I am a member of the Language in / for Education (LifE) research group within the Department of Education. My career in international language education has spanned several countries and four decades, during which I have been a language teacher, teacher educator, lecturer, translator, course and textbook designer, curriculum consultant and researcher. For several years I was involved in British Council administered curriculum development projects in China and Indonesia, from which I developed a continuing interest in language education and intercultural communication in the Asia Pacific region. In recent years I have also been increasingly interested in language education in Latin America.

I joined the University of Bath in 2003. I am currently Director of Studies of the MA TESOL (which I established in 2007), Marketing and Communications Coordinator, and Coordinator of Postgraduate Tutors in the Dept of Education. I also convene the Language, Culture and Education unit (ED60279) of the EdD programme. Other positions I have held include Leader of the Language and Educational Practices Research Cluster (2013-2018), Director of the Postgraduate International Summer School (2003-2005), Acting Director of Studies of the MA Education (2011), and Pathway Lead for the MA Education (English Medium Education).

My recent research activities and publications have focused on the cultural representation of international students (including the critique of ‘the East Asian learner’ stereotype); the marketization of English as an International Language; and the decentring/decolonisation of TESOL. My most recent conference keynotes have been about critical ecolinguistics and about digital representations of social action in university social media.  

I am a fervent advocate of multilingualism and use several languages in my personal and professional life.

I am particularly interested in supervising research in the following subject areas:

Intercultural communication and learning
Language, culture and identity
English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) 
Decentring / decolonisation of TESOL

I am particularly keen to supervise studies involving the following research methodologies:

Linguistic ethnography
Critical and multimodal discourse analysis