Dariush Izadi

Dr. Dariush Izadi serves as a Lecturer in TESOL/Linguistics at the School of Humanities & Communication Arts, Western Sydney University. His academic profile spans linguistic anthropology, semiotics, and sociolinguistics with a distinctive focus on material culture and digital communication.

Education:

• Doctor of Philosophy (Linguistic Anthropology), Macquarie University
• Master of Arts (TESOL), Western Sydney University

Izadi's research examines how language, culture, and social interaction intersect across physical and virtual environments. His work integrates Mediated Discourse Analysis (MDA) and Nexus Analysis to investigate identity negotiation, action accomplishment, and meaning construction. A key dimension explores how objects and material culture mediate human actions, alongside social media's transformative role in contemporary practices. His interdisciplinary approach draws from linguistics, semiotics, social theory, ethnography, ethnomethodology, politics, history, and media studies.

Analysis of his publication record (24 research outputs from 2012-2025) reveals consistent exploration of materiality, social practice, and digital communication. His work spans book chapters, journal articles in high-ranking publications like Social Semiotics and Journal of Pragmatics, and interdisciplinary collaborations. Recent publications increasingly address political dimensions of language, as seen in his 2024 analysis of the Iranian protest movement.

Research Supervision:

Izadi actively mentors MRes and PhD students interested in linguistic anthropology, sociolinguistics, semiotics, mediated discourse analysis, digital media, and linguistic landscapes. His current research project 'Attitudes and ethnolects: Unpacking the Social Fabric of Multicultural Western Sydney' (2024-2026) examines language variation in multicultural contexts with community impact.

Professional Engagement:

• Active member of Linguistic Ethnography Forum (2021-2026)
• Participant in discourseanalysis forum (2022-2027)
• Previous Linguistic Ethnography Forum membership (2012-2017, 2019)