Tony Capstick

Dr. Tony Capstick is an Associate Professor of Language and Migration at the School of Literature and Languages, University of Reading. He serves as Departmental Director of Teaching and Learning and BA Programme Director, while actively contributing to the Applied Linguistics Research Group and Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism.

Research Interests: His work bridges sociolinguistics and discourse analysis through ethnographic exploration of migration processes, multilingual practices, and language policy impacts. Key focus areas include:

• Grassroots migration experiences across UK-Pakistan-Syria-Iraq-Lebanon-Turkey
• Translanguaging as pedagogical and psycho-social intervention
• Language ideologies shaping migrant digital literacies
• Resilience-building through non-standard English usage
• Bureaucratic discourse negotiation in immigration contexts
• Power dynamics in institutional language practices

Publication Trends: Recent scholarship reveals thematic progression from analyzing literacy mediation in marriage migration (2016) to contemporary studies on digital literacies in refugee networks (2024). His work consistently examines language's dual role as both barrier and bridge, with increasing emphasis on care ethics in transnational families (2024) and technology-mediated resilience strategies.

Teaching: Capstick offers third-year undergraduate instruction in Globalization and Language, Language and Migration, and Approaches to Discourse, while mentoring postgraduate research in sociocultural classroom interaction and transnational migration issues.