2013
'It's all red ink': the interpretation of Biblical metaphor among Evangelical Christian YouTube usersPoetics and Linguistics Association Annual Conference; Heidelberg, Germany (31 July)
Integrating Diverse Approaches to English in an Undergraduate Degree
Malaysian English Language Teaching Association conference Panel; Johor Bahru, Malaysia (29 May)
Positioning in talk: how to make sense of what people do in discourse
The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (23 May)
The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (23 May)
2012
The development of 'drama' in YouTube discourse
The University of Westminster, London, UK (5 December)
Revoicing the voice of God: The discourse dynamics of parable exegesis in Evangelical Christian talk on YouTube
Researching and Applying Metaphor 2012 Conference; Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK (5 July)
Freedom to offend: The use of antagonism in the performance of free speech on YouTube
Revoicing the voice of God: The discourse dynamics of parable exegesis in Evangelical Christian talk on YouTube
Researching and Applying Metaphor 2012 Conference; Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK (5 July)
Freedom to offend: The use of antagonism in the performance of free speech on YouTube
Religion in the Digital Age: Media, Performance and “Spectacular Activism"; New York University, New York City (26 June)
'Ezekiel 33:6-9 is clear': Evangelical Christian use of Biblical metaphor to take dominant positions in YouTube interaction {video starting at around 1:28:00)
Language and Social Media Seminar; University of Leicester, Leicester, UK (27 April)
2011
Antagonism in Christian-Atheist YouTube Interaction: describing and negotiating religious positions online {video}
Wesleyan University; Middletown, CT, USA (27 October 2011)
Hofstra University; New York City, NY, USA (25 October 2011)
Student Forum; The Open University; Milton Keynes, UK (19 October 2011)
Lancaster University (Invited Talk); Lancaster, UK (9 June 2011)
Student Forum The Open University; Milton Keynes, UK (24 May 2011)
iMean2 conference University of the West England; Bristol, UK (14 April 2011)
Talk about Language Forum; Middlesex University; London, UK (7 March 2011)
Religion and Spirituality in Society Conference; University Center; Chicago, IL, USA (15 February 2011)
2010
Middlesex University Learning and Teaching Forum Middlesex University; London, UK (10 December 2010)
Work in Progress Multimodal Analysis Colloquium; The Open University; Milton Keynes, UK (29 November 2010)
British Association of Applied Linguistics Annual Meeting; University of Aberdeen; Aberdeen, Scotland (10 September 2010)
International Conference on Researching and Analysing Metaphor; Vrije Universiteit (VU); Amsterdam, Netherlands (1 July 2010)
Social Media and the Sacred Seminar; The Open University Centre, London, UK (28 June 2010)
2009
Open Distance Learning Summer School;University of Birmingham, UK (9 July 2009)
Work in Progress Seminar The Open University; Milton Keynes, UK (10 March 2009)
2008
Seventh International Conference on Researching and Analysing Metaphor; University of Extremadura; Cáceres, Spain (30 May 2008)
Teaching internet discourse: Computer-mediated communication and the future of the written word
Teacher's Helping Teachers Seminar; Lao American College; Vientiane, Laos (24 March 2008)
2007
The corpus and the Japanese high school teacher: Motivation
Japanese Association for Language Teaching Conference; National Olympics Memorial Youth Centre; Tokyo, Japan ( 23 November 2007)
Watch out! The corpus, Verb usage and non-native teachers of English
Bangladesh English Language Teachers Association Conference; Presidency University; Bangladesh, Dhaka (24 August 2007)
Authenticity in the EFL classroom: News for kids, news for adults
Teachers Helping Teachers Seminar; St. Joseph Higher Secondary School; Bangladesh, Dhaka (23 August 2007)
