Rahat Naqvi

Dr. Rahat Zaidi, PhD is an Associate Professor and Chair of Language and Literacy at the Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary. Dr. Zaidi conducts research in Language Education, Intercultural Communication,Teacher Education and Curriculum Theory. Her latest research funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada focuses on transcultural approaches to literacy; exploring refugee families’ stories of migration and resettlement-the implications of these stories for language education and educational policy initiatives to support new Canadians across the country. Her latest books include Anti-Islamophobic Curriculums with Peter Lang and Literacy Lives in Transcultural Times with Routledge. She is Associate Editor of Language and Literacy: A Canadian ejournal. For more information go to www.rahatzaidi.com