The project team

While working together on a module on children’s literature (L301 Language, literature and childhood), the members of the team drew on our intersecting experiences and interests, and the idea for this project was born. With Sarah’s experience on reading for pleasure initiatives and research with children, Maria’s prior experience in using corpus analysis with social work texts, and Sally’s corpus assisted discourse studies approach to children’s fiction, we were able to pool our resources to create an innovative project that spans our research interests and skills.

Maria Leedham

Maria Leedham (Project Principal Investigator) is a Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics and English Language in the School of Languages and Applied Linguistics at the Open University.

maria.leedham@open.ac.uk

@Marialeedham

Sally Hunt

Sally Hunt (Project Co-Investigator) is a Staff Tutor and Lecturer in Applied Linguistics and English Language in the School of Languages and Applied Linguistics at the Open University.

sally.hunt@open.ac.uk

@sallyhuntsa

Sarah Jane Mukherjee

Sarah Jane Mukherjee (Project Co-Investigator) is an Honorary Associate and Lecturer in Applied Linguistics and English Language in the School of Languages and Applied Linguistics at the Open University.

sarahjane.mukherjee@open.ac.uk

@sjmukherjee0702

Contact maria.leedham@open.ac.uk for more information