Have a question about lecturing? Get answers directly from University of Warwick Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in Applied Linguistics, Christopher Strelluf.
Christopher is a sociolinguist, with experience in the UK and US academic system at undergraduate and graduate levels. Previous roles include assistant professor, visiting lecturer, and graduate teaching assistant.
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- What is it like applying to a job in the UK as an international applicant?
- Do you have advice for people looking to move to the UK to consider a career in academia?
- What is the best way to apply for a university appointment?
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- I’ve been applying for posts but haven’t received any interviews or I have gotten interviews but not gotten a post yet?
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- What is the most challenging part of being a lecturer
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- How did you enhance your career development to progress to AP?
- What is the most important piece of advice for someone starting their career as a lecturer?
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Meet the host
Professor Christopher Strelluf
Christopher joined the University of Warwick as an assistant professor of linguistics in 2017 and is currently an associate professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in Applied Linguistics.
From 2006 to 2017, he worked at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the United States in roles including assistant professor, visiting lecturer, and graduate teaching assistant.
He was previously an officer in the United States Army and is a current Senior Fellow of the United Kingdom Higher Education Academy (Advance HE).
In his academic life, Christopher is a sociolinguist, working primarily from variationist approaches. His research has largely focused on describing varieties of English and identifying changes in dialects resulting from a range of social and linguistic factors.
He is the author of Speaking from the Heartland: The Midland Vowel System of Kansas City (2018, Duke University Press) and The Origins of Missouri English: A Historical Sociophonetic Study (with Matthew J. Gordon, 2024, Lexington) and the editor of The Routledge Handbook of Sociophonetics (2024, Routledge).
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