The PALA Committee

CHAIR

 

Michael Toolan 
​Professor of English Language at  the University of Birmingham,  UK.
Email m.toolan[at]bham.ac.uk 

Editor, Language and Literature ​

Secretary ​

Treasurer ​

Dan McIntyre
​Professor of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Huddersfield, UK.
Email d.mcintyre[at]hud.ac.uk 

Daniela Francesca Virdis
​Associate Professor in English Language and Translation at the University of Cagliari, Italy.  
Email dfvirdis[at]unica.it 

Joe Bray
​Reader in English Language and Literature at the University of Sheffield, UK. 
Email j.bray[at]sheffield.ac.uk 

Membership Secretary 

Stephen Pihlaja
​Lecturer in Stylistics at Newman University, Birmingham, UK. 
Email S.Pihlaja[at]staff.newman.ac.uk 

Student Membership Secretary

 

Martine van Driel
University of Birmingham.
Email:
m.a.vandriel.1[at]bham.ac.uk

 

Newsletter Editor

Ruby Rennie
Lecturer in language, literacy and digital education in Moray House School of Education, University of Edinburgh, UK.
Email: ruby.rennie[at]ed.ac.uk 

Publicity Officer

Elisabetta Zurru
​Lecturer in English Language and Translation at the University of  Genoa, Italy.
Email: elisabetta.zurru[at]unige.it

PALA2019 Conference Organiser ​

Paul Simpson
Professor of English Language 
University of Liverpool, UK. 
Email p.simpson[at]liverpool.ac.uk. 

Webster

Brian Walker
​Visiting Research Fellow in Corpus Stylistics at the University of Huddersfield, UK. 
Email b.d.walker[at]hud.ac.uk. 

( In all email addresses below, replace [at] with @ )
​A list of former chairs of PALA can be seen here.

PALA 2018 Conference Organisers
PALA2018 summer school and conference will be held at Newman University and the University of Birmingham.

Stephen Pihlaja is Lecturer in Stylistics at Newman University, Birmingham, UK. 
Email S.Pihlaja[at]staff.newman.ac.uk ​
​Michael Toolan is Professor of English Language at  the University of Birmingham,  UK.
Email m.toolan[at]bham.ac.uk