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Margo Van Poucke is an academic casual lecturer at the Macquarie School of Education and a professional casual member at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University. She holds a PhD in Linguistics from Macquarie University (2019), focusing on critical discourse analysis in New Caledonia's political debates. Her research integrates Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) with Appraisal theory and social semiotics to analyze discourse in socio-cultural contexts such as healthcare, education, and social media.
Teaching roles since 2014 include coordinating courses in academic communication, discourse analysis, and European studies across Macquarie University and Macquarie University College. Notable contributions include enhancing cancer care communication at AIHI and receiving the 2021 Macquarie University College Reflective Practitioner Award (Highly Commended).
Research interests span critical discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, health communication, and social media discourse. She has presented widely on topics like toxic positivity, AI ethics, and discursive authority in digital spaces. Media engagement includes analyses of toxic positivity on social media, featured in multiple news outlets.
