Thomas S. Avery

I’m interested in the knowledges and literacies refugee-background children bring with them and how these are (not) used within our monolingual, monocultural curriculum, which often views non-English speakers as running at a “deficit”. Within this, I focus on how these assumptions affect refugee integration into society, their sense of belonging, and their developing identities within the label of refugee.

At a broader level, I explore discourses of migration, particularly how mediatised political narratives of the migrant and the “refugee crisis” affect the influence of research on policy, pedagogy, and the interplay between these.

Volunteer @ Bath Welcomes Refugees