Research Interests and Projects

Research interests by faculty members

Intergenerational Literacy Project (Literacy for Life)
Dr. Jim Anderson and Dr. Vicki Purcell-Gates

Parents As Literary Supporters (PALS)
Dr. Jim Anderson

Digital Literacy and the Digital Humanities
Dr. Teresa Dobson

Systems and Networks of Knowledge Communication in Child-Headed Households in Uganda
Dr. Maureen Kendrick (in collaboration with Dr. Doris Kakuru, Makerere)

Digital Literacy and Teacher Development in East Africa
Dr. Maureen Kendrick and Dr. Bonny Norton

The Literacy Ecology of Three Ugandan Communities
Dr. Bonny Norton and Dr. Maureen Kendrick

Applied Linguistics and Literacy in Africa & the Diaspora Research Network
Dr. Bonny Norton

Rewriting Literacy Curriculum in Canadian Cosmopolitan Schools
Dr. Erika Hasebe-Ludt (principal), Dr. Carl Leggo (co-investigator), & Dr. Cynthia Chambers (co-investigator)

The Cultural Practices of Literacy Study (CPLS)
Dr. Victoria Purcell-Gates

The Youth CLAIM Project (Critical Literacies and Arts-Integrated Media)
Dr. Theresa Rogers

Public Knowledge Project
Dr. John Willinsky

©2007 The University of British Columbia, all rights reserved
Department of Language & Literacy Education
Faculty of Education
2125 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4