Results for "literacy"

Projects

Join the EMPOWER Team to support Emergent Bilinguals and Latine/x Communities

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Description:

The EMPOWER (Elevating Multilingüe learners Prácticas and Oportunidades Within Educational Research)lab is recruiting motivated individuals interested in supporting multilingual and Latine/x students and families. Dr…

Faculty

Diane Davis

Affiliated Departments:
Communication Studies, English, Rhetoric and Writing
Research Interests:

My work is situated at the intersection of rhetorical theory and continental philosophy. I hold the Kenneth Burke Chair of Rhetoric & Critical Media Philosophy at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee,…

Linda Ferreira-Buckley

Affiliated Departments:
English, Rhetoric and Writing
Research Interests:

Rhetorical education (e.g., speech, writing, ethics) of Barbara Jordan, Houston's Fifth Ward, African Americans in the South. History of rhetoric, especially 18th- and 19th-century rhetoric. Evaluating writing…

Alison Frazier

Affiliated Departments:
Center for European Studies, Center for Women's and Gender Studies, Comparative Literature, French and Italian, History, Medieval Studies Program, Religious Studies
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I teach and write about medieval and early modern intellectual and religious history, with an emphasis on the Italian Renaissance. I also work on the book history between manuscript and print, and the reception of…

Alan W Friedman

Affiliated Departments:
Comparative Literature, English
Research Interests:

British and American modernism; the novel; drama, especially Shakespeare; international programs and faculty governance and academic freedom

Alexandra A Garcia

Affiliated Departments:
School of Nursing
Research Interests:

Chronic disease self-management among marginalized populations, particularly factors that impact self-management of diabetes among Mexican Americans and other Hispanic/Latino populations; self-management of multiple…

Philip Gough

Affiliated Departments:
Psychology
Research Interests:

Reading and its acquisition; also psycholinguistics and cognition

David Kornhaber

Affiliated Departments:
English
Research Interests:

David Kornhaber’s primary research interests lie in Modern Drama and Contemporary Drama, and he is particularly interested in the intersections and cross-influences of theatre and philosophy. His current book…

Michael Mackert

Affiliated Departments:
College of Communication, Public Relations, Advertising, Dell Medical School
Research Interests:

Health communication, health literacy, designing effective and engaging health messages.