Our Staff
Academic Staff
Joan Turner is the Director of the Centre and a Senior Lecturer. She has an MA (Hons) in German with French from the University of Edinburgh, and two specialist qualifications in English language teaching. She supervises research students in applied linguistics and education, and works on PhD writing with doctoral students across the university, who are in the final stages of their PhD. Her research interests relate to language and culture in higher education, and include the theoretical perspective of academic literacies, English for Academic Purposes, writing research, issues of intercultural communication, and English as an international language. She has published a book on study skills (SAGE, 2002) and has a wide variety of publications in books and journals.
E-mail j.turner (@gold.ac.uk)
Tim Chapman is a Lecturer in English for Academic Purposes and Writing Development. He has an MA in Applied Linguistics and TESOL from the University of Leicester and an undergraduate degree in English Literature. He has previously taught on a franchised degree programme in Shanghai, at the University of Leicester and at the British Council in Milan. As well as teaching on a range of in-sessional courses he co-ordinates the International Foundation Certificate in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
E-mail timothy.chapman (@gold.ac.uk)
Dr Stella Harvey is a Lecturer in English for Academic Purposes. She has a doctorate in French Literature from Birkbeck, University of London as well as professional qualifications in English language teaching. She has extensive experience in English language teaching and specialises in teaching language through cultural background studies. She co-ordinates the full-time pre-Masters programme for overseas students.
E-mail s.harvey (@gold.ac.uk)
Julia Lockheart is a Senior Lecturer in English for Academic Purposes. She is the director of the Writing-PAD project and co-editor, with Professor John Wood, of the Journal of Writing in Creative Practice. She has studied both Fine Art and TESOL to MA level and is also qualified to teach adults with SpLDs (Dyslexia). In September 2009 she began her PhD research in the Design department at Goldsmiths on developing tools for co-writing in design teams. She has presented and published both nationally and internationally.
E-mail j.lockheart (@gold.ac.uk)
Gary Riley-Jones is a Lecturer in English for Academic Purposes. He has an MPhil in Applied Linguistics from the University of Cambridge, an MA from Birkbeck, University of London and an undergraduate degree in geological sciences. He has extensive experience in English language teaching in several countries and co-ordinates the full-time certificate course for overseas students. He also teaches specific purpose language on a number of in-sessional courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.
E-mail g.riley-jones (@gold.ac.uk)
Paul Stocks is a Lecturer in English for Academic Purposes. He has an MA in Teaching English as a Foreign Language from the University of Reading, and a BA in Drama. He has previously taught at the British Council in Bratislava, and the Centre for Applied Language Studies at Reading University. Besides teaching, he has worked as a researcher and producer for BBC radio. In recent years he has delivered conference papers at the universities of Exeter, Portsmouth, Middlesex and Reading, often in collaboration with Goldsmiths colleague Stella Harvey. He is currently external examiner to the International Foundation Programme at the University of Roehampton. He teaches on the Diploma and International Foundation Certificate programmes, and co-ordinates the in-sessional language support across the university.
E-mail p.stocks (@gold.ac.uk)
Administrative Staff
Marl'ene Edwin is the Centre Manager. She has an MA in Caribbean Literature and Creole Poetics from Goldsmiths, University of London and a Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Practice (Higher Education Administration and Management). She has responsibility for the day-to-day running of the Centre. She is presently engaged in research in creolistics and oral literature and has been awarded an AHRC student-led initiative for a project entitled Words from Other Worlds: Critical Perspectives on Imoinda.
E-mail m.edwin (@gold.ac.uk)
Secretarial Staff
Susan Luff is the Centre Secretary responsible for dealing with enquiries from students who wish to study English for Academic Purposes or who require study skills support.
E-mail s.luff (@gold.ac.uk)