Emeritus Professor Sue Starfield

Emeritus Professor Sue Starfield

Emeritus Professor

Dip Teach - French (UParis), MA French Lit (Witwatersrand), MA Applied Linguistics (UParis), PhD (Witwatersrand)

Arts,Design & Architecture
School of Education

Sue Starfield is an Emeritus Professor in the School of Education. She was the Director of The Learning Centre at UNSW from 2000-2017. Her research and publications cover tertiary academic literacies; doctoral writing, writing for publication, postgraduate pedagogy, English for Specific Purposes, identity in academic writing and access and equity in higher education. She was a recipient of two Australian Research Council grants: Writing in the academy: The practice-based thesis as an evolving genre (ARC Discovery Grant 2008-2010) and a A cross-national study of the relative impact of an oral component on PhD examination quality, language and practice (ARC Discovery Grant 2011-2014). She supervises students in the areas of academic literacies, academic writing, research genres, English for specific purposes, access and equity issues for non-native speakers of English in higher education, students from refugee backgrounds. Sue has an ongoing interest in qualitative research methods and recently co-edited the Palgrave Handbook of Applied Linguistics Research Methodology (2019). Ethnographic perspectives on academic writing, co-authored with Brian Paltridge and Christine Tardy (Oxford University Press 2016) makes the case for ethnographic approaches to the study of academic writing. The second edition of her co-authored book Thesis and Dissertation Writing in a Second Language: A Handbook for Students and their Supervisors appeared in 2020 (Routledge). She recently co-guest edited a special issue of the Journal of Second Language Writing: 'Thesis and dissertation writing in a second language: Context, identity, genre' (2019, vol. 43). Sue and her colleague Brian Paltridge have recently co-authored a book on the evolution of the PhD, Change and Stability in Thesis and Dissertation Writing: The Evolution of an Academic Genre published by Bloomsbury (2023). Sue also edits two book series with Routledge in the field of English for Specific Purposes: Introductions to English for Specific Purposes and Research in English for Specific Purposes. To hear Sue talk about her research focus, click here

Sue is also founding co-editor of the Journal of English for Research Publication Purposes.

Phone
+61 2 9385 2524
Location
Morven Brown Bldg
  • Books | 2020
    Starfield S; Paltridge B, 2020, Thesis and Dissertation Writing in a Second Language: A Handbook for Students and their Supervisors, Routledge, London, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315170022
    Books | 2018
    Phakiti A; De Costa P; Plonsky L; Starfield S, 2018, The Palgrave Handbook of Applied Linguistics Research Methodology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59900-1
    Books | 2016
    Starfield S; Paltridge B; Tardy CM, 2016, Ethnographic perspectives on academic writing, Oxford University Press, Oxford
    Books | 2016
    Starfield S; Paltridge B, 2016, Getting published in academic journals: Navigating the publication process, MIchigan University Press, Ann Arbor
    Books | 2015
    Paltridge B; Starfield S; Tardy CM, 2015, Ethnographic Perspectives on Academic Writing
    Books | 2014
    Ravelli L, 2014, Doctoral Writing in the Creative and Performing Arts, Ravelli L; Paltridge B; Starfield S, (eds.)
