DR. BONNY NORTON, FRSC Professor and Distinguished University Scholar Department of Language and Literacy Education (LLED) University of British Columbia Research Advisor, African Storybook Research Lead, Storybooks Canada http://faculty.educ.ubc.ca/norton/ Contact:
[email protected] Degrees • PhD, University of Toronto: Language Education, 1993. (SSHRC Doctoral Fellow) • MA, Reading University, UK: Theoretical Linguistics, 1984. (Rotary Graduate Scholar) • BA Hons, Univ. of Witwatersrand, SA: Applied Linguistics, 1982. (Ranked 1 in program) • BA HDipEd, University of Witwatersrand, SA, 1978: English and History. • BA, Univ. of Witwatersrand, SA: English & History, 1977. (Ranked 1 in History program) Career • Professor and Distinguished University Scholar, LLED, UBC, 2004 – present • Assistant/Associate Professor, Language and Literacy Education, UBC, 1996-2004 • USA Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow, McMaster University, 1995-1996 • SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Witwatersrand and Toronto, 1993-1995 • Language Tester, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ, 1984-1987 • Language Tutor, Linguistics Department, University of Witwatersrand, SA, 1980-1983 • English and History Teacher, Johannesburg, SA, 1979 Awards and Distinctions • UBC Great Supervisor, 2017 • Fellow, Royal Society of Canada, 2016 • TESOL Distinguished Research Award (co-recipient), USA, 2016 • Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Beijing Foreign Studies University, China, 2015 • Pack Distinguished Scholar and Convocation Speaker, Otterbein University, USA, 2015 •