Natalia (natasha) Artemeva

Biography

The main focus of my research is the study of different kinds (genres) of writing and speaking used in academic, professional, workplace, and community contexts. In particular, I am interested in how people communicate and how novices, including students, learn to communicate using new genres. In one of my longitudinal studies, I followed learning trajectories of ten undergraduate engineering students from year one at university, through their university programs and beyond, into graduate school and/or workplace. In another study, funded by SSHRC, I have collaborated with my colleague Professor Janna Fox and SLaLS graduate students in the investigation of genres of teaching mathematics in university classrooms around the world. I have also collaborated with Professor Craig Bennell (Psychology) on a study of the genre of suicide notes.

Research Interest

Application of genre theories, activity theory, theories of situated learning, and gesture theory to the study of multimodal discipline-specific, pedagogical and professional (e.g., mathematics, engineering, medical education), and community-based (e.g., suicide notes) genres in first and additional languages;  novices’ acculturation into academic and professional discourse in first and additional languages.