Dr Celia Thompson
Convener of IAP (Intensive Academic Program)
ContactRoom 614, Babel BuildingSchool of Languages and Linguistics The University of Melbourne Tel. 8344 5488 email: celiat@ unimelb.edu.au |
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Research interests and areas of supervision
Plagiarism, intertextuality and authorship in academic writing; intercultural communication pedagogy; teaching and learning in higher education; Web 2.0 technologies and assessment.
Biography
Celia Thompson studied French, German and Russian before lecturing in English as a Second Language and Communication. She undertook her undergraduate studies in French language and European literature at the University of Warwick in the UK. She has also studied German in Munich and Bremen and Russian language and culture in St Petersburg. Celia undertook Postgraduate Certificates in Teaching and Counselling and an R.S.A. Diploma in TEFLA before completing her MA studies in Applied Linguistics at the University of Melbourne. Celia completed her PhD, entitled 'Plagiarism or intertextuality? A study of the politics of knowledge, identity and textual ownership in undergraduate writing', at the University of Technology, Sydney under the supervision of Professor Alastair Pennycook. Celia is a member of the British Applied Linguistics Special Interest Group on ‘Intercultural Communication’ and a member of a Melbourne-based University Research Consortium focusing on the use of Web 2.0 technologies in higher education.
Selected publications
Books
- Thompson C. (2009). Plagiarism or intertextuality? A study of the politics of knowledge, identity and textual ownership in undergraduate student writing. Saarbrucken, Germany: VDM Verlag.
Book Chapters
- Thompson, C. (2011). Plagiarism, intertextuality and the politics of knowledge, identity and textual ownership in undergraduate ESL/EFL students’ academic writing. In Phan, LH & Baurain, B (eds), Voices, identities, negotiations, and conflicts: Writing academic English across cultures. Emerald: United Kingdom, pp. 157-177.
- Thompson C. (2009). Critical thinking: What is it and how do we teach it in English for academic purposes (EAP) programs? In Brandt C (ed), Read, research and write: Academic skills for ESL students in higher education. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications, pp. 191-198.
- Thompson C. (2008). Dialogism and social computing: Academic authorship in cyberspace. In Mcconachie J, Singh M, Danaher P, Nouwens F & Danaher G (eds), Changing university learning and teaching: Engaging and mobilising leadership, quality and technology. Flaxton, Australia: Post Pressed, pp. 359-374.
- Thompson C. & Pennycook A. (2008). Intertextuality in the transcultural contact zone. In Moore Howard R & Robillard A (eds), Pluralizing plagiarism. Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States: Boynton/Cook, pp. 124-139.
Journal Articles
- Chandrasoma R, Thompson C & Pennycook A. (2004). Beyond Plagiarism: Transgressive and Non-Transgressive Intertextuality. Language, Identity and Education. 3 (3): 171 - 193.
- Gray K, Thompson C, Sheard J, Clerehan R & Hamilton M. (2010). Students as Web 2.0 authors: Implications for assessment design and conduct. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology. 26 (1): 105-122.
- Gray K, Thompson C, Clerehan R, Sheard J & Hamilton M. (2008). Web 2.0 authorship: Issues of referencing and citation for academic integrity. The Internet and Higher Education. 11: 112-118.
- Thompson C. (2009). Plagiarism, Intertextuality and Emergent Authorship in University Students' Academic Writing. Portal: journal of multidisciplinary international studies. 6 (1): 1-16.
- Thompson C. (2005). ‘Authority is everything’: A study of the politics of textual ownership and knowledge in the formation of student writer identities. International Journal for Educational Integrity. 1 (1): 1 - 12.