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Dr Laura Gurney

Laura Gurney

Senior Lecturer

Qualifications: PhD, MA TESOL, BA (Hons) Languages and Linguistics, BA International Relations

About Laura

I am a languages educator who specialises in the theorisation of language practice and languages in higher education. I am also an experienced translator.

Divisional Teaching Excellence Award 2019 recipient

University of Waikato Teaching Excellence Award 2019 recipient

Papers Taught

Research Supervised

As a PhD supervisor, I work predominantly in applied linguistics, languages education, and teacher learning and development.

Completed supervisions:

Thy Canh Minh Phan, Doctor of Philosophy (2020)

  • Thesis title: Professional learning in a Vietnamese university language teaching context: An inquiry-driven approach

Banchakarn Sameephet, Doctor of Philosophy (2020)

  • Thesis title: On the fluidity of languages: A way out of the dilemma in English medium instruction classrooms in Thailand

Shazré Sarfraz, Doctor of Philosophy (2019)

  • Thesis title: Rethinking formative assessment through peer observation and reflection: A case study of Pakistani ESL lecturers' cognition and practices

Research Interests

My research explores languages and language learning in higher education, multilingualism and languaging, and teacher learning and development.

Laura Gurney on ResearchGate

ORCID iD iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3416-2967

Recent Publications

  • Gurney, L., & Demuro, E. (2022). Beyond coloniality and monolingualism: decolonial reflections on languages educationMas allá de la colonialidad y el monolingüismo: reflexiones decoloniales sobre la enseñanza de lenguas. Teaching in Higher Education, 1-10. doi:10.1080/13562517.2022.2035350

  • Gurney, L., & Demuro, E. (2022). Exploring languaging through an ontological register. NatureCulture. Retrieved from https://www.natcult.net/exploring-languaging-through-an-ontological-register/

  • Demuro, E., & Gurney, L. (2021). Languages/languaging as world-making: the ontological bases of language. Language Sciences, 83, 101307. doi:10.1016/j.langsci.2020.101307

  • Gurney, L., & Grossi, V. (2021). Exploring contours of the entrepreneurial self in the contemporary university: Developing learning and teaching under neoliberal conditions. International Journal for Academic Development. doi:10.1080/1360144X.2021.1919681

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Keywords

Adult Education; Arts and Language Education; Education Research; English; Language/Literacy/Linguistics; Languages and Literacy Education; Lifelong Learning; Professional Learning; Spanish; Teacher Education; Teacher Professional Learning/Development; Teaching English as a second language/English as an additional language

English as an additional language
Spanish as an additional language

Contact Details

Email: [email protected]
Room: TC 3.24
Phone: Ext. 9563