    Books | 2014
    Starfield S, 2014, Doctoral Writing in the Creative and Performing Arts, Ravelli, L. J., Paltridge, B., & Starfield, S. , (ed.), Libri Pub Limited
    Books | 2013
    Starfield, S. , 2013, The Handbook of English for Specific Purposes, Paltridge, B. & Starfield S , (ed.), Wiley-Blackwell
    Books | 2013
    2013, The handbook of English for specific purposes, Starfield S; Paltridge B, (ed.), Wiley-Blackwell, Malden, MA, USA
    Books | 2012
    Paltridge B; Starfield S, 2012, The Handbook of English for Specific Purposes, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118339855
    Books | 2007
    Starfield S; Paltridge B, 2007, Thesis and Dissertation Writing in a Second Language: a handbook for supervisors, Routledge Press, UK, USA, Canada
  • Book Chapters | 2021
    Starfield S; Ravelli L; Paltridge B, 2021, 'Re-imagining Doctoral Writing Through the Visual and Performing Arts', in Badenhorst C; Amell B; Burford J (ed.), Re-imagining Doctoral Writing, The WAC Clearinghouse/University Press of Colorado, pp. 217 - 234, http://dx.doi.org/10.37514/INT-B.2021.1343
    Book Chapters | 2021
    2021, 'Re-imagining Doctoral Writing', in Badenhorst C; Amell B; Burford J (ed.), , The WAC Clearinghouse; University Press of Colorado, http://dx.doi.org/10.37514/int-b.2021.1343
    Book Chapters | 2020
    Starfield S, 2020, 'Autoethnography and critical ethnography', in McKinley J; Rose H (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, Routledge, New York and London, pp. 165 - 175, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780367824471
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Phakiti A; de Costa PI; Plonsky L; Starfield S, 2019, 'Applied linguistics research: Current issues, methods, and trends', in The Palgrave Handbook of Research Methodology in Applied Linguistics, Springer, pp. 5 - 29
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Starfield S, 2019, 'Autoethnography and critical ethnography', in The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, pp. 165 - 175, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780367824471-15
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Starfield S, 2019, 'Student Writing in Higher Education', in Springer International Handbooks of Education, pp. 861 - 882, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02899-2_45
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Starfield S, 2019, 'Student writing in higher education', in Gao X (ed.), Second Handbook of English Language Teaching, Springer Nature, Switzerland, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58542-0_45-1
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Starfield S, 2019, 'Supervisory feedback: Building writing scaffolds with doctoral students', in Feedback in Second Language Writing: Contexts and Issues, pp. 206 - 225, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108635547.013
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Starfield S, 2019, 'Supervisory feedback: Building writing scaffolds with doctoral students', in Hyland K; Hyland F (ed.), Feedback in second language writing, Cambridge University Press, pp. 206 - 225, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108635547
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Starfield S, 2019, 'Writing a research proposal', in Phakiti A; de Costa P; Plonsky L; Starfield S (ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Research Methodology Applied Linguistics, Springer, pp. 183 - 197
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Starfield S; Paltridge B, 2018, 'Journal Editors: Gatekeepers or custodians?', in Novice Writers and Scholarly Publication: Authors, Mentors, Gatekeepers, pp. 253 - 270, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95333-5_14
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Starfield S, 2018, 'What examiners value in a PhD', in Carter S; Laurs D (ed.), Developing research writing, Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, pp. 184 - 188
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Paltridge B; Starfield S, 2017, 'English for Specific Purposes', in Handbook of research in second language teaching and learning. Volume III, Routledge, New York, pp. 56 - 67, https://www.routledge.com/Handbook-of-Research-in-Second-Language-Teaching-and-Learning-Volume-III/Hinkel/p/book/9781138859821
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Paltridge B; Starfield S, 2016, 'English for Specific Purposes', in Handbook of Research in Second Language Teaching and Learning: Volume III, pp. 56 - 67, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315716893-5
