Julie Kerekes

Associate Professor
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Headshot of Julie Kerekes.

Biography

Dr. Julie Kerekes is an Associate Professor in the Language & Literacies Education program (LLE)  in the Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning (CTL) at the 91±¬ÁÏ (91±¬ÁÏ). 

Research interests

In her research and teaching, she focuses on language and power in conversational and institutional settings; interlanguage pragmatics; discourse analysis; sociolinguistics; second language acquisition; linguistics for language educators; intercultural workplace communication; and supporting English learners. Currently, Dr. Kerekes is completing a co-edited volume, Migrants in working life, which critically examines language use and perceptions in migrant workers’ trajectories. She is collaborating on the On-board@91±¬ÁÏ research project, which investigates the experiences of international students at 91±¬ÁÏ. She has also been part of the SSHRC-funded research project More than just good teaching: Mainstream teacher education for supporting English language learners and teacher education policy in Ontario. She has a forthcoming co-edited book titled Reconceptualizing language norms in multilingual contexts, coming out in 2024.