The PALA Committee

CHAIR

 

Stephen Pihlaja
Senior Lecturer in English Language
​Aston University, Birmingham, UK 
Email: s.pihlaja[at]aston.ac.uk​

Editor, Language and Literature ​

Secretary ​

Treasurer ​

Rocío Montoro
​Senior Lecturer in English Language
University of Granada, Spain
Email: rmontoro[at]ugr.es

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

Martine van Driel
Assistant Prof. in English Language & Communication
University of Birmingham, UK
Email: m.a.vandriel.1[at]bham.ac.uk

Membership Secretary 

Marcello Giovanelli
​Reader in Literary Linguistics
​ Aston University, UK
Email: m.giovanelli[at]aston.ac.uk 

Student Representative

Polina Gavin
Research Assistant in Literary Linguistics
​Aston Univeristy, UK
Email: p.gavin[at]aston.ac.uk

 

Newsletter Editor

Naomi Adam
Teaching Associate of Applied Linguistics
University of Nottingham
Email: naomi.adam[at]nottingham.ac.uk

Publicity Officer

Clara Neary
​Lecturer in Stylistics
Queen's University Belfast, UK
Email: c.neary[at]qub.ac.uk

Webster

Kimberley Pager-McClymont
Lecturer in English Language and EAP 
Univeristy of Aberdeen ISC, UK
Email: ​kimberley.pager-mcclymont[at]abdn.ac.uk

PALA 2025 Conference Organisers ​

Dr Marcello Giovanelli
Aston University
Email: m.giovanelli[at]aston.ac.uk

Dr Chloe Harrison
Aston University
Email: c.harrison10[at]aston.ac.uk

Dr Furzeen Ahmed
Aston University
Email: f.ahmed23[at]aston.ac.uk

Dr Megan Mansworth
Aston University
Email: m.mansworth[at]aston.ac.uk

Dr Polina Gavin
Aston University
Email: p.gavin[at]aston.ac.uk

Dr Stephen Pihlaja
Aston University
Email: s.pihlaja[at]aston.ac.uk​

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