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Paltridge B; Starfield S, 2016, 'Ethnographic perspectives on English for academic purposes research', in The Routledge Handbook of English for Academic Purposes, Taylor and Francis, pp. 218 - 229, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315657455
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Paltridge B; Starfield S, 2016, 'Ethnographic perspectives on english for academic purposes research', in The Routledge Handbook of English for Academic Purposes, pp. 218 - 229, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315657455-28
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Starfield S, 2016, 'English for specific purposes', in Hall G (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of English Language Teaching, Routledge, Abingdon: Oxon; New York: NY, pp. 150 - 163, https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-English-Language-Teaching/Hall/p/book/9780415747394
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Starfield S, 2016, 'QUOTIDIAN ETHICS IN THE NEOLIBERAL UNIVERSITY Research and Practice Collide', in DeCosta PI (ed.), ETHICS IN APPLIED LINGUISTICS RESEARCH: LANGUAGE RESEARCHER NARRATIVES, ROUTLEDGE, pp. 53 - 65, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000372842300005&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Starfield S, 2016, 'Quotidian ethics in the neo-liberal university: Research and practice collide', in Peter I. de Costa (ed.), Ethics in applied linguistics research: Language researcher narratives, Routledge, Abingdon, Oxford, pp. 53 - 65
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Clement N; Lovat T; Holbrook A; Kiley M; Bourke S; Paltridge B; Starfield S; Fairbairn H; McInerney DM, 2015, 'Exploring Doctoral Examiner Judgements through the Lenses of Habermas and Epistemic Cognition Abstract Acknowledgement', in Theory and Method in Higher Education Research, Emerald, pp. 213 - 233, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/s2056-375220150000001010
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Starfield S; Clement N; Lovat T; Holbrook A; Bourke S; Kiley M; Paltridge B; Fairbairn H; Mcinerney D, 2015, 'Exploring Doctoral Examiner Judgements through the Lenses of Habermas and Epistemic Cognition', in Huisman J; Tight M (ed.), Theory and Method in Higher Education Research Volume 1, Emerald, Bingley, UK, pp. 213 - 233, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/S2056-375220150000001010
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Starfield S, 2015, 'First person singular: Negotiating identity in academic writing in English', in Language and Identity across Modes of Communication, De Gruyter, pp. 249 - 262, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9781614513599.249
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Starfield S, 2015, 'First person singular: Negotiating identity in academic writing in English', in Djenar D; Mahboob A; Cruickshank K (ed.), Language and identity across modes of communication, De Gruyter Mouton, Berlin, pp. 249 - 262, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9781614513599
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Starfield S, 2015, 'Quotidian Ethics in the Neoliberal University', in Ethics in Applied Linguistics Research, Routledge, pp. 53 - 65, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315816937-4
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Ravelli L; Paltridge B; Starfield S, 2014, 'Diversity in Creative and Performing Arts doctoral writing: a way forward', in Ravelli L; Paltridge B; Starfield S (ed.), Doctoral Writing in the Creative and Performing Arts, pp. 389 - 406
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Starfield S; Ravelli LJ; Paltridge B; Tuckwell K; Nicholson S, 2014, 'Genre in the creative-practice doctoral thesis: Diversity and unity', in Garzone G; Ilie C (ed.), Genres and genre theory in transition, BrownWalker Press, Boca Raton, Florida USW, pp. 89 - 105, http://www.brownwalker.com/book.php?method=ISBN&book=1612337201
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Starfield, S., Paltridge, B., Ravelli, L., , 2014, 'Researching Academic Writing: What Textography Affords', in Huisman J; Tight M (ed.), Theory and method in higher education research II (International perspectives on higher education research, Volume 10), Emerald, pp. 103 - 120
    Book Chapters | 2013
