Scholars

Kwok, Michelle

Clinical Assistant Professor

Positions:

Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Education and Human Development, Texas A&M University

Research Areas:

Literacy, Reading, Teachers--Training of, STEM, Social change, Writing

UN Sustainable Development Goals:

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michkwok@tamu.edu

(979) 845-8384

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ORCID

0000-0002-2406-6835

UN Sustainable Development Goals:

Research Areas:

Literacy, Reading, Teachers--Training of, STEM, Social change, Writing

overview

I focus on sociocultural perspectives of literacy in particular because literacy has historically acted as a gatekeeper to educational opportunity and equity. From my early career as a writing teacher for international and immigrant students, to teaching elementary students, and then teaching high school students abroad in Japan, I have seen and experienced how literacy is a source of identity, power, and opportunity. Because of experiences like these, I have dedicated my research studies to understanding how to prepare future teachers to support youth for the literacy demands of their school, work, and future.

education and training

Ph.D. in Literacy, Language, and Culture, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor - (Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States) 2015

selected publications

Academic Articles7

Kwok, M., Welder, R. M., Moore, J., & Williams, A. M. (2022). Beyond Keywords: Applying Systemic Functional Linguistics to Unpack the Language of Additive Word Problems. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION. 1-24.
Kwok, M., Rios, A., & Kwok, A. (2022). Dispelling Deficit Framing: Investigating Preservice Teacher Beliefs About the Intersections between Literacy Instruction and Culturally Relevant Pedagogy. TEACHERS AND TEACHING. 1-18.
Kwok, A., Rios, A., & Kwok, M. (2022). Pre-service teachers' motivations to enter the profession. JOURNAL OF CURRICULUM STUDIES. 54(4), 576-597.
Kwok, M. (2022). Tensions between disciplinarity and generality within a professional development on writing instruction. ENGLISH TEACHING-PRACTICE AND CRITIQUE. 21(1), 71-83.
Kwok, M. N., Rios, A. R., Kwok, A., & Matthews, S. D. (2021). Teacher Candidates' Developing Beliefs About Diversity and Its Role in Effective Literacy Teaching. EDUCATION AND URBAN SOCIETY. 53(8), 886-908.

SDG 4

Chapters1

Kwok, M. N., Ganding III, E., Hull, G. A., & Moje, E. B. Sociocultural approaches to high school writing instruction. Examining the roles of context, positionality, and power. Handbook of writing research. 257-271. Guilford Press New York, NY.

in the news

Cultural experiences through virtual study abroad Texas A&M University College of Education & Human Development May 12, 2021
Developing culturally-responsive educators Texas A&M University College of Education and Human Development March 21, 2021
What are STEM words and their multiple meanings? Texas A&M University College of Education and Human Development November 18, 2020