Research output per year
Research output per year
Prof
Accepting PhD Students
PhD projects
I am currently supervising several students working on academic discourse, the teaching of academic writing, identity in writing and academic writing development. I am interested in supervising PhD research in the areas of:
Academic discourse
English for academic purposes
Advanced academic literacy
Research activity per year
Before pursuing my PhD at the University of Birmingham in 2000, I lived and worked in Singapore. I graduated in 2005 with a PhD from Birmingham and moved back to Singapore for a brief period. In 2007, I was offered a position at Birmingham. I was initially in the English for International Students Unit (now known as the Birmingham International Academy) and joined the Department of English Language and Linguistics in 2009.
I have held several roles in the department (Admissions Tutor, Undergraduate Programme Director and Head of Department). I have also held a School role as Head of Internationalisation for EDACS and College and institutional roles in widening participation (2010-2020). I am currently Deputy Director of Education for Distance and Digital Education (2019-current) in the College of Arts and Law.
The primary focus of my research is on identity creation in academic discourse and advanced academic literacy. My other research interests include English for research publication purposes, English for academic purposes, particularly, academic writing, and second language learning and teaching.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Suganthi John (Advisor)
Activity: Membership › Membership of board
Suganthi John (Advisor)
Activity: Membership › Membership of board
Suganthi John (Advisor)
Activity: Membership › Membership of board
John, Suganthi (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively