Faculty

Our faculty members play a major role in the Faculty’s teacher education program for both elementary and secondary teachers, in both English and French. LLED faculty are active in literacy research projects in Canada, the US, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Central and South America. The list of their nationally and internationally recognized research projects is available on the Faculty Publications page.

Kathryn Accurso
Associate Professor of Teaching

Research Interests:
Bilingual/multilingual education, Critical literacies/pedagogies, Decolonizing pedagogies and knowledges, Discourse Analysis, English as an additional language, Language Ideologies, Literacy education, Systemic Functional Linguistics, Teacher Education

Anwar Ahmed
Assistant Professor

Research Interests:
Critical literacies/pedagogies, Digital literacies, Second language reading and writing, Teacher Education

George Belliveau
Professor

Research Interests:
Arts-Based Research, Drama/Theater education, English language arts, Literacy education, Storytelling & Narrative Inquiry, Teacher Education

Iris Berger
Associate Professor of Teaching

Research Interests:
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Mary Bryson
Professor
Co-Director of the Public Humanities Hub
Research Interests:
Critical literacies/pedagogies, Decolonizing pedagogies and knowledges, Digital literacies, Gender-sexuality-queer inclusion, Identity, Online pedagogies, Place-based literacies, Race and antiracism, Storytelling & Narrative Inquiry

Andreea Cervatiuc
Associate Professor of Teaching
Program Coordinator of the Online MEd in TESL
Research Interests:
Bilingual/multilingual education, Critical literacies/pedagogies, Digital literacies, English as an additional language, Language Assessment, Language education technologies, Online pedagogies, Teacher Education

Meghan Corella
Associate Professor

Research Interests:
Bilingual/multilingual education, Critical literacies/pedagogies, Discourse analysis, Gender-sexuality-queer inclusion, Identity, Language ideologies, Race and antiracism

Ron Darvin
Associate Professor

Research Interests:
Decolonizing pedagogies and knowledges, Digital literacies, Identity, Multiliteracy and multimodality, Race and antiracism

Ryan Deschambault
Associate Professor of Teaching (Grant-tenure)
Academic Director, UBC-Ritsumeikan Academic Exchange Programs
Research Interests:
English as an additional language, International issues/perspectives

Teresa Dobson
Professor
Graduate Student Advisor
Research Interests:
Critical literacies/pedagogies, Digital literacies, Digital Research Methods, English language arts, Literacy education, Literature and poetry, Multiliteracy and multimodality, Online pedagogies, Place-based literacies, Storytelling & Narrative Inquiry, Teacher Education

Reginald D’Silva
Professor of Teaching

Research Interests:
Critical Intercultural Studies, Decolonizing pedagogies and knowledges, Digital literacies, English as an additional language, International issues/perspectives, Language education technologies, Online pedagogies, Teacher Education

Patricia Duff
Professor

Research Interests:
Bilingual/multilingual education, Decolonizing methodologies, English as an additional language, Identity, Language Ideologies, Language Planning and Policy, Modern language and heritage language education, Multiliteracy and multimodality

Joseph Dupris
Assistant Professor

Research Interests:
-

Margaret Early
Associate Professor
Associate Dean, Strategic Programs and Planning
Research Interests:
Bilingual/multilingual education, Decolonizing pedagogies and knowledges, English as an additional language, Identity, Multiliteracy and multimodality, Race and antiracism, Teacher Education

Candace Galla
Associate Professor

Research Interests:
Dance-song-chant-oral traditions, Decolonizing methodologies, Decolonizing pedagogies and knowledges, Indigenous epistemologies, Indigenous Language Revitalization and Reclamation, Indigenous Language/Literacy/Digital Technology, Indigenous Literacy and Education, Language Planning and Policy

Derek Gladwin
Associate Professor

Research Interests:
Arts-Based Research, Critical literacies/pedagogies, Decolonizing pedagogies and knowledges, Digital literacies, Environmental theory and practice, Multiliteracy and multimodality, Storytelling & Narrative Inquiry, Teacher Education

Lee Gunderson
Professor

Research Interests:
-

Jan Hare
Professor
Dean
Research Interests:
-

Melissa Hunte
Assistant Professor

Research Interests:
-

Kedrick James
Professor of Teaching
Director, Okanagan School of Education
Research Interests:
Arts-Based Research, Digital literacies, Digital Research Methods, English language arts, Environmental theory and practice, Literacy education, Literature and poetry, Teacher Education

