Dr.BonnyNortonisProfessorandDistinguishedUniversityScholarintheDepartmentofLanguageandLiteracyEducation,UniversityofBritishColumbia,Canada.Herprimaryresearchinterestsareidentityandlanguagelearning,criticalliteracy,andinternationaldevelopment.SheisResearchAdvisoroftheAfricanStorybookProject(www.africanstorybook.org)and2006co-founderoftheAfricaResearchNetworkonAppliedLinguisticsandLiteracy(www.renafrica.org).Shehaspublisheda20132ndeditionof"IdentityandLanguageLearning"withMultilingualMatters,andisguesteditorofa2014specialissueoftheJournalofMultilingualandMulticulturalDevelopmenton"PromotingmultilingualliteracyandsocialchangeinAfricancommunities".A2015modelofidentityandinvestment(w.RonDarvin)hasbeenpublishedbytheAnnualReviewofAppliedLinguistics.ShehasheldhonorarypositionsatKings'College(UniversityofLondon)andtheUniversityofWitwatersrand,SouthAfrica.In2010,BonnyNortonwastheinauguralrecipientofthe"SeniorResearchLeadershipAward"bytheSecondLanguageResearchSIGoftheAmericanEducationalResearchAssociation(AERA),andin2012shewasinductedasanAERAFellow.Herwebsitecanbefoundathttp://www.educ.ubc.ca/faculty/norton/