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Diane R. Collier is a Professor in the Department of Educational Studies at Brock University, focusing on multimodality and everyday literacies. She is particularly interested in collaborative and participatory research involving children. Utilizing arts-informed, qualitative, and ethnographic methodologies, her research emphasizes literacies-in-process and playful improvisation. Diane investigates how children utilize everyday texts, particularly visual media from popular culture, to engage with audiences both locally and globally, bridging the gap between home and school contexts. Her expertise includes guiding graduate students in research methods and theories of literacy, along with qualitative methods in educational research.
This entry applies to the general Graduate Studies standard for departments such as English Language and Literature, History, Philosophy, and Sociology.