{"id":493,"date":"2025-05-10T14:05:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T14:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/changeempowerinclude.co.uk\/?page_id=493"},"modified":"2025-05-10T16:44:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T16:44:52","slug":"meet-the-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/changeempowerinclude.co.uk\/?page_id=493","title":{"rendered":"Meet The Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Dr Sofia Lampropoulou<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>

BA (Hons), MA, PhD
Reader in English Language at The University of Liverpool<\/div>
Contact: <\/strong>S.Lampropoulou@liverpool.ac.uk
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Sofia is a Reader in English Language at the University of Liverpool. Her research concentrates on how social, racial, and gender inequalities are manifested through discourse. She is the lead of the project \u02bbChanging teaching practices and empowering students: towards a more inclusive language teaching in Merseyside schools and beyond\u02bc<\/em>.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Dr Victorina Gonz\u00e1lez D\u00edaz
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BA (Hons), MA, PhD
Reader in English Language at The University of Liverpool<\/div>
Contact: <\/strong>vgdiaz@liverpool.ac.uk
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Victorina is Reader in English Language at the University of Liverpool. Her research expertise cuts across lexico-grammar, historical stylistics, and educational linguistics. She has produced the first historical corpus of British schoolchildren\u02bcs writing (the APU corpus) and co-leads the children\u02bcs \u02bbWriting Over Time\u02bc<\/em> and \u02bbWriting, Gender and The Gap\u02bc<\/em> literacy projects.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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\n BA (Hons), MA, PhD
\n Head of Primary Programmes at Liverpool John Moores University\n<\/div>\n
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\n Liz is Head of Primary Programmes at Liverpool John Moores University. She has worked in initial teacher education for 12 years and has taught across BA (QTS), PGCE (QTS), and professional research doctorate programmes. Elizabeth\u02bcs main research interests include primary English teaching, children\u02bcs writing, and professional intellectual leadership.\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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\nDr Kate Flynn
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Researcher at The University of Newcastle<\/div>\n
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Dr Paul Cooper
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Senior Lecturer in English Language at The University of Liverpool<\/div>
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Paul\u2019s research explores how regional dialect features, such as those in Yorkshire and Liverpool English (Scouse), become socially meaningful through a process known as enregisterment. This involves examining how dialects are represented in writing, media, and public discourse, and how they become associated with social values such as class, regional identity, or personality traits. His work also investigates how these dialects are perceived and used by younger speakers as linguistic resources in educational settings.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Dr Kristi Nouri
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Senior Research Associate in the School of Education and Lifelong Learning at the University of East Anglia<\/div>
Contact:\u00a0<\/strong>k.nourie@uea.ac.uk
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Kristi is a former teacher whose work focuses on pedagogic agency in the context of educational technology. Her research interests include the impact of technology on disciplinary literacy, teacher education and professional learning, and broader education ecosystems. As an Associate Tutor, she contributes to modules exploring current and future uses of EdTech in and beyond classroom settings.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Rachel Byrne
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Researcher at The University of Liverpool<\/div>
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Rachel Byrne<\/a>\u00a0is a researcher in English Language. Her work is in the field of sociolinguistics, primarily focusing on the themes of perceptual dialectology, linguistic variation, and social values. Her current research project involves attitudes towards accent, identity, and perceived dialect boundaries in Merseyside.\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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David Clay
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Researcher at The University of Liverpool<\/div>
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