Jonathan Crichton is Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics and Professorial Lead (Teaching and Learning), University of South Australia, and Visiting Fellow in Psychiatry, Adelaide School of Medicine, University of Adelaide.
His academic background is in philosophy (BA Hons, York) and later linguistics (MA, PhD, Macquarie). In between, he was Gasthörer in philosophy at University of Stuttgart while doing an apprenticeship in viticulture in Bad Cannstatt. He has a longstanding interest in how language affects people's lives in profound but often unnoticed ways, and his research has largely focused on professional and organisational communication, particularly in health settings. He has been involved in a wide range of projects... Read more
About me
Jonathan Crichton is Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics and Professorial Lead (Teaching and Learning), University of South Australia, and Visiting Fellow in Psychiatry, Adelaide School of Medicine, University of Adelaide.
His academic background is in philosophy (BA Hons, York) and later linguistics (MA, PhD, Macquarie). In between, he was Gasthörer in philosophy at University of Stuttgart while doing an apprenticeship in viticulture in Bad Cannstatt. He has a longstanding interest in how language affects people's lives in profound but often unnoticed ways, and his research has largely focused on professional and organisational communication, particularly in health settings. He has been involved in a wide range of projects with practitioners and clients in psychiatry, mental health and aged care that aim to enhance how language is used and understood at critical times in people's lives. Allied to this focus he has an enduring research interest in the relationship between language and ethics, particularly as this bears on qualitative methodologies. His research is reflected in over 70 refereed publications including five monographs / edited volumes.
He is series editor of three Palgrave research series: Communicating in Professions and Organisations, Research and Practice in Applied Linguistics, and Palgrave Advances in Language and Linguistics; and a member of the advisory board of the Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice.
His published books include Exploring Discourse in Context and in Action (2017), Communicating Risk (2016), Discourses of Trust (2013), Discourses of Deficit (2011), and The Discourse of Commercialisation (2010). Books under contract include Critical Moments in Health Communication, Palgrave, and, with Gillian Martin, Trinity College, Dublin, the Handbook of Intercultural Communication in Health Care, De Gruyter.
About me
Immediate Past President, Applied Linguistics Association of Australia
Visiting Fellow, Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide
Series Editor, Communicating in Professions and Organizations, Palgrave Macmillan
Series Editor, Research and Practice in Applied Linguistics, Palgrave Macmillan
Series Editor, Palgrave Advances in Language and Linguistics
About me
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| 25/06/2019 |
Channel 9 News interview about the importance of communication in health care., https://youtu.be/geC0M4GTx1c |
About me
Doctor of Philosophy Macquarie University
Masters of Applied Linguistics Macquarie University
Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) University of York
Diploma in TESOL (teaching) Australian Centre for Languages
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
2018 Tuckey, Buckley, Crichton, Hillier, Whittle, Beer.‘HDR Mental Health: Critical Moments and Resilient Systems’. University of South Australia Research Themes Investment Scheme, $31,423.
2016 Procter, Crichton, Champion, Strachan, Roughhead. When should a client’s case be closed in a community mental health setting? University of South Australia Research Themes Investment Scheme, $31,423.
2014-2016 Ash, Metcalfe, Galletly, Crichton. How clinicians and people with thought disorder communicate in the clinical setting: An observational study. Glenside Hospital Driver Bequest 06-02, $49,969
2011-2014 Dollard, Scarino & Crichton. Migrant workers: Community safety from and to migrant workers in the age care industry. WorkSafe SA funded, $240,417
2011-2013 Scarino, Crichton, Heugh, Liddicoat. Mentoring and reflecting: Languages educators and professional standards. Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations $120,000
2012 Scarino, Crichton, Liddicoat. The value of international education: Perceptions of local and international students and the school community. Department of Education & Children's Services SA $10,000
2009-10 Scarino, Liddicoat, Crichton, Morgan, Mercurio. Professional standards project 2. Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations $190,000
2008-12 Nafalski, Nedic, Gol, Machotka, Scarino, Crichton. Enriching student learning experience through international collaboration in remote laboratories. Australian Learning and Teaching Council, $220,000
2007–09 Scarino, Liddicoat, Crichton, Curnow, Dellit, Kohler, Loechel, Morgan, Mercurio, Scrimgeour. Guide to the teaching, learning and assessing of languages in the 21st century Department of Education, Science and Training, $252,000.
