IC Colloquium : Publishing in English by Multilingual Scholars: Issues and Responses
Event details
| Date | 13.10.2014 |
| Hour | 16:15 › 17:30 |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
By : Mary Jane Curry - University of Rochester
Abstract :
This talk will contextualize the growing global pressure to publish in high-status, ISI-indexed journals, then describe the research methodology developed in a longitudinal “text-ethnographic” study of 50 scholars of psychology and education located in four European countries (Spain, Portugal, Hungary, and Slovakia) and their academic publishing in English. It will then present key findings from the research, conducted with Dr. Theresa Lillis of the Open University, UK. These findings include: the ways that "literacy brokers" can support scholars' publishing; the orientations of different types of literacy brokers/gatekeepers to language and writing; the role of scholars’ participation in academic research networks; and the controversial practice of "equivalent" or "dual" publishing.
Bio :
Mary Jane Curry, PhD, is associate professor in the Department of Teaching and Curriculum in the Warner Graduate School of Education, University of Rochester, New York. She is co-author of A Scholar's Guide to Getting Published in English: Critical Choices and Practical Strategies (Multilingual Matters, 2013), Academic Writing in a Global Context: The Politics and Practices of Publishing in English (Routledge, 2010), and Teaching Academic Writing: A Toolkit for Higher Education (Routledge, 2002) and co-editor of Language, literacy, and learning in STEM Education: Research methods and perspectives from applied linguistics (John Benjamins, 2014). She has published numerous journal articles in the fields of applied linguistics and writing studies.
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Abstract :
This talk will contextualize the growing global pressure to publish in high-status, ISI-indexed journals, then describe the research methodology developed in a longitudinal “text-ethnographic” study of 50 scholars of psychology and education located in four European countries (Spain, Portugal, Hungary, and Slovakia) and their academic publishing in English. It will then present key findings from the research, conducted with Dr. Theresa Lillis of the Open University, UK. These findings include: the ways that "literacy brokers" can support scholars' publishing; the orientations of different types of literacy brokers/gatekeepers to language and writing; the role of scholars’ participation in academic research networks; and the controversial practice of "equivalent" or "dual" publishing.
Bio :
Mary Jane Curry, PhD, is associate professor in the Department of Teaching and Curriculum in the Warner Graduate School of Education, University of Rochester, New York. She is co-author of A Scholar's Guide to Getting Published in English: Critical Choices and Practical Strategies (Multilingual Matters, 2013), Academic Writing in a Global Context: The Politics and Practices of Publishing in English (Routledge, 2010), and Teaching Academic Writing: A Toolkit for Higher Education (Routledge, 2002) and co-editor of Language, literacy, and learning in STEM Education: Research methods and perspectives from applied linguistics (John Benjamins, 2014). She has published numerous journal articles in the fields of applied linguistics and writing studies.
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Practical information
- General public
- Free
- This event is internal
Contact
- Host : Sabine Süsstrunk