Sophia Thraya
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Graduate Research Assistant
Werklund School of Education, Specialization, Learning Sciences
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Background
Educational Background
Master of Arts (M.A.) Educational Research in Learning Sciences, University of Calgary, 2023
Bachelor of Education (BEd) Elementary English as an Additional Language (EAL) Education , University of Calgary, 2021
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Sociology, University of Calgary, 2021
Biography
Sophia Thraya is a second-year PhD student in Educational Research, specializing in Learning Sciences at the University of Calgary under the supervision of Dr. Miwa Takeuchi. As a researcher and educator, with specialized training working with historically marginalized learner populations, she has continuously been drawn to the transdisciplinary understandings of learning, equity and justice-oriented design approaches and pedagogical innovations that seek to deepen learning—central to the field of Learning Sciences. Her ongoing and future research interests are situated in linguistic design for equity and socio-environmental justice, leveraging lived and non-dominant knowledges in disciplinary spaces, with a specific focus on experiences of refugee children within learning spaces. Her experiences as a racialized multilingual student and certified teacher in Alberta have fueled her commitment to this work.
Projects
Awards
- Network of the Learning Sciences in Canada Master's Thesis Award for Excellence , Network of the Learning Sciences in Canada. 2023
- President's Doctoral Recruitment Scholarship in Transdisciplinary Research , University of Calgary. 2023
- Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master’s Program , Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. 2022
- SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. 2025
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