BA (Hons) (University of Central England), PhD (University of Birmingham).

Profile

Helen has worked at the University of Birmingham since 2002 and lectures in English Language, linguistics, language and education, gender studies and research methods. She researches in the areas of language, gender and sexuality, classroom discourse analysis, and gender, sexuality and education. She is currently Deputy Head of the Language, Discourse and Society department in the School of Education.

Research Interests

• Language, gender and sexuality
• Discourse analysis
• Classroom discourse
• Educational linguistics
• Sociolinguistics

Teaching and administration responsibilities

Helen teaches on a number of English Language modules on the BA English Language and Literature in Education programme, including Introduction to Language and Society, Grammar, Text and Discourse, Language, Gender and Sexuality and Research Methods. She also teaches on the MA Teaching English as a Foreign Language programme the College of Social Sciences M.PhilB Gender Studies programme. Within the School of Education, she contributes to doctoral supervision and doctoral research training modules.

Publications

Sauntson, H. and Morrish, E. (Forthcoming 2011). Gender and sexuality: the  discursive limits of ‘equality’ in higher education. In E. Morrish and H. Sauntson (eds) Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences (Special Issue: Gender and Sexuality: The Discursive Limits of ‘Equality’ in Higher education).

Sauntson, H. (2009). Classroom discourse. In L. Cummings (ed) Routledge Encyclopedia of Pragmatics. London: Routledge.

Harrington, K., Litosseliti, L., Sauntson, H. and Sunderland, J. (eds) (2008). Gender and Language Research Methodologies. Basingstoke: Palgrave. ISBN: 9780230550681.

Sauntson, H. (2007). Girls’ and boys’ use of acknowledging moves in pupil group classroom discussion. Language and Education 24 (4). pp. 304-327. ISBN: 09500782

Morrish, E. and Sauntson, H. (2007). New Perspectives on Language and Sexual Identity. Basingstoke: Palgrave. ISBN: 1403937964.

Sauntson, H. and Kyratzis, S. (eds) (2007). Language, Sexualities and Desires: Cross-cultural Perspectives. Basingstoke: Palgrave. ISBN: 1403933278.