Patsy Duff

Patsy Duff is a Professor at the Department of Language and Literacy Education within the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia (UBC). She holds the title of Distinguished University Scholar and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC), reflecting her significant academic contributions.

• Research Focus: Bilingual/multilingual education, decolonizing methodologies, heritage language policy, identity negotiation in language learning, and sociocultural dimensions of language instruction.
• Key Themes: Her work examines multilingual socialization, language ideologies, and the intersection of pop culture with language pedagogy, particularly in Chinese and English as additional languages.

Publications: Over the past decade, her research has emphasized family language policy, English medium instruction, and transnational identity formation. She has contributed to foundational texts on case study research and language socialization, establishing frameworks for qualitative applied linguistics.

• Scientific Awards:
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC)
  • Distinguished University Scholar, UBC

Collaborations: Patsy Duff has collaborated with scholars like Heidi Byrnes, Sharoni Zappa-Hollman, and Debra Li on projects exploring language policy, socialization, and multilingual education. Her work bridges academic discourse with practical language teaching strategies.