https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-4384Biography
I am a lecturer in TESOL and academic literacies at the University of Glasgow, with over 20 years of experience in English language teaching and adult education, including extensive work overseas. This international experience has shaped my understanding of language, identity, and education across diverse contexts.
My research focuses on queer academic literacies, examining how identity, power, and knowledge are negotiated in higher education. Using qualitative approaches such as constructivist grounded theory, I explore how LGBTQ+ researchers make sense of their experiences, manage visibility, and maintain integrity in academic work. Alongside this, my teaching and scholarship in Teaching English as an International Language and English for Academic Purposes focus on inclusive and critical pedagogies, particularly how learners engage with diverse forms of English and with questions of identity.
As an educator, I aim to bring my full self into my work and scholarship, rather than separating professional identity from personal experience. I believe that this supports the development of a genuine teaching persona, one that enables learners to become empowered participants, develop critical thinking, and engage in education with a sense of purpose and contentment.
Research interests
My research focuses on queer academic literacies, examining how identity, power, and knowledge are negotiated in higher education. Using qualitative approaches such as constructivist grounded theory, I explore how LGBTQ+ researchers make sense of their experiences, manage visibility, and maintain integrity in academic work.
Alongside this, my teaching and scholarship in Teaching English as an International Language and English for Academic Purposes focus on inclusive and critical pedagogies. I am interested in how these approaches support learners to engage with diverse forms of English and with questions of identity in the classroom.
More broadly, my work contributes to debates on transformative pedagogy in higher education, with a focus on how teaching can support reflexivity, strengthen agency, and create meaningful change for both learners and institutions.
Publications
2025
Ross, Micky 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-4384
(2025)
Belonging on Queer Terms: Rethinking Academic Literacies in EAP.
BALEAP PIM: The EAP Student: identity, community and belonging, Edinburgh, UK, 15 Nov 2025.
Ross, Micky ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-4384 and Williams, Anneli
(2025)
Harnessing the Power of Difference: A Group Ethnography During a Collaborative Project.
BALEAP Conference 2025, Plymouth, UK, 14-17 April 2025.
Ross, Micky ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-4384, Raymond, Tom, Marren, Aneta ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-0379-7726 and Vaniev, Alexander ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2930-3673
(2025)
Staff Perspective of Student Voice and its (In)Authenticity in Reflective Writing for Summative Assessment.
BALEAP Conference 2025, Plymouth, UK, 14-17 April 2025.
MacDiarmid, Carole ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8362-8957, Haghi, Ide ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4924-8627, McDonagh, Vanessa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6249-7506 and Ross, Micky ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-4384
(2025)
Co-Constructing an EAP Pre-Sessional in Education with Subject and EAP Specialists and Students Input.
BALEAP Conference 2025, Plymouth, UK, 14-17 April 2025.
Bohlmann, Julia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0724-6671 and Ross, Micky ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-4384
(2025)
What podcasting taught us about innovative pedagogy as disruption in higher education.
In: Syska, Alicja, Buckley, Carina, Sedghi, Gita and Grayson, Nicola (eds.)
Transformative Practice in Higher: Education Innovative Approaches to Teaching and Learning.
Taylor and Francis.
ISBN 9781003503149
(doi: 10.4324/9781003503149-14)
2024
MacDiarmid, Carole ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8362-8957, Ross, Micky ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-4384 and Szilagyi, Marcus
(2024)
Meeting Student Needs: EAP Course Design for Education Students.
ELINET 2024 "Global Voices, Local Impact: Education, Language, and Diversity”, Bragança, Brazil, 24-26 October 2024.
Ross, Micky ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-4384
(2024)
Fighting for authenticity along the LGBTQ+ journey towards scholarly publication: Is it time for a queering of academic literacies?
In: McCulloch, Sharon (ed.)
Novice LGBTQ+ Scholars’ Practices in Writing for Scholarly Publication.
Series: Routledge Studies in English for Research Publication Purposes.
Routledge.
ISBN 9781032227870
Ross, Micky ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-4384, Marren, Aneta ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-0379-7726, Bohlmann, Julia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0724-6671, Dickson, Nic ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0084-605X, Vaniev, Alexander ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2930-3673 and Raymond, Tom
(2024)
The Reflective Writing Survey and Resource: investigating the practice of reflective writing for summative assessment at the University of Glasgow.
17th Annual University of Glasgow Learning & Teaching Conference, Glasgow, UK, 09 Apr 2024.
Ross, Micky ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-4384, Bohlmann, Julia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0724-6671 and Marren, Aneta ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-0379-7726
(2024)
Reflective writing as summative assessment in higher education: a systematic review.
Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, 12(1),
pp. 54-67.
