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
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Professor Helen Sauntson
Director of Centre for Language and Social Justice Research
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Dr Clare Cunningham
Associate Professor
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Dr Leesa Clarke
Associate Head: Language and Linguistics
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Dr Chisato Danjo
Senior Lecturer
Dr Daniel Edmondson
Lecturer
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Professor Chris Hall
Professor of Applied Linguistics
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Dr Yeji Han
Senior Lecturer
Dr Kyoungmi Kim
Senior Lecturer
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Dr Indu Meddegama
Senior Lecturer
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Dr Dai O'Brien
Associate Professor in British Sign Language
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Dr Maja Skender-Lizatovic
Lecturer
Dr Kate Whisker-Taylor
Senior Lecturer
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Professor Rachel Wicaksono
Professor of TESOL and Applied Linguistics
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)
