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Research output per year
Personal profile
Biography
I received my academic training as a text linguist in the Hallidayan tradition at the University of Sydney. My areas of expertise include Discourse Analysis (multimodal & critical), Social Semiotics, and Systemic Functional Grammar.
Prior to joining Edinburgh, I held the Carlsberg Distinguished Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the University of Southern Denmark (2016-2018) and the Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the University of Technology Sydney (2013-2016). I was a visiting research associate at UCL Institute of Education in 2015 and 2016.
Research Interests
Digital literacies and multimodal practices of young children: the design and use of mobile applications in the early childhood context, digital literacy practices of immigrant families with young children, picture books and transnational text flows
Multimodality and social media discourses: selfies and digital genres, the discourses of childhood & motherhood, technology-mediated multimodal interaction
Teaching
LEL1A
Pragmatics
Discourse Analysis (Course Organiser)
Administrative Roles
Programme Director MSc Applied Linguistics
Education/Academic qualification
Linguistics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Sydney
Award Date: 12 Apr 2012
Linguistics, Master of Letters, University of Sydney
Award Date: 3 Jul 2004
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Framing identities using shelfies: Bridging private and professional spaces
Zhao, S., Rowsell, J., Allsop, Y., Kucirkova, N., Rzyankinad, E. & Wildfeuer, J., 9 May 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Digital Culture and Education. 14, 2Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Social media and Chinese-speaking Migrant Children: Multimodal and Translanguaging practices on WeChat [Case Study]
Zhao, S., Feb 2022, Researching Language and Social Media: A Student Guide. Page, R. (ed.). RoutledgeResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Other chapter contribution
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What shelfies can tell us about pandemic life
Allsop, Y., Rzyankinad, E., Zhao, S. & Rowsell, J., 2022, In: Digital Culture and Education. 14, 2Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
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Motherhood online: Issues and opportunities for discourse analysis
Mackenzie, J. & Zhao, S., Apr 2021, In: Discourse, Context and Media. 40, 100472.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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Diaspora micro-influencers and COVID-19 communication on social media: The case of Chinese-speaking YouTube vloggers
Zhang, L. T. & Zhao, S., 25 Sept 2020, In: Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication. 39, 5, p. 553–563Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
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Cambridge University Press (Publisher)
Sumin Zhao (Peer reviewer)
May 2023 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
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Reading Research Quarterly (Journal)
Sumin Zhao (Editorial board member)
Feb 2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
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BAAL SIG Language and New Media 2023 Research Seminar
Sumin Zhao (Host) & Christian Ilbury (Host)
2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Prizes
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Carlsberg Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship
Zhao, Sumin (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Fellowships awarded competitively
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Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
Zhao, Sumin (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Fellowships awarded competitively
Projects
- 2 Finished
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Developing a linguistically informed approach to analysing emojis in cross-lingual and cross-platform contexts
11/10/21 → 31/07/22
Project: University Awarded Project Funding
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Social media and everyday intergenerational story-sharing in transnational families with young bilingual children: A Pilot
1/10/20 → 31/03/21
Project: University Awarded Project Funding