LLC Core Faculty
Language, Literacy and Culture
Dr. Craig Saper, Graduate Program Director
BICKEL, BEVERLY, Ph.D., Clinical Associate Professor
bickel@umbc.eduGlobalized communication and culture, new media, social movements, critical pedagogy, qualitative research
GOINGS, RAMON, Ed.D., Assistant Professor
rgoings@umbc.eduBlack male student success in K-12 and Higher Education, diversifying the teacher and school leader workforce, adult learners in higher education, gifted education, minority serving institutions
MALLINSON, CHRISTINE, Ph.D., Professor and Director of the Center for Social Science Scholarship mallinson@umbc.edu
English language variation, language and educational inequality, the interface of sociolinguistics and sociology, research methodology
MOFFITT, KIMBERLY R., Ph.D., Professor and Interim Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences kmoffitt@umbc.edu
Culture, media studies/criticism, Black hair and body politics, sports and media, and popular culture
SAPER, CRAIG, Ph.D., Professor and Interim Director of LLC
csaper@umbc.eduE-literacy, e-publishing and online scholarship, history of reading and reading devices, networked writing, cultural and media theory and interventions
Founding Emerita Director
CRANDALL, JOANN (JODI), Ph.D., Professor Emerita crandall@umbc.edu
content-based language learning, second language literacy, language teacher education, first and second language writing, ESL/EFL
