课程和教学博士课程中的识字，语言和文化（LLC）集中度是基于这样的承诺，即阅读，写作，语言和其他识字技能对于人类发展和意识的各个方面都是必不可少的。候选人研究资产（教学，课程，家庭，社区或文化），这些资产可以促进高水平的学术，认同和社会发展，以及使儿童和青年处于不利地位的因素。LLC的教职员工正在领导与他们的研究兴趣相关的多年资助计划，这为博士生提供了培养他们的研究和奖学金的机会。
The Literacy, Language, and Culture (LLC) concentration within the PhD in Curriculum and Instruction program is grounded in the commitment that reading, writing, language and other literacy skills are essential to every aspect of human development and consciousness. Candidates research the assets (instruction, curricula, family, community or cultural) that enable high levels of academic, identity and social development, as well as the factors that place children and youth at a disadvantage. LLC faculty members are leading multi-year, grant-funded projects related to their research interests, which provide opportunities for doctoral students to nurture their research and scholarship.