Centre for Language and Social Justice Research
Our team
The Centre for Language and Social Justice Research is directed by Professor Helen Sauntson.
Staff working in the Centre
Professor Helen Sauntson
Director of Centre for Language and Social Justice Research
Dr Clare Cunningham
Associate Professor
Dr Leesa Clarke
Associate Head: Language and Linguistics
Dr Chisato Danjo
Senior Lecturer
Dr Daniel Edmondson
Lecturer
Professor Chris Hall
Professor of Applied Linguistics
Dr Yeji Han
Senior Lecturer
Dr Hana Jee
Lecturer
Thea Karagialidis
Lecturer
Dr Kyoungmi Kim
Senior Lecturer
Dr Sara Librenjak
Lecturer
Dr Indu Meddegama
Senior Lecturer
Dr Dai O'Brien
Associate Professor in British Sign Language
Dr Maja Skender-Lizatovic
Lecturer
Dr Kate Whisker-Taylor
Senior Lecturer
Professor Rachel Wicaksono
Professor of TESOL and Applied Linguistics
Dr Mattia Zingaretti
Lecturer
Other team members
Visiting professors and scholars
- Professor Mike Baynham (Professor of TESOL, University of Leeds)
- Professor Alessandro Benati (Director of Centre for Applied English Language Studies, University of Hong Kong)
- Professor Fiona Copland (Professor of TESOL and Associate Dean of Research, University of Stirling)
- Professor Louise Cummings (Department of English, Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
- Professor Peter French (Chair of JP French Associates and Professor at University of York)
- Dr Dawn Knight (Centre for Language and Communication Research, Cardiff University)
- Dr Liz Morrish (Independent scholar, retired Principal Lecturer, Nottingham Trent University)
- Professor Alison Wray (Research Professor in Language and Communication, Cardiff University)
Postgraduate research students
- Lixin Chen (PhD)
- Kevin Buckle (PhD)
- Soyoon Park (PhD)
- Emma Parker (PhD)
- Sidriana Scheffer (DAppLing)
- Alison Rounce (DAppLing)
Advisory panel
- Kelly Cunningham (Changing Lives, York)
- Duncan Craig (Restore York Ltd)
- Malcolm Wren (Time To Be Out)
- Dr Fiona Thompson (Retired, formerly York St John University)
- John Williamson (Refugee Action York)
- Tom Bell (Jorvik Deaf Connections)
- Paul Wordsworth (York City of Sanctuary)
- Barbara Lodge (Amnesty International, York)