RESEARCH
Areas in which I have experience:
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Research Methods in Linguistics
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Interdisciplinary Research Methods for the Environmental Humanities
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Social Science Research Methods
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Environmental Writing & Ecocriticism (including creative non-fiction writing)
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Discourse Analysis (with a focus on discourse, politics and power)
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Sociolinguistics
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Theories of Language Learning (focus on English as L2)
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English Phonetics and Phonology
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English Morphosyntax and Textual Models
Authored Publications
2021- Journal of World Languages co-authored with Jessica Iubini-Hampton and submitted by invitation.
"Ecology" in Analysing Religious Discourse
2021-Cambridge University Press
2021-The Linguist, the Journal of the Chartered Institute of Linguists [Vol.60, No. 3, June/July]
ITI Western Regional Group Hosts a Successful GDPR Webinar
2021- Translatio, the newsletter of the International Federation of Translators [June, 2, 2021]
Book Review: Searchable Talk: Hashtags and Social Media Metadiscourse
2021-British Association for Applied Linguistics Spring Newsletter (issue 118)
Book Review: The Routledge Handbook of Ecolinguistics
2020-Árboles y Rizomas [Vol. 2 (1)]
Book Review: Between the Andes and the Amazon: language and social meaning in Bolivia
2019- Social Anthropology/ Anthropologie Sociale [Vol.27 (4)]
Changing Lives and Professional Practice: A Report on the Impact of Ecolinguistics
2019- University of Gloucestershire
Ecotourism and Environmental Concerns: The Rise of Eco- travel Writing?
2017- English Studies in Latin America: A Journal of Cultural and Literary Criticism (issue 13)
IATEFL MA ELT Pecha Kucha Event 2016: A brief report
2017- IATEFL Research SIG (issue 32)
El Discurso de la Iglesia Católica: Aborto, homosexualidad y pederastia
2015- Discurso & Sociedad [Vol. 9 (4)]
Public Speaking
Assessing the Reading Comprehension Component in EFL Coursebooks
2015- TESOL Chile Annual Conference (Santiago de Chile)
Research Collaborations
Climate Justice: What's it got to do with ELT?
2023- Green Action ELT webinar
Religion, Language and the Path Towards Sustainability
2021- Bath Spa University Postgraduate Research Festival for Sustainability
British Council's Climate Action in Language Education Podcast
2021- Interviewed by Chris Sowton on the role of Ecolinguistics in language teaching.
ITI WRG Virtual Social (7th December)
2020- Host and presenter of the Take 5 Talk "Making the most of social media for your business."
BCfm 93.2 radio show The Latin Window (8th September)
2020- Interviewed about the use of inclusive language in English and Spanish.
Book Launch of Bloomsbury Advances in Ecolinguistics' first book of the series "TESOL & Sustainability" (21st August)
2020- Panellist during the virtual launch hosted by Jason Goulah and John Katunich.
ITI Virtual Coffee Morning. Featured guest representing the ITI Western Regional Group (Friday 10th July)
2020- Institute of Translation and Interpreting.
Virtual Roundtable. "Helping each other in coronavirus times: How can language professionals collaborate with other fields during a pandemic?" (25th May)
2020- You Tube live with Veronica Manzanares, Gabriel Dubois and Matthew Drzymala.
2019- University of Liverpool (Liverpool, UK).
BBC Radio Bristol Saturday Breakfast with Ali Vowles (12th October)
2019-Interviewed about the 4th Latin American Encounter and its relevance to the community in Bristol.
2019 ITI WRG Members' Day, "Five-Minute Take"
2019-Gave a five-minute presentation on ecolinguistics and my research on this field.
ITI Western Regional Group (Bristol, UK).
The Stories We Live By and the Stories We Won't Stand By: Measuring the Impact of a Free Online Course in Ecolinguistics
2019- 4th International Conference on Ecolinguistics, University of Southern Denmark (Odense, Denmark).
2019- International Conference on Ecocriticism and Environmental Studies, London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research (London, UK).
BCfm 93.2 radio show The Latin Window (11th December)
2018- Interviewed on topics regarding bilingualism, endangered languages, Spanish & English language learning and translation (Bristol, UK).
2018- International Conference on Ecocriticism and Environmental Studies, London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research (London, UK).
Ecocriticism and Environmental Concerns: The Rise of Eco-travel Writing?
2018- Travelling in 20th and 21st Century Latin America, University of Bristol (Bristol, UK).
2017- Bath Spa University Research Roundtable (Corsham, UK).
The Stories We Live By and the Stories We Won't Stand By: Measuring the Impact of a Free Online Course in Ecolinguistics
2018/ 19- with Jessica Iubini-Hampton, International Ecolinguistics Association
2015/16- Universidad de Santiago de Chile- Proyecto Fondecyt 1130720
I am co-editing the book series Bloomsbury Advances in Ecolinguistics and am currently working on a journal publication that assesses the impact of ecolinguistics on everyday life.
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