School of English

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Svenja Adolphs

Professor of English Language and Linguistics, Faculty of Arts

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Biography

I hold an MA in English Language for Literary Studies and a PhD in Applied Linguistics (both from the University of Nottingham). Between 2011 and 2015 I was Director of Research and Knowledge Exchange (now Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor) for the Faculty of Arts and Associate Director of the Centre for Advanced Studies which supports research and KE across the faculties of Arts and Social Sciences. Other major previous roles at Nottingham include Head of English Language and Applied Linguistics, Director of the Centre for Research in Applied Linguistics and Interim Academic Director of the Midlands 3 Cities AHRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership. Between 2017 and 2022 I served as Head of School of the School of English at the University of Nottingham.

I have previously served as a member of AHRC Council (2014-2018) and of the ESRC's Capability Committee, Strategic Advisory Network and Grants Assessment Panel. I also served as a member of AHRC's Advisory Board, and represented the AHRC within HERA (Humanities in the European Research Area).

Teaching Summary

I teach across a wide range of areas in English Language and Applied Linguistics and across all levels including 1st, 2nd and 3rd year undergraduate, MA level, and research skills for PhD students.… read more

Research Summary

Areas of expertise - applied linguistics (especially in the area of health communication); discourse analysis; pragmatics; corpus linguistics; multimodality, digital humanities, e-language,… read more

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