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Biography
Anthea joined the School of Communication in 2013 from Glasgow Caledonian University. She holds a first class honours degree in English Studies from the University of Stirling, a MA with distinction in Linguistics from Durham University, and a PhD from the University of Surrey Roehampton. She is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy.Anthea has applied her main research interest of power and identity in discourse to a range of fields, publishing journal articles and book chapters on adolescent interaction; media constructions of young people, asylum seekers, poverty, minority languages, and political events; and gender and leadership in UK politics. Her current research explores the post-conflict identities of adult learners of Irish in Northern Ireland. Anthea has reviewed for a range of publishers. She is a member of the organising committee for the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA) Conference 2017 and was a joint recipient of the 2015 Belfast Ambassador of the Year award in that role. Anthea teaches across undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in the School, in the areas of Communication Studies, Language and Media Analysis, Writing for the Communication Industries, and Research Methods, and she acts as a PhD supervisor. She has held external examining posts at Goldsmith’s and Forth Valley College.Anthea is keen to make her research relevant to students and communities. She has made a range of contributions to student-facing books in the areas of Sociolinguistics and Language and Media, and she is a regular contributor to the ESRC Festival of Social Science.
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Confirming two cultures: Negotiation of negative evaluation in the narratives of adult learners of Irish in post-conflict Northern Ireland
Irwin, A., Jun 2018, In: Narrative Inquiry. 28, 1, p. 94-118 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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‘“Why can’t a woman be more like a man?”: Margaret Thatcher and the Discourse of Leadership’. In Wilson, J. and Boxer, D. (eds.) Discourse Politics and Women as Global Leaders. John Benjamins. pp.21-41.
Irwin, A., 2015, Discourse Politics and Women as Global Leaders.. Boxer, D. & Wilson, J. (eds.). Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 21-41Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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‘Social Constructionism’. In Wodak, R., Johnstone, B. and Kerswill, P. (eds.) (2010) The Sage Handbook of Sociolinguistics (Sage). pp. 100-112
Irwin, A., 2010, The Sage Handbook of Sociolinguistics. SAGE Publications, p. 100-112Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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‘The Media, Poverty and Public Opinion in the UK’ (2008). (Joseph Rowntree funded co-authored report on media coverage and audience understanding of issues of poverty in the UK)
McKendrick, J. H., Sinclair, S., Irwin, A., O'Donnell, H., Scott, G. & Dobbie, L., 2008, Unknown Publisher. 72 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review
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‘London adolescents reproducing power/knowledge: ‘you know’ and ‘I know’’. Language in Society 35:04, 2006. pp. 499-528.
Irwin, A., 2006, In: Language in Society. 35:04, p. 499-528Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
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UUSU Staff Team of the Year: MSc Counselling Studies and Therapeutic Communication
Giffney, Noreen (Recipient), Long, Maggie (Recipient), Moorhead, Anne (Recipient), Brogan, Paula (Recipient) & Irwin, Anthea (Recipient), 25 May 2018
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