Rate My Professor Brian Paltridge

Professor Paltridge specializes in discourse analysis and academic writing, with extensive work in genre analysis, English for specific purposes, thesis and dissertation writing, and writing for publication. His key publications include the book Discourse Analysis: An Introduction (third edition, Bloomsbury, 2021), The Discourse of Peer Review (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017), Thesis and Dissertation Writing in a Second Language (co-authored with Sue Starfield), Research Methods in Applied Linguistics: A Practical Resource (edited with Aek Phakiti, Bloomsbury, 2015), Ethnographic Perspectives on Academic Writing (co-authored with Sue Starfield, Oxford University Press, 2021), The Handbook of English for Specific Purposes (co-edited with Ken Hyland), and Genre, Frames and Writing in Research Settings (John Benjamins, 1997). He has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals such as Applied Linguistics, English for Specific Purposes, and TESOL Quarterly. With over 15,000 citations on Google Scholar, his scholarship has substantial impact in applied linguistics and TESOL fields. Professionally, he served as editor of TESOL Quarterly from 2014 to 2017 and is editor emeritus of English for Specific Purposes. He teaches courses in TESOL, discourse analysis, academic writing, and research methods, contributing to graduate and postgraduate education.