Recent Research & Writing

My doctoral research entitled, Excursions in “Latinx Canadian Music: A Critical Appreciative Inquiry to Envision Transcultural Identities Among Language Learners and Teachers” (2024) explored how Latinx Canadian music was used as a pedagogical tool to develop transcultural literacies of youth in a Spanish class. It took place at Legados Latin American Institute for the Transmission of Language and Culture in Montréal, Canada whose vision is to sustain the language and culture of Spanish-speaking communities.

Transcultural Literacies for Multilingual Classrooms: Responding to Changing Realities in Theory and Practice (Eds. Rahat Zaidi, Umit Boz, Eve Moreau, 2024) explores the ways in which transcultural pedagogies can support learning and literacies in critical, creative and socially just ways, highlighting research initiatives from across the globe. Chapters present innovative perspectives for language/literacy education focusing on Indigenous, plurilingual and digital literacies, among others.

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