Dr Aimee Bailey

• PhD Applied Linguistics, University of Nottingham, 2021
• MA Applied Linguistics, University of Nottingham, 2016
• BA English Language and Literature, University of Nottingham, 2013

I joined the University of Birmingham in 2025. Prior to this, I was a Senior Lecturer at De Montfort University, where I was based for 6 years, and taught at the University of Nottingham, where I completed my ESRC-funded PhD in Applied Linguistics.

My teaching covers areas such as digital media and communications, discourse analysis and sociolinguistics.

My research looks at how gender and sexuality are constructed through digital and news media. It makes use of queer theory, feminist theory, corpus linguistics and (multimodal) critical discourse analysis. I am especially interested in the role of language in issues of inclusion and exclusion, and have examined this in contexts such as queer women's online spaces and the representation of elite trans athletes.

I also serve on the committee for the British Association of Applied Linguistics' Language, Gender and Sexuality Special Interest Group (BAAL LGaS SIG) as Events Coordinator.

I teach across the Department’s undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and am responsible for convening modules such as Discourse Analysis (second-year BA) and Global Communications (MA). I also provide dissertation support at both levels.

My research looks at how gender and sexuality are constructed through digital and news media. It makes use of queer theory, feminist theory, corpus linguistics and (multimodal) critical discourse analysis. I am especially interested in the role of language in issues of inclusion, exclusion and (in)equality, and have examined this in contexts such as queer women's online spaces and the representation of elite trans athletes.