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Professor Lam specializes in the area of language, literacy, and diversity in education. She works at the intersection of literacy studies and applied linguistics in studying language use and learning, new literacies, language varieties, socialization practices, and political participation in new media environments. Her ethnographic work has explored the digital media practices of youth of migrant backgrounds to understand these practices within larger contexts of transnational movements, social networks and identities, and flows of media content and artifacts.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Education in Language, Literacy, and Culture, PhD , University of California at Berkeley
… → 2003
Education in Language and Literacy, MA, University of California at Berkeley
… → 1993
Biological Science, BA, President’s Honor, San Jose State University
… → 1991
Research interests keywords
- Asian-American Education
- Cultural Diversity in Learning
- Culture & Learning
- Diversity
- Ethnography
- Identity
- Immigration and Education
- Language & Literacy
- Literacy
- Multilingualism and Multlingual Education
- Narrative Analysis
- Online Chat Rooms
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Reimagining Spaces of Learning and Border Crossing through Narratives and Inquiries on Migration
Lam, W. S. E. (PD/PI)
3/1/24 → 9/30/25
Project: Research project
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Multidisciplinary Program in Educational Sciences
Schanzenbach, D. W. (PD/PI), Jackson, C. K. (Co-PD/PI), Rapp, D. N. (Co-PD/PI), Spillane, J. P. (Co-PD/PI), Adam, E. K. (Other), Chase-Lansdale, L. (Other), Coburn, C. E. (Other), Cook, T. D. (Other), Destin, M. P. (Other), Easterday, M. W. (Other), Figlio, D. N. (Other), Gerber, E. M. (Other), Guryan, J. E. (Other), Hedges, L. V. (Other), Horn, M. S. (Other), Ispa-Landa, S. Z. (Other), Lam, W. S. E. (Other), Lee, C. D. (Other), Medin, D. L. (Other), Rosenbaum, J. E. (Other), Sherin, B. L. (Other), Smilowitz, K. (Other), Spencer, B. D. (Other) & Uttal, D. H. (Other)
Institute of Education Sciences
9/1/14 → 8/31/21
Project: Research project
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Standard Research Grant: A Comparative Study of ICTs and Literacy Attainment
Lam, W. S. E. (PD/PI) & Wartella, E. A. (Co-PD/PI)
9/1/13 → 8/31/17
Project: Research project
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Reading for the Community: An Examination of the Relationship between Critical Literacy and Community Building
Lam, W. S. E. (PD/PI)
9/1/08 → 9/30/10
Project: Research project
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NAE/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship
Lam, W. S. E. (PD/PI)
National Academy of Education, Spencer Foundation
9/1/06 → 6/30/08
Project: Research project
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Transnational Mexican Youth Negotiating Languages, Identities, and Cultures Online: A Chronotopic Lens
Lam, W. S. E. & Christiansen, M. S., Sep 2022, In: TESOL Quarterly. 56, 3, p. 907-933 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access7 Scopus citations -
Multimodal Voicing and Scale-Making in a Youth-Produced Video Documentary on Immigration
Lam, W. S. E., Chang, A. A., Rosario-Ramos, E. M., Smirnov, N., Easterday, M. W. & Doppelt, J. C., May 2021, In: Research in the Teaching of English. 55, 4, p. 340-368 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
6 Scopus citations -
Online communication patterns of Chinese and Mexican adolescents living in the United States
Cingel, D. P., Lauricella, A. R., Lam, W. S. E., Wartella, E. & Morales, P. Z., 2019, In: International Journal of Communication. 13, p. 116-135 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
5 Scopus citations -
“Presenting Our Perspective”: Recontextualizing Youths’ Experiences of Hypercriminalization Through Media Production
Smirnov, N. & Lam, W. S. E., Apr 1 2019, In: Written Communication. 36, 2, p. 296-344 49 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
7 Scopus citations -
Exploring ideological becoming for youth of diverse backgrounds: Documentary practices as internally persuasive discourse
Chang, A. & Lam, W. S. E., Jan 1 2018, In: Proceedings of International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS. 3, 2018-June, p. 1655-1656 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
1 Scopus citations