Dr. Jess Mason

Teachers: are conspiracy theories a problem in school? Do you hear your students discussing them? If so does it concern you? Do they come up in class? Have you had any training or resources to discuss conspiracies with students? Whatever your experiences I’d love to hear from you

@ian_cushing @jennystevens26 Amazing news Ian, huge congratulations and very well deserved!

i am still in shock but I have won a Philip Leverhulme Prize. starting in autumn 2026 for 3 years, i’ll be looking at linguistic justice in schools, particularly in how children and teachers engage in radical, grassroots activism for structural change. 🌸 leverhulme.ac.uk/news/2025PLP

@JoanPassey @neilbowen3 @NooPuddles @abbiemann1982 @WLV_English @JenJayneWilson @RachTravill @EnglishTeesside @anthlw @stowdawn @BARS_official @AimeeCasson @Caroline_Alice_ @profdanielcook @cemathieson Hi Neil, just drop me an email when you get back from hols - J.Mason@shu.ac.uk - I’d be really happy to help!

@neilbowen3 @NooPuddles @abbiemann1982 @DrofletJess @WLV_English @JenJayneWilson @RachTravill @EnglishTeesside @anthlw @stowdawn @BARS_official @AimeeCasson @Caroline_Alice_ @profdanielcook @cemathieson Hi Neil, I'm interested in this! Just started role in admissions for English at Uni of Bristol.

#peripeteia @NooPuddles @abbiemann1982 @DrofletJess @WLV_English @JenJayneWilson @RachTravill @EnglishTeesside @anthlw @stowdawn @BARS_official @JoanPassey @AimeeCasson @Caroline_Alice_ @profdanielcook @cemathieson Looking for people to help link A-level to Uni. English...

All of our @EnglishAston student conferences are FREE! A great opportunity for those studying A level English Language.

‘Researching Stylistics’, written by members of the Aston Stylistics Research Group is now available for pre-order with a publication date of September 2025! routledge.com/Researching-St…

school discipline policies can be core tools to perpetuate linguistic injustice. for some children, especially those from marginalised backgrounds, their alleged inability to 'speak properly' gets framed as symptomatic of their alleged inability to 'behave properly'.

across 563 school behaviour policies, i found that ‘misbehaviour’ is routinely associated with linguistic features such as non-standard grammar, informal language, slang, incomplete sentences, non-academic language, and other allegedly deficient ways of speaking.

Thrilled our 'Reading for Pleasure' book is out!!😃 It focuses on understanding readers, texts, pedagogies and contexts supportive of RfP 😊Huge thanks to our brilliant contributors! 👇 @TeresaCremin @OpenUni_RfP @The_UKLA @MorayHouse

Last chance to book your A-level English students in for our Lang/Lit conference on 1st April here in Nottingham. This is the venue englishandmedia.co.uk/conferences/18…

Fully funded PhD opportunity at @EnglishAston starting in October 2025! Please contact @lovermob if you have any questions or for more information findaphd.com/phds/project/s…

deficit ideologies about working-class children and their families lie at the very foundation of how 'oracy' was first theorised. those deficit framings persist in many contemporary oracy initiatives. the new oracy movement must be explicitly anti-deficit. doi.org/10.1080/030549…

Very excited to be presenting some of my new cognitive stylistics of conspiracies research at #PALA2025

Very happy that my article with @PolinaGavin on self and other alignment when reading Covid poetry has just been accepted for publication in @MedHums_BMJ. Our first publication from the 'Writing and Reading the Pandemic' project! #stylistics #medicalhumanities

Initial symposium to book submission: 10 months. One reviewer said the timescale was ‘wild’ and they were not wrong! Thanks to our brilliant contributors. Out with @EdinburghUP later in the year

Working on the final stages of our ASRG book for @RoutledgeLing today w/chapters on: parameters of stylistics; research design/ethics; narratological stylistics; cognitive stylistics; media stylistics; corpus stylistics; and educational stylistics. #stylistics #appliedlinguistics

Teachers of English: if you can get to Birmingham in half term, this is a great opportunity to hear Carol talk about her wonderful book ‘Reading Lessons’ and how and why the books we teach matter. And it’s free! @Team_English1 @NATEfeed @EnglishAssoc @EngMediaCentre @LitdriveUK

I will die on this hill

Looking forward to revisiting my research on the language of Margaret Atwood at Nottingham Trent in 2 weeks' time! I'll be talking about the COLD, and about revenge, so you might want to bring a coat🥶

Roses are red, Violets are blue, Poetry often deviates from schematic templates. In this paper, I will discuss... P. s. You have until 14th Feb to submit an abstract for #PALA2025, hosted by @EnglishAston 💜 pala2025.com/cfp/

We are looking forward to our next ASRG research seminar with @LaDoche this afternoon 4-5pm (online). I’ve read the chapter Amélie’s talk is based on and it’s one of the best things I’ve read in stylistics recently! All welcome and still time to register shorturl.at/fGVnf

The Department for Education has recently issued a press release stating that Thousands of pupils are set to benefit from a £2 million investment in reading and writing, breaking down the barriers to opportunity. Read it here: buff.ly/4gtxxN9