Meghan Corella Morales

Meghan Corella Morales is an Associate Professor in the Department of Language & Literacy Education at the University of British Columbia's Faculty of Education. Her research and teaching focus on power dynamics in educational settings, particularly regarding language ideologies, racialization, and gender equity. She teaches courses on discourse analysis, child language development, and language pedagogies.

• Research Specializations:
  • Bilingual/multilingual education
  • Critical literacies/pedagogies
  • Discourse analysis
  • Gender and queer inclusion
  • Race and antiracism
  • Language ideologies
• Key Contributions:
  • 2025: Multimodal analysis of student engagement
  • 2023: Racialized experiences in Canadian universities
  • 2023: Gestural conflict resolution in classrooms
  • 2022: Academic language ideologies in elementary education
  • 2020: Peer interaction dynamics marginalizing English learners

Her work combines sociocultural linguistics, ethnographic methods, and intersectional feminist frameworks to examine how minoritized children navigate power structures through semiotic practices. She maintains active research on affective responses to racialization and language brokering in immigrant families.

Contact: meghan.corella@ubc.ca | Office: PCN 3129 | Phone: 604–827–1430