Dr Helen Sauntson

Senior Lecturer English Language & Linguistics

BA (University of Central England, 1994)

PGCE (University of Birmingham, 1995)

PhD (University of Birmingham, 2001)

Contact details

E: h.sauntson@yorksj.ac.uk

T: +44 (0)1904 876880

Profile

Teaching

Professional Activities

Research & Publications

Books

Sauntson, H. 2012. Approaches to Gender and Spoken Classroom Discourse. Basingstoke: Palgrave.
Harrington, K., Litosseliti, L., Sauntson, H. and Sunderland, J. (eds) 2008. Gender and Language Research Methodologies. Basingstoke: Palgrave.
Morrish, L. and Sauntson, H. 2007. New Perspectives on Language and Sexual Identity. Basingstoke: Palgrave.
Sauntson, H. and Kyratzis, S. (eds) 2007. Language, Sexualities and Desires: Cross-Cultural Perspectives. Basingstoke: Palgrave.

Book chapters

Morrish, L. and Sauntson, H. 2011. Gender, desire and identity in a corpus of lesbian erotica. In B. Scherer and M. Ball (eds) Queering Paradigms II: Interrogating Agendas. Oxford: Peter Lang Press. 63-81.
Sauntson, H. and Morrish, L. 2010. Vision, values and international excellence: The ‘products’ that university mission statements sell to students. In M. Molesworth, L. Nixon and R. Scullion (eds) The Student as Consumer and the Marketisation of Higher Education. London: Routledge. 73-85.
Sauntson, H. and Morrish, L. 2010. Performing sexual identity through spoken discourse. In B. Scherer (ed) Queering Paradigms. Oxford: Peter Lang Press. 27-47.
Sauntson, H. 2009. Classroom discourse. In L. Cummings (ed) Routledge Encyclopedia of Pragmatics. London: Routledge. 63-65.
Sauntson, H. 2008. The contributions of queer theory to gender and language research. In K. Harrington, L. Litosseliti, H. Sauntson and J. Sunderland (eds) Gender and Language Research Methodologies. Basingstoke: Palgrave. 271-282.
Sauntson, H. 2007. Education, culture and the construction of sexual identity: an appraisal analysis of lesbian coming out narratives. In H. Sauntson and S. Kyratzis (eds). 140-164.
Sauntson, H. 2005. Saying and not saying: gender, sex(uality) and discourse analysis. In J. Santaemilia (ed) The Language of Sex: Saying and Not Saying. Valencia: University of Valencia Press. 25-44.

Journal articles

Sauntson, H. and Morrish, L. In press. ‘How gay is football this year?’ Identity and intersubjectivity in a women’s sports team. Journal of Language and Sexuality.
Morrish, L. and Sauntson, H. In press. ‘Business-facing motors for economic development’: An Appraisal analysis of visions and values in the marketized UK university. Critical Discourse Studies.
Sauntson, H. and Simpson, K. 2012. Other cultures, other sexualities? Including sexuality in secondary English. English Drama Media 23: 25-30.
Sauntson, H. and Simpson, K. 2011. Investigating sexuality discourses in the UK secondary English curriculum. Journal of Homosexuality. 58 (6-7): 953-973.
Morrish, L. and Sauntson, H. 2011. Discourse and identity in a corpus of lesbian erotica. Journal of Lesbian Studies 15 (1): 122-139.
Sauntson, H. and Morrish, L. 2010. Gender and sexuality – the discursive limits of ‘equality’ in higher education. Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences 3 (2): 1-18.
Sauntson, H. 2007.Girls’ and boys’ use of acknowledging moves in pupil group classroom discussion. Language and Education 24 (4): 304-327.

Conference papers and invited lectures

Plenary addresses, keynote addresses and invited lectures

The Language of Homophobia: Speech and Silence. 40^th Anniversary of the Gay Liberation Front conference, London School of Economics, 19-20 May 2011 (Invited lecture).
Language, Genders, Sexualities, Identities. Trans-cending Gender Norms conference, University of the West of England, 12 April 2011. (Keynote address)
Analysing classroom interaction using four methods of discourse analysis. Aston University Linguistics seminar series, Aston University, 8 March 2011. (Invited seminar)
Neoliberal discourses of gender and sexuality in British higher education. English Language Research seminar series. University of Birmingham, November 2008. (Invited seminar)
Tactics of intersubjectivity: A framework for analysing language and sexual identity. English Language Research seminar series, University of Birmingham, 6 March 2007. (Invited seminar)
The contributions of queer theory to gender and language research. Queering Equity and Inclusion symposium, State University of New York, Oneonta NY, February 2007. (Keynote address)
New perspectives on language and sexual identity: the legacy of fourteen years of Lavender Languages. (With Liz Morrish, NTU) 14^th Annual Conference on Lavender Languages and Linguistics, American University, Washington DC, February 2007. (Plenary address)
Gender, sex(uality) and discourse analysis. 2^nd Valencia Workshop on Gender and Language – The Language of Sex: Saying and Not Saying. University of Valencia, October 2004. (Keynote address)

Conference papers

Authenticating sexual diversity in the school curriculum: Examining sociolinguistic constructions of young people’s sexuality identities. British Educational Research Association: Sexualities Special Interest Group conference, Manchester Metropolitan University, 11 November 2011.
Sexual Diversity in the English National Curriculum: Teachers’ and Young LGB-identified People’s Experiences in the City of Birmingham, UK. (with Kathryn Simpson) European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), Berlin, 13-16 September 2011.
Sexual diversity in the English National Curriculum: A Critical Discourse Analysis. (with Kathryn Simpson) British Educational Research Association (BERA) conference, Institute of Education, London, 6-8 September 2011.
Issues of homophobia and its impact on student achievement. (with Kathryn Simpson) Learning and Teaching conference, University of Birmingham, 18 June 2011.
Investigating sexuality discourses in the UK secondary English curriculum. European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) Conference, Helsinki, 25-27 August 2010.
Gender and sexuality: The discursive limits of ‘equality’ in higher education. XIV World Congress of Comparative Education Societies, Istanbul, 14-18 June 2010.
Introduction to neoliberalism. (with Liz Morrish) Gender and sexuality: The discursive limits of ‘equality’ in higher education seminar series. University of Birmingham, February 2009.
Performing lesbian sexual identity through discourse. (with Liz Morrish) Queering Paradigms conference, Canterbury Christ Church University, February 2009.
An appraisal analysis of gender and sexuality in an electronic corpus of coming out narratives. 4^th International Gender and Language Association conference, University of Valencia, Valencia, November 2006.
A reflection on teaching language, gender and sexuality: problems and solutions. Teaching Language, Gender and Sexuality in Further and Higher Education (BAAL Gender and Language Special Interest Group seminar), Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, September 2006.
A language of our own? The discourse of lesbian erotica. (with Liz Morrish) 12th Annual Conference on Lavender Languages and Linguistics, American University, Washington DC, February 2005.
Analyzing evaluation in coming-out narratives. 9th Annual American University Conference on Lavender Languages and Linguistics, American University, Washington DC, February 2003.
Examining lesbian conversation as discourses of resistance. 9th Annual American University Conference on Lavender Languages and Linguistics, American University, Washington DC, February 2002.
Gendered discourses in the Technology classroom. British Association of Applied Linguistics conference, University of Cambridge, September 2000.
Changing approaches to the study of gender and sexuality in applied linguistics. British Association of Applied Linguistics conference, University of Edinburgh, September 1999.