Professional Activities
My most recent keynote talk was delivered online to a conference organised by colleagues at the University of Valencia in the autumn of 2020. It used the Talking Heads TV drama series (Alan Bennett) to discuss the mediations between writing and speech in the production and delivery of drama dialogue.
Conference Roles
- The comedies of politics in Britain 2010, by Invitation (de Montfort University, 2010)
- A contemporary Comedy of Errors, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (University of Lincoln, 2010)
- Multimodality and Television Drama Dialogue, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (British Association of Applied Linguistics, 2005)
Editorships
- Journal of Language and Politics (Peer review, 2010 - present)
- European Journal of Communication (Peer reviewer, 2009 - present)
- Critical studies in terrorism (Peer reviewer, 2008 - present)
- Text and talk (Editorial Advisory Board Member, 2004 - present)
- Media, Culture and Society (Peer reviewer, 2000 - present)
Examination Roles
- Aston University, BSc (UG, 2011)
- Aston University, BSc (UG, 2010)
- Aston University, BSc (UG, 2009)
- Cardiff University (Wales), BA (UG, 2008)
- Cardiff University (Wales), BA (UG, 2008)
- University of Leeds, MA (PGT, 2006)
- University of Lancaster, PhD (2006)
- Cardiff University (Wales), BSc (UG, 2006)
- Cardiff University (Wales), BSc (UG, 2005)
- University of Helskinki (Finland), PhD (2005)
Internal Administrative or Committee Roles
- Head of Department, Acting Link Tutor XJTLU
Professional Body Memberships
- Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association (Member, 2000 - present)
- International Association for Applied Linguistics (Member, 1990 - 2010)
- British Association for Applied Linguistics (Member, 1980 - present)