FHEA
Lecturer
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- School/Department
- School of Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture
Qualifications
- PhD Linguistics2013 - University of Edinburgh
Thesis title: 'Legitimation by multimodal means: A theoretical and analytical enquiry with specific reference to American spot ads'. Supervised by Prof. John E. Joseph. Examined by Prof. Gunther Kress.
- MA Social Sciences2001 - Universiteit van Amsterdam
Dissertation title: 'Nuking Nature: The dissonant discourse between environmentalism and the nuclear industry'. Supervised by Prof. Teun van Dijk.
- MA (Hons) English Language and Literature1998 - University of Edinburgh
- TESOL (Trinity Cert.)1999 - Coventry City College
- Research
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Supervision
I welcome research students in the following areas or with the following methodological approaches:
Critical Discourse Studies
Multimodality and Social Semiotics
Legitimation
Environmentalism (esp. rewilding)
EFL teaching from a critical discourse perspective (incl. textbook analysis)
LGBTQ and Queer readings
Present students are undertaking PhDs looking at 'Saudi Vision 2030' from critical discourse analytical and feminist perspectives; English language teaching and social media; and neurodivergence from a cultural comparative standpoint.
Ms Haifa Thagfan. Persuasion Strategies in Saudi Women’s Speech of Woman Empowerment Concept: Critical Discourse Analysis
Ms Eman Alquarni. The Role of Social Media in Learning English Language among Saudi Students
Mrs Kholoud Alzhrani. A Corpus-assisted Discourse Study of Women's Empowerment in Saudi Press Pre- and Post-Implementation of the Saudi Vision: The Context of Education and Employment
Ms Ebtesam Hazazi. Exploring Saudi EFL Students’ Perspective on Utilizing Artificial Intelligence Application Grammarly in an Academic writing class
Miss Jiaxuan Xie. A Comparative Sociolinguistic Analysis of Women with ADHD and ASD in the United Kingdom and China
Supervisees
- MS HAIFA THAGFAN
- MS EMAN ALQARNI
- MRS KHOLOUD ALZHRANI
- MS EBTESAM HAZAZI
- MISS JIAXUAN XIE
- Publications
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Wild imaginaries
Contributions to Conferences: Oral PresentationsMultimodal legitimation: Understanding and Analysing Political and Cultural Discourse
RoutledgeBooks and Reports: Books