2007–08 Scarino, Liddicoat, Crichton, Curnow, Kohler, Loechel, A Morgan, Mercurio, Papademetre, Scrimgeour. Professional standards project Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations, $476,000
2006-7 Scarino, Liddicoat, Carr, Crichton, Crozet, Dellit, Kohler, Papademetre, Scrimgeour. Intercultural language teaching and learning project (ILTLP), Department of Education, Science and Training, $2,300,000
2006–7 Scarino, Crichton. SAFE Futures, Marden Senior College, $5,000
2005-6 Liddicoat, Scarino, Kohler, Scrimgeour, Crichton. Developing a coherent approach to the NCLT's language and intercultural services, National Centre for Languages Training, $25,200
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
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| 2017 |
1
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| 2011 |
Candlin, CN & Crichton, JA 2011, Discourses of deficit, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK. |
| 2010 |
8
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| 2024 |
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| 2024 |
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| 2020 |
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| 2018 |
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| 2016 |
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| 2016 |
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| 2014 |
1
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| 2013 |
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| 2013 |
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| 2013 |
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| 2011 |
3
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| 2011 |
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| 2011 |
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| 2009 |
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| Year | Output |
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| 2023 |
Open access
3
3
71
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| 2020 |
Open access
38
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| 2019 |
Open access
5
5
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| 2015 |
15
28
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| 2014 |
Open access
2
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| 2014 |
Open access
1
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| 2014 |
Open access
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| 2013 |
22
14
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| 2012 |
24
23
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| 2011 |
3
3
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| 2010 |
8
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| 2010 |
5
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| 2008 |
4
5
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| 2008 |
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| 2008 |
22
12
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| 2008 |
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| Year | Output |
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| 2017 |
Open access
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| 2016 |
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| 2016 |
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| 2014 |
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| 2014 |
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| 2012 |
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| 2012 |
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Crichton, J. (2018). Transdisciplinary applied linguistics: Issues of perspectivity and transcendence. International Association of Applied Linguistics Review, 31(1), 143-148.
Crichton, J. & Candlin, C. N., Firkins, A. S. (Eds.) (2016). Communicating risk. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Candlin, C. N. & Crichton, J. (Eds.) (2013). Discourses of trust. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Koch, T., & Crichton, J. (2007). Living with dementia: Innovative methodological approaches toward understanding. In M. Nolan, E. Hanson, G. Grant & J. Keady (Eds.), User participation in health and social care research: Voices, values and evaluation (pp. 89-103). Maidenhead: Open University Press.
Crichton, J. & Scarino, A. (2007). How are we to understand the ‘intercultural dimension’?: An examination of the intercultural dimension of internationalisation in the context of higher education in Australia. Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 30(1), 4.1-4.21.
Crichton, J. (2007). Doing battle with a noun: Some notes on the grammar of ‘terror’. Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 30(2), 19.1-19.18.
Crichton, J. & Koch, T. (2007). Living with dementia: Curating self-identity. Dementia, 6(3). 365-381.
Scarino, A., Crichton, J. & Woods, M. (2007). The role of language and culture in open learning in international collaborative programs: A case study. Woods, C., Lushington, K. & Crichton, J. (2007). Readers’ perceptions: The book as device or as aesthetic object. The International Journal of the Book, 4(1), 51-67.
