I am a member of the Centre for Language and Communication Research. My specific areas of expertise are in Discourse Analysis, Interactional Sociolinguistics, and qualitative research methods. My research focuses on ageing and identity in talk, text and image (e.g. advertising), and institutional discourse.

My administrative role is Director of the Centre's MA programmes (PGT Programme Director). We have four MA programmes (Applied Linguistics; Forensic Linguistics; Language and Linguistics; Language and Communication Research).