    Starfield S, 2013, 'Critical perspectives on ESP', in The handbook of English for specific purposes, Wiley-Blackwell, Malden, MA, USA, pp. 461 - 479
    Book Chapters | 2013
    Starfield S, 2013, 'Historical development of language for specific purposes', in Chapelle CA (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics - 10 volume set, Blackwell Publishing, pp. 1 - 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.10002/9781405198431.wbeal0505
    Book Chapters | 2013
    Starfield S, 2013, 'Researcher reflexivity', in Chapelle CA (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics, Blackwell Publishing, pp. 1 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.10002/9781405198431.wbeal1011
    Book Chapters | 2012
    Starfield S; Paltridge B; Ravelli L, 2012, ''Why do we have to write?': Practice-based theses in the visual and performing arts and the place of writing', in Berkenkotter C; Bhatia VK; Gotti M (ed.), Insights into academic genres, Peter Lang, Bern, pp. 169 - 190
    Book Chapters | 2012
    Starfield S, 2012, 'Historical Development of Language for Specific Purposes', in The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics, Wiley, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781405198431.wbeal0505
    Book Chapters | 2012
    Starfield S, 2012, 'Researcher Reflexivity', in The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics, Wiley, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781405198431.wbeal1011
    Book Chapters | 2011
    Starfield S; Paltridge B, 2011, 'Research in English for specific purposes', in Hinkel E (ed.), Handbook of research in second language teaching and learning, Routledge, New York, pp. 106 - 121, http://au.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470655321.html
    Book Chapters | 2011
    Starfield S, 2011, 'Doing critical ethnographic research into academic writing: the theory of methodology', in Belcher D; Johns AM; Paltridge B (ed.), New directions in English for specific purposes research, University of Michigan Press, pp. 174 - 196, http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do;jsessionid=0216353635B3E303D7265B615F860D35?id=371075
    Book Chapters | 2010
    Starfield S, 2010, 'Ethnographies', in Paltridge B; Phakiti A (ed.), Continuum companion to research methods in applied linguistics, Continuum International Publishing Group, London, pp. 50 - 65
    Book Chapters | 2010
    Starfield S, 2010, 'Fortunate travellers: learning from the multiliterate lives of doctoral students', in Walker M; Thomson P (ed.), Routledge Doctoral Supervisor's Companion, Routledge, New York, pp. 138 - 146
    Book Chapters | 2007
    Starfield S, 2007, 'New Directions in Student Academic Writing', in Cummins J; Davison C (ed.), International Handbook of English Language Teaching, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, New York, pp. 875 - 890
    Book Chapters | 2004
    Starfield S, 2004, 'Word Power: negotiating success in a first-year sociology essay', in Ravelli L; Ellis RA (ed.), Analysing Academic Writing: Contextualized Frameworks, Continuum Publishing Co, London, pp. 66 - 83
    Book Chapters | 2004
    Starfield S, 2004, '`Why does this feel empowering?`:Thesis writing, concordancing, and the corporatizing university', in Norton B; Toohey K (ed.), Critical Pedagogies and Language Learning, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, pp. 138 - 157
    Book Chapters | 2003
    Starfield S; Coleman D; Hagan A, 2003, 'The attitudes of IELTS stakeholders: Student and staff perceptions of IELTS in Australian, UK and Chinese tertiary institutions', in IELTS International English Language Testing System: English for International Opportunity. Research Reports 2003, IDP: IELTS Australia, Canberra, pp. 159 - 235
    Book Chapters | 2001
    Starfield S, 2001, '`I`ll go with the group`: Rethinking `discourse community` in EAP', in Flowerdew J; Peacock M (ed.), Research Perspectives on English for Academic Purposes, Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom, pp. 132 - 147
  • Edited Books | 2019
    Phakiti A; de Costa PI; Plonsky L; Starfield S, (eds.), 2019, The Palgrave Handbook of Research Methodology in Applied Linguistics, Palgrave
    Edited Books | 2014
    Ravelli L; Starfield S; Paltridge B, (eds.), 2014, Doctoral Writing in the Creative and Performing Arts, Libri Publishing, Faringdon, Oxfordshire
