Dr Lavinia Hirsu

Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics, Composition and English as a Foreign Language (Culture, Literacies, Inclusion & Pedagogy)

telephone: 0141 330 2400
email: Lavinia.Hirsu@glasgow.ac.uk

St. Andrew's Building, Room 665, 11 Eldon Street, Glasgow, G3 6NH

Biography

My research is transdisciplinary, bringing together strands from digital literacies and learning with new digital technologies (XR, VR, robotics), translingual pedagogy and linguistic inclusion in contexts of crisis, and permaculture design. My work has appeared in Applied Linguistics Review, Language and Intercultural Communication, Computers and Composition, Higher Education, and International Journal for Disaster Risk Reduction. I am currently involved in a series of projects with professional and public impact.

I have completed a Phd in Composition, Literacy and Culture from Indiana University and an MA in TESOL/ Applied Linguistic (secondary area: Socio-Linguistic Anthropology) from Iowa State University. Before joining the University of Glasgow, I was an Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Composition at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and held teaching positions at Indiana University (Bloomington, IN) and Iowa State University (Ames, IA).

At the University of Glasgow, I am part of the TESOL team in the School of Education since 2015. While I am working on the TESOL programme, I am also delivering a series of lectures, seminars, and workshops on academic writing. With a teaching experience of 15 years+, I have worked with many student groups, including novice writers, advanced and honors students, multilingual learners, and professional writers. I find inspiration in my students' energy and dedication to learning and in my colleagues' robust work.

Research interests

My areas of expertise and interest include:

linguistic inclusion in multilingual contexts and translanguaging
arts-based practices and methodologies
cultural responses in contexts of crisis
permaculture design and sustainability
emergent digital practices
education-based responses to new technologies (VR, XR, robotics)

My recent projects include:

Sustainable Designs for Living and Learning (SDLL)(AHRC-funded project) (with Dobrcohna Futro and Alison Phipps)
This unique three-year project aims to address the current needs for resources and transformative action around sustainability and multilingual language learning in primary schools in Scotland. Founded on the framework of permaculture design, the project will lead to the co-creation of multilingual living spaces where languages, arts and sustainable care permeate the comunities in which our young people live. The project builds on previous arts-based collaborative work between the University of Glasgow team and the Scotland's National Centre for Languages team at the University of Strathclyde. Find out more here.

Developing teachers’ capacities to teach English across modes, media and language boundaries with creative and arts-based resources (British Council TAG (Teacher Activity Group) project) (with Dobrcohna Futro, Julie McAdam, Evelyn Arizpe, VNIES)
Teaching and learning English successfully in a multilingual world requires innovation, creativity, the ability to draw on all linguistic resources and a sense of identity - local and connected to the wider world. This project aims to deliver on this mission by implementing, tracking and evaluating an innovative methodology that invites learners to explore languages across modes, media and creative sources of culture. The project brings together ±340 primary and lower secondary teachers of English in three provinces in VietNam, as well as local artists with the support of Departments of Education and Training in Bắc Ninh, Quảng Ninh, and Ninh Thuận. (Project website)

The consolidation stage of this project led to a follow-up collaboration between our team at the University of Glasgow (Dr. Hirsu and Dr. Futro) and Thai Nguyen University of Education in Vietnam as part of the project, Teaching English Multilingually through Art (initiative funded by British Council). This project boruhgt together 600+ teachers, facilitators and local museums in three provinces in Vietnam: Quảng Ninh, Tuyên Quang, Thái Nguyên.

Robots as Reading Companions (ESRC IAA) (with Bishakha Chaudhury)
This project pilots the use of social robots as reading companions in primary schools to increase pupils’ confidence in reading and STEM skills. The project aims to gather initial feedback and engagement with robots from pupils (P3-P4) and teachers, paying particular attention to how robots are used in the classroom, how pupils respond to the robots, and what pupils want from their interactions with robots. The goal of this project is to co-develop a pedagogical approach to integrating robots into the learning process.

