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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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Arguing with numbers in social media based Covid-19 debates: A study of the argumentative functions of visual graphs
Zhao, S. & Cummins, C., 19 Oct 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Multimodality & Society.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Legitimizing video-sharing practices on local and global platforms: A multimodal analysis of menu design, folk genres and taxonomy
Zhang, L. T. & Zhao, S., 29 Apr 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Discourse & Communication.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Social photography and social media: Synchronic and diachronic perspectives on selfie genres
Zhao, S., 2024, (Accepted/In press) The Routledge Handbook of Language and Digital Communication. Georgakopoulou, A. & Spilioti, T. (eds.). RoutledgeResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Framing identities using shelfies: Bridging private and professional spaces
Allsop, Y., Rzyankinad, E., Kucirkova, N., Rowsell, J., Wildfeuer, J. & Zhao, S., 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
Activities
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2024 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing
Sumin Zhao (Contributor)
12 Nov 2024 → 16 Nov 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Visual Communication (Journal)
Sumin Zhao (Peer reviewer)
Aug 2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
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TESOL Quarterly (Journal)
Sumin Zhao (Peer reviewer)
Mar 2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
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Journal of Pragmatics (Journal)
Sumin Zhao (Peer reviewer)
Oct 2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
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Multimodality & Society (Journal)
Sumin Zhao (Peer reviewer)
Sept 2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
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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PPLS Small Project Grant: 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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PPLS Small Project Grant: 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