Susan Sheehan

Susan Sheehan is a Senior Lecturer in TESOL at the Department of Education, School of Business, Education and Law, University of Huddersfield, where she has been serving since September 2013. She is also a member of the Huddersfield Centre for Research in Education and Society (HudCRES), contributing to interdisciplinary research in education and society.

Her research interests are centered on language assessment, the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR), learner autonomy, and teacher development. She has led significant projects such as the Core Inventory of General English and continues to explore language assessment literacy (LAL) in diverse educational contexts.

Her recent publications, spanning from 2022 to 2025, focus on language assessment practices in Vietnam, digital assessment literacy, and classroom implementation of LAL. These works reflect a strong trend in international and applied educational research, particularly in non-native English-speaking environments, with an emphasis on teacher-centered development and policy-practice interplay.

• Research Degree Supervision: Accepting PhD students
• Research output: 11 publications (2017–2025)
• Activities: 52 research-related activities including peer reviews, oral presentations, and conference contributions
• Press/Media: 2 expert media contributions on assessment during the pandemic and teaching practices

Susan Sheehan has served as a reviewer for journals such as Educational Assessment, BMC Medical Education, and Journal of Education for Teaching. She has also co-presented on understanding test users' perspectives and investigating assessment needs of UK professional bodies. Her work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals, particularly in the area of quality education.

She leads and collaborates on research teams focused on language assessment, with active international partnerships, especially in Vietnam. Her lab-like research group involves multiple co-authors and emerging scholars in the field of applied linguistics and TESOL.