Critical Language and Literacy Studies Collection (Vols 1-15)

Alastair Pennycook is Emeritus Professor (formerly Distinguished Professor) of Language, Society and Education at UTS. He is also a Research Professor at the Centre for Multilingualism in Society across the Lifespan at the University of Oslo, and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. He is known for his work in three main areas: critical approaches to the global spread of English and English language teaching, critical applied linguistics, and sociolinguistic studies of multilingualism, diversity, popular culture and mobility. His most recent book (with Sinfree Makoni) is Innovations and challenges in applied linguistics from the Global South (Routledge).

Ryuko Kubota is a Professor in the Department of Language and Literacy Education at the University of British Columbia, Canada. She has taught courses on language education and Japanese as a foreign language in the United States and Canada as well as English as a foreign language in Japan. Her research focuses on critical approaches to language education, especially on culture, race, multiculturalism and second language writing.

Brian Morgan is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at Glendon College/York University in Toronto, Canada, where he teaches courses in content-based EAP, language teacher education, and graduate courses in Applied Linguistics. His primary research area is in critical theories and their potential implementation across English Language Teaching contexts. Recently, Brian has collaborated in several projects linking Glendon College with Brazilian universities and scholars. Brian is also a co-editor (along with Alastair Pennycook and Ryuko Kubota) of the Critical Language and Literacy Series published by Multilingual Matters.