Experiencing picturebooks in 3D environments (Glasgow Knowledge Exchange, U. of Glasgow)(with Julie McAdam and Neil McDonnell)
This project proposes the creation of 3D picturebook prototypes to be used for developing multimodal literacies in different educational contexts. This project will provide proof of concept and enable us to develop an innovative teaching and publishing approach. By developing and using the 3D-environment-based approach, we aim to address challenges of access (e.g., in low-resourced educational contexts, pandemic, zones of disaster and risk), new digital practices (e.g., transformation of literacy teaching) and innovation (e.g., immersive multimodal environments of learning).

I have also been involved in various projects which reflect the interdiscilinary nature of my research:

Book project: Rhetorical Machines: Writing, Code and Computational Ethics (co-edited with John Jones, Ohio State University)

Rhetorical Machines brings together scholar-practitioners from rhetoric, computer science, and writing studies to analyze new and unexplored relationships between persuasion and code. Looking at a variety of computational machines, the essays draw attention to the rhetorical nature of code and call for interdisciplinary understandings of human-machine interactions. The chapters collected in Rhetorical Machines shed light on the production, distribution, and reception of digitally mediated communication generated by algorithmic and mathematical procedures, coding languages, and software. The collection offers a fresh look at social-computational relations by analyzing hybrid machines that combine rhetorical and computational logics into new mechanics.

Strengthening Urban Engagement of Universities in Asia and Africa (SUEUAA) (http://sueuaa.org/)

This project addressed a core problem in emerging economies of strengthening the urban engagement role of universities, and ways they contribute to developing sustainable cities in the context of the major social, cultural, environmental and economic challenges facing the global south. The project assessed the extent to which universities in 6 countries (Iran, Iraq, the Philippines, South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe) respond to the demands of society, and how through dialogue with city stakeholders this response can be enhanced.

For collaborations, please contact me via email: Lavinia.Hirsu@glasgow.ac.uk

Publications

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Number of items: 41.

2025

Arizpe, Evelyn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0021-0994, McAdam, Julie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5402-6711 and Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048 (2025) Creating safe spaces in contexts of “complex emergency” through mediation and picturebooks. In: Mourão, Sandie and Bennett, Karen (eds.) Multimodal Mediation Through Picturebooks and Graphic Narratives: Educational and Translational Contexts. Routledge. ISBN 9781032456669 (In Press)

Rodolico, Gabriella ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9442-2882, Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048, Veitch, Nicola ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9583-3915 and Donald, Claire ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4370-0707 (2025) A dynamic partnership that’s collaborating on innovation in education. [Website]

2024

Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048, Nitecka Barche, Marta and Futro, Dobrochna (2024) Assessment and creativity through a translingual lens: introduction. Applied Linguistics Review, 15(5), pp. 1831-1838. (doi: 10.1515/applirev-2023-0115)

Rodolico, Gabriella ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9442-2882 and Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048 (2024) Virtual reality (VR) in education: A game changer or smoke and mirrors? [Website]

Nikou, Stavros A., Rodolico, Gabriella ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9442-2882, Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048 and Antoniou, Celia (2024) Integrating immersive technologies and generative AI in education: critical issues and future pathways. Researching Education Bulletin, 1, pp. 31-35.

Milne, Gemma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3426-0516, Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048 and Wessels, Bridgette ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2794-2116 (2024) Exploring the role of digital technology for climate and environment education in an outdoor learning setting. Pilot Study. Project Report. University of Glasgow, The Crichton Trust. (doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.321126).

Futro, Dobrochna, Faulds, Karen and Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048 (2024) Using art to develop multilingual approaches to language teaching. EAL Journal, 23, pp. 38-41.

