Margaret Mackey, University of Alberta

Research

literacy place digital worlds apps local knowledge

Latest funding

Situated readers in digital times: understanding the role of place in the development of contemporary literate awareness
SSHRC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$113,777
The development of a reader: a historically and culturally situated study
SSHRC · 2009 · Principal investigator
$72,239
Extended fictions, media variations and social interpretive behaviours
SSHRC · 2004 · Principal investigator
$71,703

All 6 grants and awards

Situated readers in digital times: understanding the role of place in the development of contemporary literate awareness

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Mackey, Margaret

Keywords: literacy; place; digital worlds; apps; local knowledge

$113,777

The development of a reader: a historically and culturally situated study

Principal investigatorSSHRC2009Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Mackey, Margaret

Keywords: reading history; literacy development; media literacy; school and recreational access to texts; bibliography

$72,239

Extended fictions, media variations and social interpretive behaviours

Principal investigatorSSHRC2004Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Mackey, Margaret

Keywords: literacy; media literacy; computer literacy; reading; viewing; digital games; interpretive behaviours; popular culture

$71,703

Developing adult literacies in print and other technologies: a qualitative study

Principal investigatorSSHRC2000Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Mackey, Margaret

Keywords: reading; media literacy; computer literacy; early adulthood;

$95,000

Evolving literacies in a knowledge-based economy

Principal investigatorSSHRC1999Challenges and Opportunities of a Knowledge-based Economy

Principal investigators: Mackey, Margaret

$5,000

Changing literacy in a media age: a qualitative study of young readers

Principal investigatorSSHRC1997Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Mackey, Margaret

Keywords: literacy; media; computers; multi-media; reading; children's literature

$30,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: literacy Dear Professor Mackey, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on literacy connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]