Diana Eades

Dr. Diana Eades is an Adjunct Professor in Linguistics at the University of New England. She works as a consultant sociolinguist in intercultural communication and forensic linguistics, focusing on the use of English by, to, and about Aboriginal speakers within legal processes. Her career spans over four decades, during which she has contributed extensively to the intersection of language and law.

Dr. Eades previously held full-time academic positions at the University of New England and the University of Hawai’i. She co-convened the Communication of Rights Group with Aneta Pavlenko (Temple University, USA) to develop Guidelines for Communicating Rights to Non-Native Speakers of English, emphasizing accessible legal communication.