Dr Elvis ResCue

• PhD in Applied Linguistics (Aston University, Birmingham, UK)
• Masters in Applied Linguistics (Aston University, Birmingham, UK)  
• MSc Human Resource Management (Aston Business School, Birmingham, UK)
• Bachelor of Arts Honours, Linguistics with English (University of Ghana, Legon)
• Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK) (Aston University, Birmingham, UK)

I am a Research Fellow at the Department of Linguistics and Communication, University of Birmingham, UK. I hold PhD and MA in Applied Linguistics from Aston University, Birmingham, UK, and BA in Linguistics with English from the University of Ghana, Legon. I read MSc in Human Resource Management from Aston Business School, Birmingham, UK. My research interests and expertise lie in African Linguistics, Language Policy and Planning, Discourse Analysis, Language Contact, Sociolinguistics, Language and New Media, General Linguistics, and with a growing interest in Human Resource Management focusing on the gig economy in the Global South and Global North. I am also interested in the spread of disinformation and misinformation across languages in multilingual contexts. 

I have a unique international and interdisciplinary background, having worked for over 15 years in higher education, including as a Lecturer in Ghana. I have substantial experience conducting sociolinguistic fieldwork in Africa – in Ghana and Togo for the NWO-funded project Creoles at birth? and in Ghana, Zambia, Malawi, and Kenya for the AHRC-funded project Microvariation and Youth Language Practices in Africa. I am also currently researching the use of AI in higher education, including a co-edited volume on AI in education in the Global South. I am a Co-Editor-in-Chief for the Ghana Journal of Linguistics and have served on the boards of several academic associations (e.g, BAAL, LAG, IALSP). 

I have relevant experience in making strategic decisions in achieving pedagogic goals through designing, delivering, and adapting teaching and learning materials using my research and other research works. Ability to communicate complex and conceptual ideas to a wide range of audience with expert and non-expert backgrounds using a range of media including audio-visuals and PowerPoints. I am passionate about Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) within education, industry and broader society.

I am a researcher with a strong multidisciplinary background, whose work spans English language and linguistics, multilingualism (with particular attention to African contexts), academic writing, generative artificial intelligence, translation studies, language contact, discourse analysis, language policy, new media and communication, as well as dimensions of human resource management, learning and development, HR strategy, and organisational operations. My research works aim to interrogate how language practices shape and are shaped by social, educational and technological factors, especially focusing on multilingual settings. 

My major research to date has centred on classroom language practices in multilingual classrooms, examining phenomena such as code-switching and translanguaging. Through adopting mixed-methods approaches, I investigated how these language practices emerge in everyday teaching and learning, and the extent to which they can inform more equitable and contextually responsive language-in-education policies. 

My current research works have extended this inquiry into the intersection of artificial intelligence and education, with forthcoming publications exploring how AI tools are being incorporated into educational settings in the Global South. This research examines both affordances and challenges of AI integration—for instance, its potential to support personalised learning, and concerns regarding equity, access, and the reproduction of knowledge. Methodologically, my research involves analysing policy documents, conducting interviews with stakeholders, and critically assessing AI-driven applications in classroom and institutional contexts.

I am further co-developing projects on the role of generative AI in education and media, as well as investigating the spread of disinformation and misinformation across languages within multilingual communities. By combining discourse-analytical approaches with insights from communication studies and AI, I aim to understand how disinformation and misinformation circulate across linguistic boundaries and to propose strategies for more resilient information ecosystems. Through this body of work, I seek to contribute to scholarship and practice that promote inclusive, responsive, and ethically informed language and educational policies, and ethical media practices in diverse global contexts.