Anthea Irwin

Anthea Irwin is a Lecturer at Ulster University's School of Communication and Media, Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences. She joined in 2013 after previous roles at Glasgow Caledonian University. Her academic credentials include a first-class BA in English Studies from the University of Stirling, an MA with distinction in Linguistics from Durham University, and a PhD from the University of Surrey Roehampton.

• Education: University of Stirling (BA), Durham University (MA), University of Surrey Roehampton (PhD)

Research interests center on power and identity in discourse, applied to diverse contexts:

• Post-conflict identities of adult Irish learners in Northern Ireland
• Media constructions of young people, asylum seekers, and political events
• Gender and leadership in UK politics
• Language acquisition in sociocultural settings

Her 15 most recent publications span disciplines like Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, and Political Communication, with specific sub-fields in Post-Conflict Identity, Gender Studies, and Media Framing. Awards include the 2015 Belfast Ambassador of the Year and a team award in 2018. She supervises PhD students and contributes to student-facing publications, while actively engaging with the ESRC Festival of Social Science.