معرفی
Marianna Patrick is a Research Fellow at the School of Education, Learning and Communication Sciences (SELCS), University of Warwick. She holds a PhD in Intercultural Communication (2025), MA in Global Communication from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (2013), and BA (Hons) in Politics and International Studies from Warwick University (2012). Her research focuses on generative AI in academic writing, migration narratives, and intercultural communication. She leads a Leverhulme Trust-funded project on AI chatbots' impact on academic writing practices, collaborating with the University of Edinburgh and Sophia University Tokyo.
Research & Education: Her doctoral work explored language and place construction in serial migration narratives, supervised by Prof. Stephanie Schnurr and Prof. Steve Mann. She also contributed to Monash-Warwick Alliance projects on multicultural cricket team inclusivity. She teaches professional skills and research methods across Computer Science and Applied Linguistics departments, supervising MSc dissertations in intercultural communication.
Awards & Engagement: Received the People's Choice Prize at the Warwick Research Festival. Actively promotes interdisciplinary collaboration through initiatives like the Social Sciences Research Exchange Group (co-founder) and chairs the Applied Linguistics PGR Student-Staff Liaison Committee. She also contributed to EDI efforts as part of the Athena Swan team and served as Assistant Director of Student Experience and Progression for the Faculty of Arts.
