Mats Tegmark is associate professor of English didactics at Dalarna University, where he has taught English-speaking literature and culture, writing, and literary theory. Since 2009 he is head of development for Dalarna University’s teacher education. He has a PhD degree in American Literature from Uppsala University and his doctoral thesis is a reader-oriented study of the American writer Tim O’Brien’s Vietnam fiction, In the Shoes of a Soldier: Communication in Tim O’Brien’s Vietnam Narratives (1998). Since then he has done research on constructions of subjectivity in in award-winning American fiction of the 1990s as well as on the teaching and learning of English as a second language. At present he is involved in a large joint research project entitled To Read or Not the Read: A Study of Reading Practices in Swedish Compulsory School where he focuses specifically on reading instruction in the subject of L2 English. As head of development of teacher education Tegmark is also interested in teaching and learning in higher education in general, and student teachers’ development of scientific and professional competence in particular.
- . Amount of text read at school and the motivation for reading : a large scale study in grade 6 and 9, 2018. Conference paper : refereed.
- . The decrease of school related reading in compulsory school 2007–2017, 2018. Conference paper : refereed.
- . Hur kan språklärare utforma undervisning som motiverar elever att läsa på ett andra- eller främmande språk? En forskningsbakgrund, 2017. Conference paper.
- . The Price of the Prize : The Construction of "Irish" and "American" Subject Positions in Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes, Part of: Reimagining Ireland, Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2015. Chapter of book.
- . Vad kan den svenska lärarutbildningen lära från internationell lärarutbildningsforskning?, 2015. Conference paper : refereed.
- . Besinna er och låt lärarutbildningen vara, Dagens samhälle, 2014. Article : popular science.
- . Constructions of transcultural subjectivity : Going beyond nationalism and ethnicity in A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain, Part of: Cross Cultures: Readings in Post/Colonial Literatures and Cultures in English, Rodopi, 2013. Chapter of book.
- . Den svenska lärarutbildningen – en arena för politik eller en utbildning för en skola på vetenskaplig grund?, Specialpedagogisk tidskrift - att undervisa, 2013, No. 4, 11-12. Article : popular science.
- . Studying Fictional Representations of History in the L2 Classroom, L2 Journal, 2012, Vol. 4, No. 1, 21-36. Article : refereed.
- . Svensk lärarutbildning är bra, Svenska Dagbladet, 2012, No. 2 maj. Article : popular science.
- . Literary Studies in the Border Zone : International Students Studying American Fiction in Dalarna, Part of: Litteratur i gränszonen, Högskolan Dalarna, 2011. Chapter of book.
- . Litteraturstudier i gränszonen : Internationella studenter läser ”Samtida amerikanska berättare” vid Högskolan Dalarna, Litteratur i gränszonen: transnationella litteraturer ur ett nordiskt perspektiv : 2009. Conference paper.
- . Prizing the Post-Nuclear Family : The American Family in the Award-Winning Fiction of the 1990s, Nordic Association for American Studies Conference : 2005. Conference paper : refereed.
- . The Construction of American and Irish Identities in Angela’s Ashes, Nordic Irish Studies Conference : 2004. Conference paper : refereed.
- . Stories of Unconditional Love : The Prize-Winning Short Fiction of Munro, Berriault, Barrett, and Lahiri, Culture and the Literary Prize : 2003. Conference paper : refereed.
- . Back to Basics : Four American Award Winners at the End of the Twentieth Century, Part of: Latitude 63 North: proceedings of the 8th International Region and Nation Literature Conference, Mid-Sweden University, 2002. Chapter of book.
- . In the Shoes of a Soldier : Communication in Tim O'Brien's Vietnam Narratives, Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 1998. Doctoral thesis.