Robert Lawson

(MENAFN- The Conversation)

• Associate Professor in Sociolinguistics, Birmingham City University

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Robert Lawson is an Associate Professor in Sociolinguistics at Birmingham City University. He has held posts at the University of Pittsburgh (Fulbright Scottish Studies Scholar, 2012-13) and the University of Jyväskylä (Junior Visiting Professor, 2019-2020). He has publications in several major international journals, including Discourse, Context and Media, English World-Wide, Gender and Language, Social Media + Society, and Journal of Sociolinguistics. He is the editor of Sociolinguistics in Scotland (Palgrave, 2014), the co-editor of Sociolinguistics: Application and Impact (Routledge, 2016), and the author of Language and Mediated Masculinities (Oxford University Press, 2023). His current research interests include language and masculinities in online spaces, language in the public eye, and developing public engagement with sociolinguistic research.

Experience

• 2018–present Associate professor, Birmingham City University
• 2013–2018 Senior Lecturer, Birmingham City University
• 2009–2013 Lecturer, Birmingham City University

Education

• 2009 University of Glasgow, PhD/Linguistics
• 2005 University of Glasgow, M.Phil
• 2004 University of Glasgow, M.A. (Hons)

Publications

• 2016 Sociolinguistic Research: Application and Impact, Routledge
• 2014 Sociolinguistics in Scotland, Palgrave

Professional Memberships

• British Association of Applied Linguistics
• International Language and Gender Association
• Linguistics Society of America
• American Anthropological Association

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