Research
President, Applied Linguistics Association of Australia (2019-2020)
Visiting Fellow, Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide (2004-present)
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Auckland University of Technology | NEW ZEALAND |
| Blekinge Institute of Technology | SWEDEN |
| Central Adelaide Local Health Network Incorporated | AUSTRALIA |
| Macquarie University | AUSTRALIA |
| Northern Adelaide Local Health Network | AUSTRALIA |
| The Queen Elizabeth Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
| Trinity College Dublin | IRELAND |
| University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Newcastle | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Porto | PORTUGAL |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Technology Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Warwick | UNITED KINGDOM |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
|---|---|
Convenor17th International Conference on Communication, Medicine and Ethics |
2019 |
PresidentApplied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA) |
2019 |
Editorial Board MemberJournal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice |
2018 |
President ElectApplied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA) |
2018 |
Editorial Board MemberJournal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice |
2017 |
Governor Multicultural AwardMulticultural SA, Government of South Australia |
2017 |
Joint Series EditorPalgrave Macmillan, Advances in Language and Linguistics series |
2017 |
Vice PresidentApplied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA) |
2017 |
Joint series editorResearch and Practice in Applied Linguistics series |
2016 |
Joint Series EditorPalgrave Macmillan, Advances in Language and Linguistics series |
2016 |
Member, National ExecutiveApplied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA) |
2016 |
Series editorCommunicating in Professions and Organisations series |
2016 |
Vice PresidentApplied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA) |
2016 |
Visiting research fellowThe University of Adelaide, School of Medicine |
2016 |
Joint series editorResearch and Practice in Applied Linguistics series |
2015 |
Member, National ExecutiveApplied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA) |
2015 |
Series editorCommunicating in Professions and Organisations series |
2015 |
Visiting research fellowThe University of Adelaide, School of Medicine |
2015 |
Member, National ExecutiveApplied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA) |
2014 |
Series editorCommunicating in Professions and Organisations series |
2014 |
Visiting research fellowThe University of Adelaide, School of Medicine |
2014 |
Member, National ExecutiveApplied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA) |
2013 |
Visiting research fellowThe University of Adelaide, School of Medicine |
2013 |
Member, National ExecutiveApplied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA) |
2012 |
Visiting research fellowThe University of Adelaide, School of Medicine |
2012 |
Member, National ExecutiveApplied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA) |
2011 |
Visiting research fellowThe University of Adelaide, School of Medicine |
2011 |
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| Back to the future of work: investigating how future work is co-constructed in an Australian senate select committee inquiry | Current |
| Experiencing inclusivity from the perspective of disability: a narrative study | Current |
| Extremism by Design? Framing, Fabrication, and Radical Discourse on Social Media | Current |
| From brands to branded employees: how co-creation is accomplished through language | Current |
| Lived experiences of older Australians with a mortgage debt | Current |
| Picture making: towards an understanding of expertise in illustration practice | Current |
| The linguistic accomplisment of rapport in eLearning | Current |
| "I am here now and I want to be part of here": a study of international students' experience of learning and teaching in higher education | Completed |
| A study of interaction in English language learning classrooms in China: students' and teachers' experiences | Completed |
| Addressing brand consistency: a study of how wine industry professionals linguistically accomplish branding in a multinational corporation | Completed |
| 'Best interests of the child': inter-professional communication in child protection trials | Completed |
| English language assessment in the context of policy innovation: a case study of how teachers interpret and manage assessment practices | Completed |
| Language reclamation as resistance: social and cultural contexts enabled by the use of reclaimed Kaurna language | Completed |
| Mediation in religious translation: a critical discourse analysis of English translations of a Qur¿anic verse on gender relations | Completed |
| Multilingual francophone professionals' experience of moving between languages and cultures: a narrative study | Completed |
| Second language writing as a bilingual event: how Chinese-speaking students use both Chinese and English in writing in English | Completed |
| Slot the client in: a study of assessor mediation of oral language assessment interviews in the language, literacy and numeracy program | Completed |
| 'They didn't tell me much' : a constructivist grounded theory of the healthcare experience after stroke for older people with limited English proficiency | Completed |
| Turn-endings in Japanese syntax-for-conversation | Completed |
