research Engagement and Collaboration Hub (REACH), the Department of Language and Literacy Education, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia. Host in This Episode: Dr. Melanie Wong is an Associate Professor of Teaching in the University of British Columbia Department of Language and Literacy Education. She is a former K-12 educator. Her research explores the experiences of...

Host: The Research Engagement and Collaboration Hub (REACH), the Department of Language and Literacy Education, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia. Dr. Kristiina Kumpulainen is a Professor and Head of the Department of Language and Literacy Education at the University of British Columbia. Her research scholarship is grounded on relational and cultural-historical inquiries into co...

Guest Speakers: Dr. Patricia (Patsy) Duff is a Professor of Applied Linguistics and Distinguished University Scholar in the Department of Language and Literacy Education at the University of British Columbia. Patsy’s main scholarly interests are related to language socialization across bilingual and multilingual settings; qualitative research methods in applied linguistics (especially case study a...

Guest Speaker: Senyao Shen is a Ph. D. Candidate in the University of British Columbia Department of Language and Literacy Education. Her research explores socialization among Chinese families in Metro Vancouver and the interplay of English, Chinese regional dialects, and Mandarin. She holds an MA in Linguistics from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and a BA in Translation from Nankai Universit...

Guest Speaker: Dr. Jennifer Jenson, Professor of Digital Languages, Literacies & Cultures in the Department of Language and Literacy Education, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia. Prior to coming to UBC (January 2019), Dr. Jenson spent 18 years at York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where she was Director of the Institute for Research on Digital Learning. Host: The R...