School of Education Senior Lecturer in Literacies and Language, Dr Jessica Bradley (pictured right), was conferred the title of Docent in creative inquiry and applied linguistics by the University of Jyväskylä Faculty Council of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. She will hold the title of Docent for five years.
The Docent title is given to a person who has in-depth knowledge of the field of research, ability to undertake independent scientific research or artistic work, proven by publications or in some other way, and pedagogical skills. Part of the process includes giving a public trial lecture, to which the panel gave the following feedback ‘the assessment group unanimously agrees that considering all the content and structure of the lecture, competence, delivery, and enthusiasm for the subject matter demonstrated by Dr Bradley, the trial lecture clearly meets the criteria of the grade ‘excellent’. Jessica wrote about the process in a blog post in Education Matters.
Jessica says, ‘I’m delighted to have been given this opportunity to continue to work closely with colleagues at the University of Jyväskylä, in particular with the Centre for Applied Language Studies where I have been welcomed as a visitor since I was a doctoral researcher back in 2016. I hope that this will help to continue to raise the profile of scholars who are working with artists, with creative methodologies and with artistic practices in diverse ways, in applied linguistics and beyond. I am excited to see how we will work together over the next five years and continue to develop these important international links. I would like to thank colleagues in Jyväskylä for the intellectually stimulating discussions I have been privileged to be included in.
We are also fortunate that Professor Sari Pöyhönen (pictured left) is also a visiting professor in the School of Education, and colleagues and students in the School have benefited from her research and insights, including guest lecturing for the EdD and research seminar for the Literacies and Language research cluster’.