Professor Kristyan Spelman Miller 

Dean 

Humanities and Social Sciences 

Email:

Kris.Spelmanmiller@winchester.ac.uk 

Phone:

+ 44 (0) 1962 827352 

Address:

Biography

I have been at the University of Winchester since September 2008 and became Dean in November 2009. As Dean I am responsible for managing all aspects of the Faculty’s activities. I also lead a number of University-wide projects, including the Winchester Research Apprenticeship Programme, and other initiatives to do with the student experience.

Outside the University, I am active within my discipline area as a member of the University Council for Modern Languages Executive and Treasurer of the University Council of General and Applied Linguistics. I am involved in Modern Foreign Language initiatives within the UK, including Routes into Languages, and a member of the Steering Group of The English Project, based at Winchester. I am an auditor for the Quality Assurance Agency, involved in the audit of other Higher Education Institutions within the UK, and regularly act as External Examiner for programmes nationally and internationally.

Expertise

• Learning and teaching
• quality enhancement
• language learning and language use
• applied linguistics

Publications

Most recent publications on first and second-language composition include:

Spelman Miller, K., E. Lindgren, & K.P.H. Sullivan (2008). The psycholinguistic dimension in second language writing: opportunities for research and pedagogy. TESOL Quarterly Special edition on psycholinguistics and second language learning, pp. 433-454.

Lindgren, E., K. Spelman Miller, & K.P.H. Sullivan (2008) Development of fluency in L1 and L2 writing in Swedish High School Years Eight and Nine. ITL International Journal of Applied Linguistics Vol 156: 133-151.

A number of chapters in Sullivan, K.P.H. & E. Lindgren (2007) (eds) Computer keystroke logging: Methods and applications. Oxford: Elsevier.

Please contact me for a full list of publications.

Research Interests

My main research interests are in Applied Linguistics, written discourse analysis, cognitive and textual aspects of text production, first and second-language composition processes. Current research focusses on the analysis of text production using keystroke recording.

Funding Awards and Professional Membership

• Member of COST Action IS0703, the European network of researchers on written text production, and regularly present my research as part of the EARLI Writing Special Interest Group.
• Member of the University Council for Modern Languages Executive
• Member of the University Council of General and Applied Linguistics
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy