Vander Tavares is an Associate Professor in education at Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway, and holds a PhD in linguistics and applied linguistics from York University, Canada. His research interests include language teacher identity development, critical second language education, internationalization of higher education, and identity in multilingual/multicultural contexts.
"""Tavares has put together a diverse yet coherent collection of critical studies of multiliteracies that address second language user’s agency and identity from a social justice perspective. The studies are empirically rich and conceptually rigorous. Together the volume represents an important advancement of knowledge in the field of critical social studies of language education."" Li Wei, Director and Dean, UCL Institute of Education, University College London, UK. ""Through skilful editing, Vander Tavares has identified a range of innovative scholars whose research brings both breadth and depth to the exciting area of multiliteracies. From different regions of the world, and with diverse disciplinary interests, what the contributors have in common is a passion for equity, diversity, and inclusion in language and literacy education. Teachers and researchers who wish to help multilingual learners reframe and reclaim identities of power will find inspiration from Social Justice through Pedagogies of Multiliteracies."" Dr. Bonny Norton, FRSC, University of British Columbia, Canada."