a.stavridou

I am a Lecturer in the Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies (CTIS) at the University of Manchester where I teach on the MA in Intercultural Communication. My research interests lie in the fields of Sociolinguistics, Discourse Analysis and Intercultural Communication more broadly, and in leadership - followership, sports communication and identity construction more specifically. Together with colleagues from Warwick, Ghent University and KU Leuven, we have conducted researched on COVID-19 narratives and identity construction on Instagram as well as on othering and verbal aggression against Chinese international students in Belgium. My current research areas lie in the intersections of linguistics and politics in the media. I received my PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Warwick, UK.