Biografisk notat

Alireza Jalilifar is Professor of Applied Linguistics at the Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Iran, where he teaches discourse analysis, applied linguistics, and advanced research at MA and PhD levels. He has published and presented papers on academic discourses, and is the author of Directions in Discourse Analysis: Theory & Method (2014) and co-editor of Academic Research Genres in an Asian Context (2011). Jalilifar is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics. He was the leading researcher at Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz in 2009, 2010, and 2020. He was also included in the list of leading professionals in 2011 by the Research and Educational Department of the International Biographical Center (IBC), England.Dr Alexanne Don is an independent researcher working on written texts using the appraisal framework. She has made over 20 presentations at international conferences in this field, as well as editing special editions for a number of journals, and publishing articles analysing attitude and positioning. She first worked as an art teacher in secondary schools in Australia, before retraining as an English as a Second Language instructor and working for the Adult Migrant Education Service and the University of New South Wales, both in Australia, specialising in systemic functional linguistics and discourse analysis.