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Nguyen HTM; Nguyen HTT; Gao X; Hoang TH; Starfield S, 2024, 'Developing professional capacity for Content Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) teaching in Vietnam: tensions and responses', Language and Education, 38, pp. 118 - 138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09500782.2023.2260374
    Journal articles | 2023
    Bose P; Gao X; Starfield S; Sun S; Ramdani JM, 2023, 'Conceptualisation of family and language practice in family language policy research on migrants: a systematic review', Language Policy, 22, pp. 343 - 365, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10993-023-09661-8
    Journal articles | 2023
    Paltridge B; Starfield S, 2023, 'The PhD by publication in the humanities and social sciences: a cross country analysis', Journal of Further and Higher Education, 47, pp. 863 - 874, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2023.2190450
    Journal articles | 2021
    Mochizuki N; Starfield S, 2021, 'Dialogic interactions and voice negotiations in thesis writing groups: An activity systems analysis of oral feedback exchanges', Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2020.100956
    Journal articles | 2020
    Paltridge B; Starfield S, 2020, 'Change and continuity in thesis and dissertation writing: The evolution of an academic genre', Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2020.100910
    Journal articles | 2020
    Paltridge B; Starfield S, 2020, 'Thesis and Dissertation Writing in a Second Language: A Handbook for Supervisors', Psychology Teaching Review, 26, pp. 107 - 108, http://dx.doi.org/10.53841/bpsptr.2020.26.1.107
    Journal articles | 2019
    Starfield S, 2019, 'Thesis and dissertation writing in a second language: Context, identity, genre', Journal of Second Language Writing, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jslw.2018.10.002
    Journal articles | 2018
    Kiley M; Holbrook A; Lovat T; Fairbairn H; Starfield S; Paltridge B, 2018, 'An oral component in PhD examination in Australia Issues and considerations', AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES REVIEW, 60, pp. 25 - 34, https://issuu.com/nteu/docs/aur_60-01
    Journal articles | 2018
    Starfield S; Gass S; Juffs A; Hyland K, 2018, 'Conducting Research at Language Centers: Practical Perspectives from the Field', TESOL Quarterly, pp. 1108 - 1119
    Journal articles | 2017
    Starfield S; Paltridge B; McMurtrie R; Holbrook A; Lovat T; Kiley M; Fairbairn H, 2017, 'Evaluation and instruction in PhD examiners' reports: How grammatical choices construe examiner roles', Linguistics and Education, 42, pp. 53 - 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.linged.2017.07.008
    Journal articles | 2016
    Mahboob A; Paltridge B; Phakiti A; Wagner E; Starfield S; Burns A; Jones RH; De Costa PI, 2016, 'TESOL Quarterly Research Guidelines', TESOL Quarterly, 50, pp. 42 - 65, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/tesq.288
    Journal articles | 2016
    Paltridge B; Starfield S, 2016, 'Getting Published in Academic Journals', , http://dx.doi.org/10.3998/mpub.5173299
    Journal articles | 2016
    Starfield S, 2016, 'Supporting doctoral writing at an Australian university', WRITING & PEDAGOGY, 8, pp. 177 - 198, http://dx.doi.org/10.1558/wap.v8i1.27632
    Journal articles | 2015
    Lovat, T, Holbrook, A, Bourke, S., Fairbairn, H, Kiley, M, Paltridge, B & Starfield, S. , 2015, 'Examining doctoral examination and the question of the Viva', Higher Education Review, 47, pp. 5 - 23
    Journal articles | 2015
    Starfield S; Paltridge B; McMurtrie R; Holbrook A; Bourke S; Fairbairn H; Kiley M; Lovat T, 2015, 'Understanding the language of evaluation in examiners' reports on doctoral theses', Linguistics and Education, 31, pp. 130 - 144, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.linged.2015.06.004
    Journal articles | 2014
    Harwood N; Starfield S, 2014, 'Thanks to Reviewers', English for Specific Purposes, 35, pp. 97 - 98, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.esp.2014.03.003
    Journal articles | 2014
    Starfied, S, 2014, 'Current and future directions in English for specific purposes research', Revue francaise de linguistique appliquee, XiX, pp. 9 - 14, http://www.cairn.info/revue-francaise-de-linguistique-appliquee-2014-1-page-9.htm
    Journal articles | 2014
    Starfield S; Harwood N, 2014, 'Editor Announcement: The 2013 Horowitz Prize', English for Specific Purposes, 35, pp. 96 - 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.esp.2014.04.002
    Journal articles | 2014
