This post documents the journey of my first academic publication—an experience filled with learning, collaboration, and more than a few unexpected turns. The initial idea for the paper was sparked at IALIC 2024 in Cyprus, where one of the conference themes focused on the emotional dimensions of intercultural communication. This prompted me to revisit my narrative data through a different […]
Read moreIt’s been two months since I successfully defended my thesis (with minor corrections), and I feel it’s the right time to share some reflections on this significant milestone. I hope these thoughts resonate with fellow PhD candidates and offer some reassurance or guidance to those preparing for their own vivas. I submitted my thesis just after the New Year—a decision […]
Read moreHere’s a link to the latest blog post on my blog at https://pvswrites.wordpress.com/2025/04/30/thinking-about-the-support-of-chinese-students/. This links out itself to some other sources.
Read moreMany of you might be interested in an upcoming event organised by the Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) that will focus on the linguistic and epistemological inequities in the academic world. The event is facilitated by LANTERN member Dylan Williams, and will involve talks by Richard Fay, Jane Andrews and Wisam KH Abdul Jabbar, as well as other […]
Read moreHaving recently gone through my PhD viva (outcome – Minor corrections), I want to share my preparation, practice, and the mindset that helped me approach this significant day with confidence and resilience. Practice played a vital role in my preparation. I began with three presentations over a week, sharing my thesis with the LANTERN community. These sessions helped me transition […]
Read moreRichard and I are very happy to announce that we have finally submitted a manuscript of our latest edited collection, Doctoral Study and Getting Published: Narratives of Early Career Research, to Emerald for publication. The book, which will be part of the Surviving and Thriving in Academia series, brings together theoretical contributions and narratives about how early career researchers in […]
Read moreThis is just a brief note to announce that Juup Stelma and I have just submitted an article for publication at the International Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics (Elsevier; H. Nesi & P. Milin, eds.) The article is entitled Complex Dynamic Systems Theory in Language Education, and it is part of the ongoing collaboration between Juup and me, exploring how complexity […]
Read moreResearch paper The affordances beyond what one does: Reconceptualizing teacher agency with Heidegger and Ecological Psychology Abstract There has been a recent growth in interest in the concept of teacher agency. However, teacher agency remains somewhat ill-defined and is also difficult to map onto everyday teaching practice. This article attempts to outline a model of teacher agency which is rooted […]
Read moreAssistant Professor – Teaching (Linguistics) (105150-0222) Vacancy Type/Job category: Teaching Only Department: Applied Linguistics Salary: £42,149 – £50,296 per annum Location: University of Warwick, Coventry Vacancy Overview: Permanent position, 36.5 hours per week Closing Date: 14 Mar 2022 For more information, please click Here.
Read moreAssistant Professor – Teaching (Intercultural Communication) (105141-0222) Vacancy Type/Job category: Teaching Only Department: Applied Linguistics Salary: £42,149 – £50,296 per annum Location: University of Warwick, Coventry Vacancy Overview: Permanent position, 36.5 hours per week. Closing Date – 14 Mar 2022 For more detail, please click Here.
Read moreAssistant Professor – Teaching (TESOL) (105142-0222) Vacancy Type/Job category: Teaching Only Department: Applied Linguistics Salary: £42,149 – £50,296 per annum Location: University of Warwick, Coventry Vacancy Overview: Permanent position, 36.5 hours per week. Informal enquiries to Professor Ema Ushioda, Head of Department, Applied Linguistics (E.Ushioda@warwick.ac.uk) Closing Date 14 Mar 2022 For more details, click Here.
Read moreElements in intercultural communication ‘Elements’ are 20,000-30,000 pieces of academic work published predominantly in digital format. General overview here: https://www.cambridge.org/core/what-we-publish/elements/cambridge-elements-information-for-authors Cambridge Elements information for authors Combining the best features of journals and books! Cambridge Elements are original, concise, authoritative, and peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific research, organised into focused series edited by leading scholars, and providing comprehensive coverage of the key […]
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A while ago, the German philosopher Theodor Adorno was being interviewed by Der Spiegel, a German news magazine, about the 1968 student protests. The journalist started the interview by saying that “two weeks ago, the world seemed still in order…”, to which Adorno replied: “not to me” This quote often comes to mind when discussing the COVID pandemic. No matter […]
Read moreRejecting abyssal thinking in the language and education of racialized bilinguals: A manifesto by Ofelia Garcia, Nelson Flores, Kate Seltzer, Li Wei, Ricardo Otheguy & Jonathan Rosa is readable online. Abstract Following Boaventura de Sousa Santos, the authors of this article reject the type of “abyssal thinking” that erases the existence of counter-hegemonic knowledges and lifeways, adopting instead the […]
Read moreGhent University will be holding a symposium on “(Un)thinking everyday borders in sociolinguistics” in 13-16 July, 2022. To view more details, please click the following link. Call for papers-SS24-BY-EYG
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