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People in Lancaster Literacy Research Centre
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Professor David Barton
I am Professor of Language and Literacy and Director of the Lancaster Literacy Research Centre www.literacy.lancs.ac.uk. I am currently interested in all aspects of language online, including the interaction of words and images, multilingual issues, changes to vernacular practices and learning. I am... Read more» -
Dr Sue Cranmer
My research interests are broadly focused on how digital technologies enhance learning. Related to this, I am concerned with digital inclusion to ensure that the potential opportunities for learning offered by digital technologies are available to all; and digital literacy to ensure uses are safe an... Read more» -
Dr Julia Gillen
Journals I am co-editor of the Journal of Early Childhood Literacy. Professional Associations and External Examining Member of: American Educational Research Association; British Association of Applied Linguistics; International Society for Cultural and Activity Research; the UK Literacy Association... Read more» -
Professor Mary Hamilton
I am based in the Centre for Technology Enhanced Learning (CTEL) within the Department of Educational Research and am an Associate Director of the Lancaster Literacy Research Centre which is a partner in the National Research and Development Centre for Adult Literacy and Numeracy (NRDC). I am also a... Read more» -
Professor Rosalind Ivanic
Brief overview of her professional life From 1970 to 1985 Roz taught English language, literacy and study skills to children and adults in Devon, London and Stockton, California. She was director of the Language Support Unit at Kingsway-Princeton College of Further Education in London. She was a lec... Read more» -
Dr Uta Papen
My research is interdisciplinary, located at the boundaries between social anthropology, medical anthroppology and applied linguistics. I sometimes label myself as a linguistic anthropologist who does, however, pursue work in several areas, including health and health care as well as education. With... Read more» -
Dr Diane Potts
I am excited by the prospect of working with international students and others in all areas pertaining to digital language learning, digital literacies, and computer-mediated communication.This may include ethnographic studies of highly diverse student populations in digitally mediated environments,... Read more» -
Dr Mark Sebba
My most recent interest is in written bilingual and multilingual texts - magazines, websites, emails and other texts which contain a mixture of languages. I am now co-editing a book on the topic with Shahrzad Mahootian and Carla Jonsson. My approach includes what has traditionally been called co... Read more» -
Dr Karin Tusting
I am interested in the way contemporary social practices are almost always mediated in some way through interaction with written texts of many kinds, including electronic texts. My work studies various aspects of this textual mediation process, drawing on linguistic ethnographic methodologies to stu... Read more» -
Dr Johann Unger
My research to date has been in the following areas: Language PolicyMinority LanguagesScotsDiscursive representations of minority languagesDiscourse sociolinguisticsCritical discourse analysisAcademic writingLanguage and genderCartoons, fairy stories and sexist stereotypesDialect speech (re)presenta... Read more»
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Professor David Barton
I am Professor of Language and Literacy and Director of the Lancaster Literacy Research Centre www.literacy.lancs.ac.uk. I am currently interested in all aspects of language online, including the interaction of words and images, multilingual issues, changes to vernacular practices and learning. I am... Read more» -
Dr Sue Cranmer
My research interests are broadly focused on how digital technologies enhance learning. Related to this, I am concerned with digital inclusion to ensure that the potential opportunities for learning offered by digital technologies are available to all; and digital literacy to ensure uses are safe an... Read more» -
Dr Julia Gillen
Journals I am co-editor of the Journal of Early Childhood Literacy. Professional Associations and External Examining Member of: American Educational Research Association; British Association of Applied Linguistics; International Society for Cultural and Activity Research; the UK Literacy Association... Read more» -
Professor Mary Hamilton
I am based in the Centre for Technology Enhanced Learning (CTEL) within the Department of Educational Research and am an Associate Director of the Lancaster Literacy Research Centre which is a partner in the National Research and Development Centre for Adult Literacy and Numeracy (NRDC). I am also a... Read more» -
Professor Rosalind Ivanic
Brief overview of her professional life From 1970 to 1985 Roz taught English language, literacy and study skills to children and adults in Devon, London and Stockton, California. She was director of the Language Support Unit at Kingsway-Princeton College of Further Education in London. She was a lec... Read more» -
Dr Uta Papen
My research is interdisciplinary, located at the boundaries between social anthropology, medical anthroppology and applied linguistics. I sometimes label myself as a linguistic anthropologist who does, however, pursue work in several areas, including health and health care as well as education. With... Read more» -
Dr Diane Potts
I am excited by the prospect of working with international students and others in all areas pertaining to digital language learning, digital literacies, and computer-mediated communication.This may include ethnographic studies of highly diverse student populations in digitally mediated environments,... Read more» -
Dr Mark Sebba
My most recent interest is in written bilingual and multilingual texts - magazines, websites, emails and other texts which contain a mixture of languages. I am now co-editing a book on the topic with Shahrzad Mahootian and Carla Jonsson. My approach includes what has traditionally been called co... Read more» -
Dr Karin Tusting
I am interested in the way contemporary social practices are almost always mediated in some way through interaction with written texts of many kinds, including electronic texts. My work studies various aspects of this textual mediation process, drawing on linguistic ethnographic methodologies to stu... Read more» -
Dr Johann Unger
My research to date has been in the following areas: Language PolicyMinority LanguagesScotsDiscursive representations of minority languagesDiscourse sociolinguisticsCritical discourse analysisAcademic writingLanguage and genderCartoons, fairy stories and sexist stereotypesDialect speech (re)presenta... Read more»