Zheng Zhang, Western University

Research

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Latest funding

Reading Pedagogies of Equity: Networked Literacy Pedagogues as Resources for Academic Reading Praxes in Teacher Education
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$114,053
Reading Pedagogies of Equity: Networked Literacy Pedagogues as Resources for Academic Reading Praxes in Teacher Education
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$55,559
Composing stories across the borders: Promoting equity through digital storytelling with biliteracy curricula
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$106,232

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Reading Pedagogies of Equity: Networked Literacy Pedagogues as Resources for Academic Reading Praxes in Teacher Education

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Heydon, Rachel M.

Keywords: academic reading; equity; pedagogies; higher education; literacy; teacher education

$114,053

Reading Pedagogies of Equity: Networked Literacy Pedagogues as Resources for Academic Reading Praxes in Teacher Education

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Heydon, Rachel M.

Keywords: academic reading; equity; pedagogies; higher education; literacy; teacher education

$55,559

Composing stories across the borders: Promoting equity through digital storytelling with biliteracy curricula

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Zhang, Zheng

Keywords: biliteracy; new media literacies; equity; curriculum; digital storytelling

$106,232

Building on assets: a netnography of a cross-border, online biliteracy curriculum

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Zhang, Zheng

Keywords: biliteracy curriculum; new media literacies; cross-border; online educational cooperation

$23,561

A multiple case study of literacy curricula in Canadian transnational education programs in China

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Zhang, Zheng

Keywords: (1) Curriculum; (2) Literacy; (3) Transnational education; (4) Literacy and identity options; (5) Multiliteracies

$63,750

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 Dear Professor Zhang, 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 connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Composing stories across the borders: Promoting equity through digital storytelling with biliteracy curricula" (2021), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. 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]