Futro, Dobrochna, Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048, Faulds, Karen, Ferguson, Katy, Dulemba, Elizabeth and Karadzhova, Elina (2024) Multilingual Approaches through Art Materials for Primary and Complementary School Teachers and Learners. [Artefact]

McDonnell, Neil ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7279-5277, Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048, Rodolico, Gabriella ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9442-2882, Savickaite, Sarune, Latkovskis, Imants, Chapronniere, Lysette and SEER (Scoping Extended Educational Realities) (2024) XRed: Preparing for Immersive Education [Report]. Documentation. University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.

McDonnell, Neil ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7279-5277, Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048, Rodolico, Gabriella ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9442-2882, Savickaite, Sarune, Latkovskis, Imants, Chapronniere, Lysette and SEER (Scoping Extended Educational Realities) (2024) XRed: Preparing for Immersive Education [Whitepaper]. Documentation. University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.

2023

Rodolico, Gabriella ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9442-2882 and Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048 (2023) The Impact of a VR-supported Intervention on Pre-service Teachers’ VR Technological and Pedagogical Content Knowledge. ECER 2023 “The Value of Diversity in Education and Educational Research”, University of Glasgow, Scotland, 22 – 25 August 2023.

Casey, Ryan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7672-1678, Wessels, Bridgette ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2794-2116, Chalmers, Dominic ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5626-3692 and Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048 (2023) Living Well in a Digital World: Economic, Social and Cultural Challenges. Briefing paper. Documentation. University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429, Imperiale, Maria Grazia, Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048 and Alshobaki, Sahar (2023) Welcoming Languages. Project Report. School of Education, University of Glasgow (UK) and Arabic Center, Islamic University of Gaza (Palestine).

Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048, Nguyễn Ngọc, Ánh, Futro, Dobrochna, Lê Anh, Vinh, McAdam, Julie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5402-6711, Bùi Thị, Diển, Arizpe, Evelyn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0021-0994 and Trần Mỹ, Ngọc (2023) Arts-based Language Learning: A Resource Book for Teachers in Primary and Lower Secondary Schools. Vietnam National University Press: Hanoi. ISBN 9786043968446

Rodolico, Gabriella ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9442-2882 and Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048 (2023) Virtual Reality in education: supporting new learning experiences by developing self-confidence of Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) student-teachers. Educational Media International, 60(2), pp. 92-108. (doi: 10.1080/09523987.2023.2262195)

2022

Cox, Sarah, Phipps, Alison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5958-1207 and Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048 (2022) Language learning for refugee women in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic: restorative pedagogies for integrating to place—Perspectives from Scotland. Frontiers in Communication, 7, 982813. (doi: 10.3389/fcomm.2022.982813)

Arizpe, Evelyn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0021-0994, Zárate, Mónica, McAdam, Julie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5402-6711 and Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048 (2022) Estrategias de mediación cultural en emergencias: lectura y escritura como refugios simbólicos. Tomo 1. Centro Regional para el Fomento del Libro en América Latina y el Caribe (Cerlalc): Bogotá.

Arizpe, Evelyn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0021-0994, Zárate, Mónica, McAdam, Julie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5402-6711 and Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048 (2022) Estrategias de mediación cultural en emergencias: lectura y escritura como refugios simbólicos. Tomo 2. Centro Regional para el Fomento del Libro en América Latina y el Caribe (Cerlalc): Bogotá.

2021

Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048, Qezada-Reyes, Zenaida and Hashemi, Lamiah (2021) Moving SDG5 forward: women’s public engagement activities in higher education. Higher Education, 81(1), pp. 51-67. (doi: 10.1007/s10734-020-00597-0)

Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048, Zacharias, Sally ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9430-8166 and Futro, Dobrochna (2021) Translingual arts-based practices for language learners. ELT Journal, 75(1), pp. 22-32. (doi: 10.1093/elt/ccaa064)

2020

McAdam, Julie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5402-6711, Abou Ghaida, Susanne, Arizpe, Evelyn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0021-0994, Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048 and Motawy, Yasmine (2020) Children’s literature in critical contexts of displacement: exploring the value of hope. Education Sciences, 10(12), 383. (doi: 10.3390/educsci10120383)

Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048, Arizpe, Evelyn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0021-0994 and McAdam, Julie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5402-6711 (2020) Cultural interventions through children’s literature and arts-based practices in times of disaster: a case study of reading mediators’ response to the Mexican earthquakes (September 2017). International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 51, 101797. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101797) (PMID:32834977) (PMCID:PMC7425675)

Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048 (2020) Lessons in response-ability: supporting social encounters by 'doing' language. Language and Intercultural Communication, 20(2), pp. 153-166. (doi: 10.1080/14708477.2020.1722148)

2019

Jones, John and Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048 (Eds.) (2019) Rhetorical Machines: Writing, Code, and Computational Ethics. Series: Rhetoric Culture and Social Critique Series. University of Alabama Press: Tuscaloosa, AL. ISBN 9780817320218

Sánchez Martín, Cristina, Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048, Gonzales, Laura and Alvarez, Sara P. (2019) Pedagogies of digital composing through a translingual approach. Computers and Composition, 52, pp. 142-157. (doi: 10.1016/j.compcom.2019.02.007)

Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048, Hashemi, Lamiah and Quezada-Rayes, Zenaida (2019) SDG 5: Achieve Gender Equality and Empower all Women and Girls. Other. RMIT University.

Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048 and Zacharias, Sally ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9430-8166 (2019) Challenging the translingual turn: TESOL student teachers' perceptions, practices and networks. ELT Research Papers 19.08. Other. British Council, London. ISBN 9780863559655.

2018

Zacharias, Sally ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9430-8166 and Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048 (2018) Embracing a Translingual Approach: Between Pedagogical Risk and Daily Practice. BAAL 2018 Taking Risks in Applied Linguistics, York, UK, 6-8 September 2018.

Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048 (2018) 'Where am I? Do you have WiFi?’: vital technologies and precarious living in the Syrian refugee crisis. In: Hesford, Wendy S., Licona, Adela C. and Teston, Christa (eds.) Precarious Rhetorics. Series: New directions in rhetoric and materiality. Ohio State University Press. ISBN 9780814254912

Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048, Reyes, Zenaida, Hashemi, Lamiah, Ketuly, Kamal Aziz and Mohammad, Sizar Abid (2018) The role of gender mainstreaming in city-level interventions and leadership: examples from Manila, Duhok and Sanandaj. SUEUAA Thematic Paper Series, TPS 103/18. Working Paper. Centre for Research & Development in Adult and Lifelong Learning (CR&DALL), Glasgow. ISSN 2517-5548 (online) ISSN 2517-553X (Print).

Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048, Reyes, Zenaida, Ketuly, Kamal Aziz, Mohammad, Sizar Abid, Azizi, Nematollah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8637-397X and Mwaikokesya, Mpoki (2018) Anchoring universities into (un)expected realities: the engagement role of universities in Asia and Africa. SUEUAA Thematic Paper Series, TPS 101/18. Working Paper. Centre for Research & Development in Adult and Lifelong Learning (CR&DALL), Glasgow. ISSN 2517-5548 (online) ISSN 2517-553X (Print).

Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048 (2018) Translanguaging: Exploring rich resources and navigating diverse contexts (Paulsrud, B., Rosen, J., Straszer, B., & Wedin, Å. (Eds.). New perspectives on translanguaging and education. ). System, 74, pp. 227-228. (doi: 10.1016/j.system.2018.04.007)[Book Review]

McAdam, Julie E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5402-6711, Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048 and Abou Ghaida, Susanne (2018) ‘Why does that lighthouse have a speaker on it?’: the potential of Arabic picture books. English 4-11, 63, pp. 9-12.

Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048 (2018) Clicks, tweets, links, and other global actions: the nature of distributed agency in digital environments. In: Rice, Rich and St. Amant, Kirk (eds.) Thinking Globally, Composing Locally: Rethinking Online Writing in the Age of the Global Internet. University of Utah Press, pp. 257-277. ISBN 9781607326632

Zacharias, Sally ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9430-8166 and Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048 (2018) Challenging Student-Teacher Language Ideologies in Translingual Contexts. TLANG 2018, Birmngham, UK, 28-29 March 2018.

2017

Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048 and Bryson, Emily (2017) Sharing Lives, Sharing Languages: A Pilot Peer Education Project for New Scots' Social and Language Integration - Evaluation Report June 2017. Project Report. Scottish Refugee Council.

2015

Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048 (2015) Tag writing, search engines, and cultural scripts. Computers and Composition, 35, pp. 30-40. (doi: 10.1016/j.compcom.2015.01.002)

Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048 (2015) An overview of digital feminist scholarship (2005-2014): Methods and methodologies. Peitho, 18(1),

2014

Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048 (2014) The available means of persuasion: Mapping a theory and pedagogy of multimodal public rhetoric, David M. Sheridan, Jim Ridolfo, Anthony J. Michel. Parlor Press, Anderson, S.C. Computers and Composition, 32, pp. 19-21. (doi: 10.1016/j.compcom.2014.04.001)[Book Review]

Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048 (2014) Branching out and staying in: inviting a transmedia approach. Digital Rhetoric Collaborative,

2012

Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048 (2012) Reflections on accidental testimonies and spectacular witnesses. Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning, 18(1), pp. 40-55. 6.

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Articles

Futro, Dobrochna, Faulds, Karen and Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048 (2024) Using art to develop multilingual approaches to language teaching. EAL Journal, 23, pp. 38-41.

Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048 (2015) Tag writing, search engines, and cultural scripts. Computers and Composition, 35, pp. 30-40. (doi: 10.1016/j.compcom.2015.01.002)

Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048 (2015) An overview of digital feminist scholarship (2005-2014): Methods and methodologies. Peitho, 18(1),

Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048 (2014) Branching out and staying in: inviting a transmedia approach. Digital Rhetoric Collaborative,

Books

Arizpe, Evelyn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0021-0994, Zárate, Mónica, McAdam, Julie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5402-6711 and Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048 (2022) Estrategias de mediación cultural en emergencias: lectura y escritura como refugios simbólicos. Tomo 2. Centro Regional para el Fomento del Libro en América Latina y el Caribe (Cerlalc): Bogotá.

Book Sections

Book Reviews

Edited Books

Research Reports or Papers

McDonnell, Neil ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7279-5277, Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048, Rodolico, Gabriella ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9442-2882, Savickaite, Sarune, Latkovskis, Imants, Chapronniere, Lysette and SEER (Scoping Extended Educational Realities) (2024) XRed: Preparing for Immersive Education [Whitepaper]. Documentation. University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.

Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048, Hashemi, Lamiah and Quezada-Rayes, Zenaida (2019) SDG 5: Achieve Gender Equality and Empower all Women and Girls. Other. RMIT University.

Conference or Workshop Item

Artefact

Website

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Grants

AHRC. Sustainable Designs for Living andLearning (SDLL): EmbeddingMultilingualism into Learning forSustainability collaboration with SCILT and Bilingualism Matters (May 2025 - May 2028) (with Dobrcohna Futro and Alison Phipps)

Glasgow Knolwedge Exchange: Flexible Fund. Art and Creative Practices in Developing Multilingual Approaches to Language Teaching and Learning - collaboration with SCILT and Bilingualism Matters (September 2022 - May 2023) (with Dobrcohna Futro)

British Council. Developing teachers’ capacities to teach English across modes, media and language boundaries with creative and arts-based resources (PI) (March 2022-April 2023)(with Dobrcohna Futro, Julie McAdam, Evelyn Arizpe, VNIES)

