Concentration in Literacies & Learners
Interdisciplinary Doctor of Philosophy in Education (Ph.D.) Program

The Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Education concentration in Literacies & Learners prepares students to contribute new knowledge to the field of literacy learning. The program defines literacy learning broadly. Students can focus on various aspects of language and literacy from their developmental foundations in childhood and early schooling to how older children, adolescents, and adults learn and apply them in different contexts.

Our work with doctoral students is grounded in our dual beliefs that education is a primary mechanism for social justice and that educational research has the capacity to improve the material conditions of people’s lives. .

Core Faculty:  Wanda Brooks (Ed.D., University of Pennsylvania),  Annemarie Hindman (Ph.D., University of Michigan), Ivan Quandt (Ed.D., Indiana University), Michael W. Smith (Ph.D., University of Chicago), Cathleen Soundy (Ed.D.,  Rutgers University), Francis Sullivan (Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania), Barbara Wasik (Ph.D., Temple University)

Disciplinary Concentration Courses (18 S.H.)

• Foundational Theories and Research in Reading
• Foundational Theories and Research in Writing
• Seminar in Early Childhood Literacy
• Three more courses from a list of electives offered by concentration faculty.
  

Contact Us

For more information about this concentration in the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Education, please contact:

Dr. Barbara Wasik
email:barbara.wasik@temple.edu
phone:(215) 204-4982

Interdisciplinary Doctor of Philosophy in Education (Ph.D.) Program
College of Education
Temple University
1301 Cecil B. Moore Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19122