Personal Presentation

Overview

Dr Kathleen Easlick is currently Lecturer in English Studies at the Faculty of Letters, University of Porto (FLUP) and belongs to the Department of Anglo-American Studies. She holds a PhD in Linguistics (University of Manchester) and a Masters in Translation and Interpreting (University of Manchester) and a Bachelor degree in Foreign Languages, Literature, and Linguistics (Southern Illinois University). 

She has an interdisciplinary research profile focused on the analysis of language policy in the public and private sector and the provision of language services on the ground, including translation and interpreting. She worked as a postdoctoral research associate with Multilingual Manchester at the University of Manchester. She is a member of the British Association of Applied Linguistics and a member of the Centre for English, Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies (CETAPS).  

She has taught on a variety of courses within the Department of Linguistics at the University of Manchester, including undergraduate courses in Sociolinguistics, Discourse Analysis, Pragmatics, Language and Mediality, and Comparative World Languages.  She has experience teaching in the USA, United Kingdom, and Switzerland. She is an Associate Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy, which recognises commitment to professionalism and teaching excellence.

Publications

Easlick, K. (2022). The Motivations for Service Provision Spectrum: Needs assessments and policy approaches. Language Policy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10993-022-09625-4. 

Easlick, K  (2022) Language as a resource: public sector discourse on the role of regional minority and community languages in integration and employment, Current Issues in Language Planning, 23:1, 1-20, DOI: 10.1080/14664208.2021.1897381

 Easlick, K. (2018). Review of ‘Language and Superdiversity: Indonesians knowledging at home and abroad’ by Goebel (2016), Discourse and Society, 29(3), 344-345.

 Easlick, K. (2018). Review of ‘The Multilingual City: Vitality, conflict and change’ by King and Carson (2016), Current Issues in Language Planning, 19(1), 124-128.

Easlick, K. (2014). Literary and Cultural Exchange: Translation trends in the Nordic and Baltic countries. Romanian Journal for Baltic and Nordic Studies, 6(2), 77-94.

Conference Papers

Oct 2019         ‘Language Needs Assessments’, Multilingual Manchester Seminars, University of Manchester, UK.

Dec 2018         ‘Policy, Practice, and Discourse: The justification of language hierarchies in public service provision’, Linguistics and English Language Seminars, University of Manchester, UK.

May 2016        ‘Investigating Divides in Language Policies and Practices in Multi-sited Comparisons’, Junior Researchers Meeting in Applied Linguistics, Tallinn University, Estonia.

June 2015        ‘Conceptual and Theoretical Debates on National Minority
and Immigrant Language Rights’, 2015 Creative Intentions Conference, University of Manchester, UK.

May 2015        ‘Policy Approaches and a Hierarchy of Languages’, International Consortium on Language and Super-Diversity Meeting (InCoLaS), Tilburg University, Netherlands.

April 2015         ‘Language Policy for Romani and Saami Speakers in Finland’,
2015 Nordic Conference on Romani Studies, Södertörn University, Sweden.

March 2015      ‘Finnish and Russian Policies Towards the Sami Speaking
Population’, 2015 BASEES Conference, University of Cambridge, UK

Aug 2014         ‘Literary and Cultural Exchange: Translation trends in the Nordic and Baltic countries’, Fifth International Conference on Nordic and Baltic Studies, Targoviste, Romania.

Sept 2013        ‘Atxaga’s Consecration: Self-Translation in the Basque Country’, Self-Translation in the Iberian Peninsula Conference, University of Cork, Ireland.