(doi: 10.56433/jpaap.v12i1.577)
2023
Ross, Micky ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-4384
(2023)
Deconstructing the Academic Journey of Doctoral Scholarship as an LGBTQ Student: Is It Time for a Queering of Academic Literacies?
BALEAP Conference 2023, Coventry, UK, 19-21 Apr 2023.
Ross, Micky ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-4384 and Marren, Aneta ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-0379-7726
(2023)
Deconstructing Reflective Writing for Summative Assessment and Designing a New Resource to Scaffold Student Development.
BALEAP Conference 2023, Coventry, UK, 19-21 Apr 2023.
Ross, Micky ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-4384 and Jack, Victoria
(2023)
Innovating the curriculum for transcultural communication: from needs to assessment and feedback.
[Audio]
2021
Bohlmann, Julia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0724-6671 and Ross, Micky ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-4384
(2021)
Building a study community through podcasts during Covid-19.
Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, 22,
(doi: 10.47408/jldhe.vi22.698)
Ross, Micky ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-4384
(2021)
Helping International Students Succeed by Better Understanding How They Cope.
LSAC 2021 National Conference - Connect, Include, Engage, Empower: Reinventing Learning Communities, 17-19 May 2021.
Bohlmann, Julia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0724-6671 and Ross, Micky ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-4384
(2021)
Building an Online Study Community Through Weekly Podcasts at the University of Glasgow.
LSAC 2021 National Conference - Connect, Include, Engage, Empower: Reinventing Learning Communities, 17-19 May 2021.
Ross, Micky ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-4384
(2021)
International Student Coping Strategies to Inform Pedagogical Approaches in EAP.
BALEAP Conference 2021: Exploring Pedagogical Approaches in EAP Teaching, 06-10 Apr 2021.
Bohlmann, Julia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0724-6671 and Ross, Micky ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-4384
(2021)
Building an Online Study Community through Weekly Podcasts at the University of Glasgow.
ScotHeld Winter Meeting 2021, 22 Jan 2021.
2020
Ross, Micky ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-4384
(2020)
Transforming Academic Self Theory: An Introduction to a New Theory to Guide Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.
BERA Conference 2020, Liverpool, UK, 07-10 Sep 2020.
2019
Ross, Micky ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-4384
(2019)
A Sense of an Academic Self: A New Way of Viewing Internationally Recruited Students.
ScotHELD Winter 2019 Meeting, Edinburgh, UK, 25 Jan 2019.
2018
Ross, Micky ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-4384
(2018)
Constructing Theory for Teaching and Learning in HE from the Basis of EAP Practice.
EAP in Ireland 2018 Annual Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 06 Oct 2018.
Articles
Ross, Micky ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-4384, Bohlmann, Julia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0724-6671 and Marren, Aneta ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-0379-7726
(2024)
Reflective writing as summative assessment in higher education: a systematic review.
Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, 12(1),
pp. 54-67.
(doi: 10.56433/jpaap.v12i1.577)
Bohlmann, Julia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0724-6671 and Ross, Micky ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-4384
(2021)
Building a study community through podcasts during Covid-19.
Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, 22,
(doi: 10.47408/jldhe.vi22.698)
Book Sections
Bohlmann, Julia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0724-6671 and Ross, Micky ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-4384
(2025)
What podcasting taught us about innovative pedagogy as disruption in higher education.
In: Syska, Alicja, Buckley, Carina, Sedghi, Gita and Grayson, Nicola (eds.)
Transformative Practice in Higher: Education Innovative Approaches to Teaching and Learning.
Taylor and Francis.
ISBN 9781003503149
(doi: 10.4324/9781003503149-14)
Ross, Micky ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-4384
(2024)
Fighting for authenticity along the LGBTQ+ journey towards scholarly publication: Is it time for a queering of academic literacies?
In: McCulloch, Sharon (ed.)
Novice LGBTQ+ Scholars’ Practices in Writing for Scholarly Publication.
Series: Routledge Studies in English for Research Publication Purposes.
Routledge.
ISBN 9781032227870
Conference or Workshop Item
Ross, Micky ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-4384
(2025)
Belonging on Queer Terms: Rethinking Academic Literacies in EAP.
BALEAP PIM: The EAP Student: identity, community and belonging, Edinburgh, UK, 15 Nov 2025.
Ross, Micky ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-4384 and Williams, Anneli
(2025)
Harnessing the Power of Difference: A Group Ethnography During a Collaborative Project.
BALEAP Conference 2025, Plymouth, UK, 14-17 April 2025.
Ross, Micky ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-4384, Raymond, Tom, Marren, Aneta ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-0379-7726 and Vaniev, Alexander ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2930-3673
(2025)
Staff Perspective of Student Voice and its (In)Authenticity in Reflective Writing for Summative Assessment.
