Miguel Sánchez, PhD student in Educational Studies in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE) at McGill University and Plurilingual Lab member, has won the prestigious Emerging Scholar Award. This award recognizes excellence in graduate research.
Born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia, Miguel has gained extensive experience teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) at prestigious institutions in his home country, including the National University of Colombia, the Pedagogical University, Externado University, La Sabana University, and Jorge Tadeo Lozano University. Miguel's doctoral research, titled “Students’ Motivation during AI-Assisted Multimodal Literacy and Pluriliteracies Development in EFL: An Intervention in Public Schools Under the National Plan for Bilingualism in Bogotá, Colombia,” supervised by Dr. Angelica Galante, focuses on examining how AI-assisted multimodal technologies can foster literacy and pluriliteracies development while enhancing students' motivation in second/foreign language learning. The goal of his research is to equip students with the agency and the analytical and critical thinking skills necessary to navigate multimodal technologies and AI in an increasingly pluricultural and plurilingual world.
Congratulations, Miguel!
