Current doctoral researchers
- Second supervisor, Heidi Marazzita, 2025- (ongoing), working on reading aloud.
PAST SUPERVISEES
Postdoctoral Research Fellows
- Dr Paolo Mairano (2015-17). Now Professor at the University of Tours, France.
- Dr Tania Cerni (2015-17). Now Lecturer at the University of Ferrara, Italy.
Doctoral researchers
- Wanyin Li (2018-25). Now Research Fellow at the University of Reading.
- Yanan Lu (2020-25).
- Second supervisor, Noorin Rodenhurst (2017/18), working on sentence processing in bilingual children.
- Second supervisor, Heeyang Park (2016-18), working on English literacy in Korean children.
- Second supervisor, Hala Al-Ghamdi, 2013/14, working on handwriting in English as a second language.
- Haiwei Zhang, 2013/14, working on handwriting in Chinese as a second language. Now a Lecturer at Minzu University, Beijing, China.
- Jiang Yu, 2007/08. Now a Lecturer at Capital Normal University, Beijing, China.
Postgraduate research assistants
- Nathan Atkinson (2011).
- Alessandra Panicacci (2016-17).
- Rosicler Reinboldt (2017).
MA/MSc dissertation supervision
Thirty-six MA/MSc empirical dissertations supervised to completion for MA TESOL, MA ELT, and MSc Intercultural Communication for Business and the Professions.
Undergraduate research officers
- James Collins (2013, with P. Wakeling)
- Hannah Trott (2013, with P. Wakeling)
- Annie Clarke (2012, with D. Trenkic).