معرفی
Professor Uta Papen is a faculty member at the Lancaster University within the School of Social Sciences, where she serves as Professor of Literacy Studies and Co-Director of the Literacy Research Centre. Her interdisciplinary research bridges social anthropology, education, and applied linguistics, focusing on literacy as a social and cultural practice.
- Research Focus: Literacy policy analysis, health literacy, critical literacy, and ethnographic studies in Global South contexts.
- Current Projects: Co-leads the Morecambe Bay Curriculum Storytelling and Writing Pilot Project (2025–2026) and works on a critical history of adult literacy policy (Routledge, 2026).
- Teaching: Convenes undergraduate modules like LING 235 and co-edits Routledge series on literacies.
- Methodology: Specializes in ethnographic and collaborative action research combined with critical discourse analysis and multimodal analysis.
Research Trends: Recent publications emphasize literacy policy critique, deaf education innovations, and methodological advancements in literacy studies. Her work explores intersections between linguistic landscapes, healthcare communication, and critical thinking in early education.
PhD Supervision: Focus areas include phonics policy implementation, healthcare literacy practices, and urban linguistic landscapes. She currently supervises Xinran Wang.
