As a critical discourse analyst, my research has centered chiefly on discursive constructions of religious identity. More recently, however, I have been involved in interdisciplinary studies of economic discourse. Details of this research can be found on my “Publications” page.
As a faculty member in UBC’s Educational Leadership Stream, much of my research focuses on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). My current projects in this area are listed here below:
- Principal investigator: Reflecting on Writing across the Disciplines: Evaluating student learning in Arts Studies in Research and Writing
- Principal co-investigator: Academic writing expectations in social sciences and the extent to which students use the knowledge and practices gained in required writing courses in their later studies (with Dr. Jaclyn Rea, Vantage College, UBC)
- Principal co-investigator: Students’ attitudes and affect towards academic research and writing (with Dr. Jaclyn Rea, Vantage College, UBC)
- Co-investigator: Academic integrity curriculum in First-Year Arts programs (Principal Investigator: Dr. Laurie McNeill, Chair First Year Programs)
- Co-investigator: Creation of writing support resources: On-call workshops and self-directed learning. (Principal Investigator: Meghan Aube, Program Manager UBC Centre for Writing and Scholarly Communication)
- Co-investigator: Scholarly and practical commitments in education research writing (with Dr. Anneke van Enk of UBC’s Centre for Health Education Scholarship