Research Collectives

The purpose of the Mary and Jean Borg Center for Reading and Literacy research collective is to serve as a forum for affiliated faculty to share literacy research and to expand collaborative relationships.  Faculty affiliated with the Center engage in the following research collectives:

Children's Literature





Literacy and Technology

Gender, Literacy and Culture






Workplace Studies

Family Literacy



Critical Policy Reading Group






English Language Learning/Bilingual Literacies


Written Language Development

Adolescent Literacy Youth Culture



Emergent and Early Literacy Development


Drama in Education


Reading Difficulties

Multiple Literacies


Literacy, Language, and Identity



Linguistics for Teachers


Social Justice, Literacy Learning and Minority Achievement




Assessment