Professor Brian Street

I am professor of language in education at King's, and visiting professor of education in the Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania. I undertook anthropological fieldwork on literacy in Iran during the 1970s, and taught social and cultural anthropology for over twenty years at the University of Sussex before taking up the chair of language in education at King's. I have written and lectured extensively on literacy practices from both a theoretical and an applied perspective. Details of my publications (12 books, many written collaboratively, and 60+ articles) are available on publications page. I have a longstanding commitment to linking ethnographic-style research on the cultural dimension of language and literacy, with contemporary practice in education and in development.

In 2008 I received the Distinguished Scholar Lifetime Achievement Award from the  National Reading Conference, USA; I am also co-researcher with Constant Leung on an  ESRC Research Award entitled: ‘Modelling for Diversity: Academic Language and Literacies in School and University’  Jan 2009 – Sept 2010.

• Literacies in cross-cultural perspective
• Language in education
• Development policy and literacy
• Academic literacies
• Representation

I am also currently involved in research projects on academic literacies: Student Writing in the University: Cultural and Epistemological Issues (co-edited: Benjamins, 2000), Literacies across Educational Contexts: mediating, learning and teaching (Caslon Press: Philadelphia), and Navigating Numeracies: Home/School Numeracy Practices (with Baker, D. and Tomlin, A.: Kluwer).

I am a member of the following department research groups:

• Language and literacy group (LLG)
  

In 2007-08 I published, in collaboration with others, four books:

Brice Heath, S. & Street, B. (2008) On Ethnography in series Approaches to Language and Literacy ResearchNational Conference on Research in Language and Literacy - Teachers College Columbia; 

Ellis, V., Street, B., & Fox, C. (eds) 2007 Rethinking English In Schools Continuum Books; 

Street, B. & Lefstein, A. (2007) Literacy: an advanced resource book English Language and Applied Linguistics Routledge: London;

Street, B. & Hornberger, N. H. (eds) (2007) 'Encyclopedia of Language and Education' Literacy, vol 2 Springer.

You can see a selected list of my publications here.

For further information including academic qualifications, honours and citations please see my professional profile.