BALEAP Conference 2025, Plymouth, UK, 14-17 April 2025.
MacDiarmid, Carole ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8362-8957, Haghi, Ide ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4924-8627, McDonagh, Vanessa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6249-7506 and Ross, Micky ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-4384
(2025)
Co-Constructing an EAP Pre-Sessional in Education with Subject and EAP Specialists and Students Input.
BALEAP Conference 2025, Plymouth, UK, 14-17 April 2025.
MacDiarmid, Carole ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8362-8957, Ross, Micky ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-4384 and Szilagyi, Marcus
(2024)
Meeting Student Needs: EAP Course Design for Education Students.
ELINET 2024 "Global Voices, Local Impact: Education, Language, and Diversity”, Bragança, Brazil, 24-26 October 2024.
Ross, Micky ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-4384, Marren, Aneta ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-0379-7726, Bohlmann, Julia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0724-6671, Dickson, Nic ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0084-605X, Vaniev, Alexander ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2930-3673 and Raymond, Tom
(2024)
The Reflective Writing Survey and Resource: investigating the practice of reflective writing for summative assessment at the University of Glasgow.
17th Annual University of Glasgow Learning & Teaching Conference, Glasgow, UK, 09 Apr 2024.
Ross, Micky ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-4384
(2023)
Deconstructing the Academic Journey of Doctoral Scholarship as an LGBTQ Student: Is It Time for a Queering of Academic Literacies?
BALEAP Conference 2023, Coventry, UK, 19-21 Apr 2023.
Ross, Micky ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-4384 and Marren, Aneta ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-0379-7726
(2023)
Deconstructing Reflective Writing for Summative Assessment and Designing a New Resource to Scaffold Student Development.
BALEAP Conference 2023, Coventry, UK, 19-21 Apr 2023.
Ross, Micky ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-4384
(2021)
Helping International Students Succeed by Better Understanding How They Cope.
LSAC 2021 National Conference - Connect, Include, Engage, Empower: Reinventing Learning Communities, 17-19 May 2021.
Bohlmann, Julia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0724-6671 and Ross, Micky ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-4384
(2021)
Building an Online Study Community Through Weekly Podcasts at the University of Glasgow.
LSAC 2021 National Conference - Connect, Include, Engage, Empower: Reinventing Learning Communities, 17-19 May 2021.
Ross, Micky ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-4384
(2021)
International Student Coping Strategies to Inform Pedagogical Approaches in EAP.
BALEAP Conference 2021: Exploring Pedagogical Approaches in EAP Teaching, 06-10 Apr 2021.
Bohlmann, Julia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0724-6671 and Ross, Micky ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-4384
(2021)
Building an Online Study Community through Weekly Podcasts at the University of Glasgow.
ScotHeld Winter Meeting 2021, 22 Jan 2021.
Ross, Micky ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-4384
(2020)
Transforming Academic Self Theory: An Introduction to a New Theory to Guide Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.
BERA Conference 2020, Liverpool, UK, 07-10 Sep 2020.
Ross, Micky ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-4384
(2019)
A Sense of an Academic Self: A New Way of Viewing Internationally Recruited Students.
ScotHELD Winter 2019 Meeting, Edinburgh, UK, 25 Jan 2019.
Ross, Micky ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-4384
(2018)
Constructing Theory for Teaching and Learning in HE from the Basis of EAP Practice.
EAP in Ireland 2018 Annual Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 06 Oct 2018.
Audio
Ross, Micky ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-4384 and Jack, Victoria
(2023)
Innovating the curriculum for transcultural communication: from needs to assessment and feedback.
[Audio]
Grants
University of Glasgow Learning and Teaching Development Fund: £3,830.00 (2022/23)
- Reflective Writing for Assessment Project to develop an online student resource to improve academic writing practices for assessment
Supervision
- Gao, Jie
Paradigm shift in Chinese English teaching: exploring the development of ELF-oriented teaching paradigm and its application in Chinese English teacher education context - Utami, Valisneria
Beliefs on EIL from the perspective of Indonesian Muslim pre-service teachers
Teaching
- Convener: Language Learning and Applications to the Classroom
- Convener: Teaching English as an International Language
- Convener: PhD in-sessional for School of Modern Languages and Cultures
- Lecturer: Classroom Processes in TESOL: Introduction to Teaching and Learning
- Lecturer: Developing Professional Practice in TESOL
Additional information
PhD Education University of York, 2019
Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy, 2017
MSc TESOL Universtiy of Edinburgh, 2012
Co-creator YouTube channel: TESOL with Micky & Ide