Contact details +6449793572
Dr Anthony Fisher BA(Hons), MA, PhD
Director of Teaching and Learning
Doctoral Supervisor CoHSS - Teaching and Learning.
I came to Massey and New Zealand quite recently. I gained my PhD in the UK where I have also worked as a Lecturer in Sociolinguistics and English for Academic Purposes. Before entering academia I worked as an English teacher and before that in television news production.
Professional
Contact details
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Ph: 63572
Location: 7C 12b, Block 7
Campus: Wellington
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - University of Birmingham (1992)
- Master of Arts - University of Nottingham (2009)
- Doctor of Philosophy - University of Nottingham (2014)
Research Expertise
Research Interests
My research interests include identity construction in mediated political discourse, representations of gendered identities in mass media texts, health communication, and online discourse communities.
Area of Expertise
Field of research codes
Applied Linguistics and Educational Linguistics (200401):
Communication and Media Studies (200100):
Cultural Studies (200200):
Culture, Gender, Sexuality (200205):
Discourse and Pragmatics (200403):
Language in Culture and Society (Sociolinguistics) (200405):
Languages, Communication And Culture (200000):
Linguistics (200400):
Organisational, Interpersonal and Intercultural Communication (200105)
Keywords
Critical Discourse Analysis
Political Discourse
Media Discourse
Corpus Linguistics
Research Outputs
Journal
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Thesis
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Conference
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[Conference Poster]Authored by: Fisher, A.
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[Conference Paper in Published Proceedings]Authored by: Fisher, A.
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Consultancy and Languages
Consultancy
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Jan 2012 - Sept 2014
- British Association for Applied Linguistics
Media Coordinator, Executive Committee member -
Mar 2012 - Sept 2014
- UK Linguistics Olympiad
Press Advisor
Languages
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Russian
Last used: over a decade ago
Spoken ability: Needs work
Written ability: Needs work -
Japanese
Last used: in last five years
Spoken ability: Needs work
Written ability: Needs work
Teaching and Supervision
Teaching Statement
I have experience teaching sociolinguistics, pragmatics, language & gender and communication in organisational settings. I also have over a decade of experience as a language teacher, teaching general English and English for Academic Purposes in both Japan and the UK.
Summary of Doctoral Supervision
Position | Current | Completed |
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Main Supervisor | 1 | 0 |
Co-supervisor | 0 | 2 |
Current Doctoral Supervision
Main Supervisor of:
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Pakkawan Udomphol
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Doctor of Philosophy
Critically investigating metadiscourse in New Zealand environmental sustainability reports using corpus linguistics
Completed Doctoral Supervision
Co-supervisor of:
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2021
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Lin Li
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Doctor of Philosophy
A spoken Chinese corpus: development, description, and application in L2 studies -
2019
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Victoria Kerry
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Doctor of Philosophy
Stance, Same-Sex Marriage and Space: An Analysis of Self-Referencing on YouTube
Media and Links
Media
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26 Jun 2015 - Television
Prime News
expert contribution ot 17.30 Prime News bulletin on new words added to the Oxford Dictionary -
24 Apr 2015 - Online
Swearing - can it ease the pain?
Expert contribution -
08 Oct 2017 - Newspaper, Online
It's how we speak, but shortening place names can
Contribution to article published in Sunday Start Times and on stuff.co.nz website -
05 Mar 2021 - Radio
More FM Manawatu appearance
Interview on formulaic language