Kerrilee Lockyer is a researcher and lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the University of South Australia. Her academic background is in Languages and Applied Linguistics (BA Hons, PhD, UniSA). Her research explores emerging challenges to communicative expertise in professional and organisational practice, especially in contexts of promotion and persuasion that lie at the intersections of professional practice and digital media. She is a member of the International Applied Linguistics Research Network on professional mobility and migration, the copy editor for the Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, and is regularly invited as a reviewer for a wide range of international publishers and journals. Her teaching encompasses applied... Read more
About me
Kerrilee Lockyer is a researcher and lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the University of South Australia. Her academic background is in Languages and Applied Linguistics (BA Hons, PhD, UniSA). Her research explores emerging challenges to communicative expertise in professional and organisational practice, especially in contexts of promotion and persuasion that lie at the intersections of professional practice and digital media. She is a member of the International Applied Linguistics Research Network on professional mobility and migration, the copy editor for the Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, and is regularly invited as a reviewer for a wide range of international publishers and journals. Her teaching encompasses applied linguistics, intercultural communication, and core courses in the liberal arts, in which the quality of her teaching has been recognised with multiple awards and nominations.
About me
Doctor of Philosophy University of South Australia
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) University of South Australia
Bachelor of Arts (Languages and Intercultural Communication) University of South Australia
Language and culture in professional contexts, professional discourse, Intercultural communication, brand communication
Research
Research
Language and culture in professional contexts, professional discourse, Intercultural communication, brand communication
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
Intercultural Communication
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 |
| 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 |
| Hoax photographs as information and misinformation | Current |
| Literacy mediators' experience of supporting adults with literacy gaps in Australia: an applied linguistic study | Current |
| Picture making: towards an understanding of expertise in illustration practice | Current |
| 'Best interests of the child': inter-professional communication in child protection trials | Completed |
