The PhD in Education, option in Language, Literacy and Culture is designed for those who want to explore the teaching and learning of literacy in sociocultural contexts, promote digital and global perspectives of language and literacy and advance expertise in the complexities of communicating and engaging in our society. We are an interdisciplinary scholarly community that embraces the intersections of language, literacy and culture as transformative spaces for learning, negotiating meaning and engaging in social action. Through culturally proactive language and literacy pedagogies, we work to enrich lives, empower educators and learners and advocate for all people. Our graduates develop the knowledge and skills to become global literacy change agents, scholars, language and literacy education leaders, language arts curriculum specialists and university teacher education faculty.