Academic staff

Dr Michela Baldo

Dr Michela Baldo

Teaching Fellow in Translation Studies

Dr Joe Bennett

Lecturer

Dr Carmen Rosa Caldas-Coulthard

Dr Carmen Rosa Caldas-Coulthard

Senior Lecturer

Carmen Rosa Caldas-Coulthard has an MA in English Language and Literature from The Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil; a Diploma in the Teaching of English Overseas (Dip.TEO) from the University of Manchester, and a Ph.D. in English from The University of Birmingham.

She was formerly Professor of English Language and Applied Linguistics at the Federal ...

Dr Nicholas Groom

Dr Nicholas Groom

Lecturer in Applied Linguistics

I have wide-ranging interests in applied linguistics, but I am particularly interested in applications of corpus linguistics to issues in discourse analysis, language education and second language acquisition research.

Robert Holland

Lecturer in Applied Linguistics

I am a lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the Centre for English Language Studies at the University of Birmingham. I have a background in English Language teaching, teacher-training and project management.   

Professor Chris Kennedy

Professor Chris Kennedy

Director

I started my teaching career as a volunteer in Nigeria, followed by several ELT jobs in Africa and South-East Asia, before joining Birmingham to set up ELT teacher development and applied linguistics programmes.

Dr Jeannette Littlemore

Dr Jeannette Littlemore

Reader in Applied Linguistics

I am a Reader in Applied Linguistics in the Centre for English Language Studies at the University of Birmingham. I teach a range of courses and supervise PhD students in English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics. My research focuses on the acquisition and use of metaphor and other types of figurative language by second language learners. I am also interested in applications of cognitive ...

Mr Daniel Malt

Teaching Fellow

I work in the Centre for English Language Studies where I am responsible for teaching and administration on the Distance MAs in TEFL/TESL, Applied Linguistics and Translation Studies.

Dr Neil Millar

Lecturer

I joined the English Department at the University of Birmingham in 2010. Previously I have taught and lectured in English in the UK, New Zealand and Japan.

Dr Gabriela Saldanha

Dr Gabriela Saldanha

Lecturer

I co-ordinate the campus and distance MAs in Translation Studies within CELS.  

Dr Caroline Tagg

Lecturer in Applied Linguistics

I am a lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the Centre for English Language Studies at the University of Birmingham. I have a background in English Language teaching and training. My research focuses on digital interaction, including text messaging and online social network sites.

Dr Crayton Walker

Dr Crayton Walker

Lecturer

I am a lecturer working in the Centre for English Language Studies. I mainly work with the postgraduate students who are following our on-campus and distance programmes. My main areas of expertise are associated with corpus linguistics and language teaching.