Jennifer Jenson
Professor

Research Interests:
Critical literacies/pedagogies, Decolonizing pedagogies and knowledges, Digital Games, Digital literacies, Digital Research Methods, Gender/sexuality/queer inclusion, Multiliteracy and multimodality, Online pedagogies

Maureen Kendrick
Professor
Deputy Department Head
Research Interests:
Digital literacies, English language arts, Identity, Instructional approaches, International issues/perspectives, Literacy education, Multiliteracy and multimodality

Nasrin Kowkabi
Lecturer
Academic Coodinator, UBC - Ritsumeikan Academic Exchange Program
Research Interests:
Critical literacies/pedagogies, English as an additional language, Instructional approaches, International issues/perspectives, Language Assessment, Language Ideologies, Online pedagogies, Second language reading and writing

Ryuko Kubota
Professor

Research Interests:
Critical Intercultural Studies, Critical literacies/pedagogies, English as an additional language, International issues/perspectives, Language Ideologies, Modern language and heritage language education, Race and antiracism, Second language reading and writing

Kristiina Kumpulainen
Professor
Department Head
Research Interests:
Critical literacies/pedagogies, Digital literacies, Identity, Multiliteracy and multimodality, Place-based literacies, Storytelling/narrative inquiry

Marika Kunnas
Assistant Professor

Research Interests:
Arts-based Research, Bilingual/multilingual education, Critical intercultural studies, Critical literacies/pedagogies, Decolonizing pedagogies and knowledges, Drama/Theater education, French language education, Identity, Language ideologies, Race and antiracism, Teacher education, Storytelling/narrative inquiry

Guofang Li
Professor
Tier 1 Canada Research Chair
Research Interests:
Bilingual/multilingual education, English as an additional language, International issues/perspectives, Language education technologies, Language Planning and Policy, Modern language and heritage language education, Second language reading and writing, Teacher Education

Leah Macfadyen
Associate Professor of Teaching

Research Interests:
Critical Intercultural Studies, Digital literacies, Digital Research Methods, Instructional approaches, Online pedagogies

Amber Moore
Assistant Professor of Teaching

Research Interests:
Arts-based Research, Critical literacies/pedagogies, English language arts, Librarianship, Literacy education, Literature and poetry, Storytelling/narrative inquiry, Teacher education

Bonny Norton (FRSC)
Professor
University Killam Professor
Research Interests:
Bilingual/multilingual education, Critical literacies/pedagogies, Digital literacies, English as an additional language, Gender/sexuality/queer inclusion, Identity, Language Ideologies, Storytelling & Narrative Inquiry

Harini Rajagopal
Assistant Professor

Research Interests:
Arts-based research, Multiliteracy and multimodality, Bilingual/Multilingual education, Literacy Education, Decolonizing pedagogies and knowledges, English Language Arts, Critical literacies/pedagogies, Teacher Education, Race and antiracism

Carl Ruest
Assistant Professor of Teaching

Research Interests:
Bilingual/Multilingual Education, Critical Intercultural Studies, French Language Education, Identity, Language Ideologies, Teacher Education

Steven Talmy
Associate Professor

Research Interests:
English as an additional language

Meike Wernicke
Associate Professor
(On Leave)
Research Interests:
Bilingual/multilingual education, Critical Intercultural Studies, Decolonizing pedagogies and knowledges, Discourse Analysis, French Language Education, Identity, Language Planning and Policy, Teacher Education

George Whitehead
Lecturer

Research Interests:
L2 teacher education, English as an additional language, Instructional approaches, Decolonizing methodologies, Decolonizing pedagogies and knowledges

Melanie Wong
Associate Professor of Teaching
Program Advisor for the Online MEd in Literacy Education
Research Interests:
Arts-Based Research, Bilingual/multilingual education, Digital literacies, Literacy education, Modern language and heritage language education, Multiliteracy and multimodality, Online pedagogies, Teacher Education

Sandra Zappa-Hollman
Associate Professor
Director of Academic English Programming, Vantage College
Research Interests:
Bilingual/multilingual education, Discourse Analysis, English as an additional language, Instructional approaches, Language Ideologies, Literacy education, Second language reading and writing, Systemic Functional Linguistics