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Guy Merchant


Affiliation: Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK
Email: G.H.Merchant@shu.ac.uk
Homepage: Personal Site

Guy is professor of literacy in education and research leader in education at Sheffield Hallam University where he specialises in research into digital literacy in formal and informal educational settings.

He is research convenor for the United Kingdom Literacy Association (UKLA) and a member of the association's Executive Committee and National Council. He was a co-leader of the ESRC funded seminar series Children and Young People's Literacy in Online Virtual Spaces and is lead editor of the book Virtual Literacies (forthcoming).

He is a founding editor of the Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, and a member of the Editorial Board of Literacy. Guy is active in education and professional work, including writing curriculum materials and professional publications.

Articles by this Author
Web 2.0, new literacies, and the idea of learning through participation Volume 8 Number 3 December 2009
Is there a space for critical literacy in the context of social media? Volume 10 Number 1 May 2011