Education
Bachelor with Honors in English, University Wales, 1978. Master of Arts in English Language, University Leeds, England, 1980. Doctor of Philosophy in English Language, University Leeds, England, 1982.
literature and language professor
Bachelor with Honors in English, University Wales, 1978. Master of Arts in English Language, University Leeds, England, 1980. Doctor of Philosophy in English Language, University Leeds, England, 1982.
Associate professor English University Tampere, Finland, 1987—1992. Lecturer, senior lecturer English Swansea University, Wales, 1992—2002, head English, 2002—2006, reader English language, since 2005. Advisor to Voices of the United Kingdom project British Library., London, since 2008.