Research output per year
Research output per year
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Accepting PhD Students
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.
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
LEL1A
Pragmatics
Discourse Analysis (Course Organiser)
Programme Director MSc Applied Linguistics
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
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Other chapter contribution
Sumin Zhao (Contributor)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Sumin Zhao (Peer reviewer)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
Sumin Zhao (Peer reviewer)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
Sumin Zhao (Peer reviewer)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
Sumin Zhao (Peer reviewer)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
Zhao, Sumin (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Fellowships awarded competitively
Zhao, Sumin (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Fellowships awarded competitively
11/10/21 → 31/07/22
Project: University Awarded Project Funding
1/10/20 → 31/03/21
Project: University Awarded Project Funding