AHRC, Follow-on Funding. Welcoming Languages: Including a Refugee Language in Scottish Education (co-I) (January-December 2022) (with Giovanna Fassetta)

ESRC IAA Robots as Reading Companions (co-I) (April – December 2021) (with Bishakha Chaudhury)

Glasgow Knolwedge Exchange Experiencing picturebooks in 3D environments (co-I) (May 2021 - January 2022) (with Julie McAdam and Neil McDonnell)

ESRC IAA Follow-on Fund (PI). Implementing a Translingual Approach in a Trilingual Environment (Kazakhstan) (January-December 2021) (with Seth Agbo and Natalya Pak)

GCRF Research Grant, Scottish Funding Council (co-I) (August 2019-June 2020). Reducing Gender Inequalities at a Household Level In Informal Settlements in Botswana, Kenya and Tanzania
(with Katarzyna Borkowska)

GCRF Network Grant, Scottish Funding Council (PI)(January-June 2019)
Workers by Self-Design: Digital Literacies and Women's Changing Roles in Unstable Environments
(with Katarzyna Borkowska and Matthew Chalmers)

Glasgow Knolwedge Exchange Flexible Fund (PI) (2018-2019)
Creative Language Practices: Exploring Translanguaging Research in Pedagogical Contexts and Beyond
(with Sally Zacharias)
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/gc/creativepracticestranslang/

British Academy, Cities and Infrastructure Programme (co-I) (2017-2019)
Strengthening Urban Engagement of Universities in Asia and Africa (SUEUAA)
(with Mike Osborne, Muir Houston, Neil Burnside and Katarzyna Borkowska)
http://sueuaa.org/

British Council, ELT Research Award (PI) (2017-2019)
Challenging the Translingual Turn: Student-Teachers' Perceptions, Practices and Networks
(with Sally Zacharias)

IAA ESRC Global Challenges Research Fund (co-I) (October 2016-December 2016)
Picturebooks for Holistic Education: Communities of Inquiry and Displaced Children in Cairo
(with Julie McAdam)

Inspiring Innovation Initiative, University of Glasgow (September 2016 - June 2017)
The Multimodal, Multilingual and Multicultural Potential of Picturebooks
(with Julie McAdam and Susanne Abou Ghaida)

Supervision

I work with MSc and MEd students completing degrees in TESOL and Ph.D. students in Education.

Completed Projects (selected)

Ayesha Abida (2020). Towards a Blended Learning Approach to TEFL in Pakistani Universities: Learner Attitudes and Implications for Pedagogy

Ahmed Abdullah (2019). Investigating Iraqi Secondary School English Language Teachers' Pedagogical Practices (PhD)

Anamaria Kinga Maior (2016). An Exploration of the Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game World of Warcraft as a Tool for Facilitating Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition.

Current Projects

Qian Yang. The relationship between Scotland’s Chinese young students’ cultural acculturation experience and their practice on bilingual learning. The voice from young Chinese bilingual learners

Melanie Wilde. Primary Children’s Cultural and Critical Responses to Picturebooks and Each Other in English and Scottish School Settings: The Role of Posthumanism

Almatrafi, Abdulaziz Mutlaq S
Teachers and Students' Perceptions and Actual Use of L1 in English for Specific Purposes
Hanna, Eva
Higher Education Access for Asylum Seekers and Refugees
WANG, ZILONG
PROFESSOR GERDA REITH Professor of Social Sciences (Sociology) Associate (School of Health & Wellbeing) telephone: 01413303849 email: Gerda.Reith@glasgow.ac.uk

Teaching

I work with undergraduate and graduate students in courses such as

Professional Enquiry
Descriptions of Language
Developing Reflective Practice in Teaching
Which English: Sociolinguistics and Language Teaching
Introduction to Educational and Social Research
Language Proficiency, Assessment and Feedback

I deliver lectures, seminars, and workshops on academic writing, and issues of cultural and linguistic diversity (in the classroom and the public sphere).

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