    Starfield S; Paltridge B, 2014, 'Current and Future Directions in English for Specific Purposes Research', REVUE FRANCAISE DE LINGUISTIQUE APPLIQUEE, 19, pp. 9 - 14, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000336773800002&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Journal articles | 2013
    Ravelli L; Paltridge B; Starfield S; Tuckwell K, 2013, 'Extending the notion of 'text': The visual and performing arts doctoral thesis', Visual Communication, 12, pp. 395 - 422, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1470357212462663
    Journal articles | 2012
    Paltridge B; Starfield S; Ravelli L; Tuckwell K, 2012, 'Change and stability: Examining the macrostructures of doctoral thesis in the visual and performing arts', Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 11, pp. 332 - 344, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1475158512000549
    Journal articles | 2012
    Starfield S; Paltridge B; Ravelli L; Nicholson S, 2012, 'Doctoral writing in the visual and performing arts: Two ends of a continuum', Studies in Higher Education, 37, pp. 989 - 1003
    Journal articles | 2012
    Starfield S, 2012, 'Voices, identities, negotiations and conflicts: writing academic English across cultures', LANGUAGE CULTURE AND CURRICULUM, 25, pp. 207 - 211, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07908318.2012.693350
    Journal articles | 2011
    Paltridge B; Starfield S; Ravelli L; Nicholson S, 2011, 'Doctoral Writing in the Visual and Performing Arts: Issues and Debates', International Journal of Art and Design Education, 30, pp. 242 - 255, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1476-8070.2011.01700.x/pdf
    Journal articles | 2011
    Paltridge B; Starfield S, 2011, 'Editorial', English for Specific Purposes, 30, pp. 245 - 246, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.esp.2011.08.001
    Journal articles | 2011
    Starfield S, 2011, 'Editorial', English for Specific Purposes, 30, pp. 85 - 86, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.esp.2011.02.001
    Journal articles | 2010
    Starfield S; Paltridge B, 2010, 'Special Issue: ESP Research in Europe', ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES, 29, pp. 224 - 224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.esp.2010.07.001
    Journal articles | 2010
    Starfield S, 2010, 'Editorial', English for Specific Purposes, 29, pp. 77, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.esp.2010.02.001
    Journal articles | 2009
    Starfield S, 2009, 'Editorial', English for Specific Purposes, 28, pp. 215 - 216, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.esp.2009.09.001
    Journal articles | 2009
    Starfield S, 2009, 'Editorial', English for Specific Purposes, 28, pp. 77 - 78, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.esp.2009.03.001
    Journal articles | 2008
    Ravelli L; Starfield S, 2008, 'Typography and disciplinary identity in academic writing', Information Design Journal, 16, pp. 133 - 147
    Journal articles | 2008
    Ravelli LJ; Starfield S, 2008, 'Typography and disciplinary identity in academic writing', Information Design Journal, 16, pp. 133 - 147, http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/idj.16.2.06rav
    Journal articles | 2006
    Ravelli L; Starfield S, 2006, '`The writing of this thesis was a process that I could not explore with the positivistic detachment of the classical sociologist`: Self and structure in New Humanities research theses', Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 5, pp. 222 - 243
    Journal articles | 2003
    Starfield S, 2003, 'The evolution of a thesis-writing course for Arts and Social Sciences students: What can applied linguistics offer ?', Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics, 8, pp. 137 - 154
    Journal articles | 2002
    Starfield S, 2002, '`I`m a Second-Language English Speaker`: Negotiating Writer Identity and Authority in Sociology One', Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 1, pp. 121 - 140
    Journal articles | 1997
    Norton B; Starfield S, 1997, 'Covert language assessment in academic writing', Language Testing, 14, pp. 278 - 294, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/026553229701400305
    Journal articles | 1997
    Starfield S, 1997, 'Negotiating identities: Education for empowerment in a diverse society - Cummins,J', TESOL QUARTERLY, 31, pp. 645 - 650, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1997XZ36300023&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Journal articles | 1994
    STARFIELD S, 1994, 'Cummins, EAP, and Academic Literacy', TESOL Quarterly, 28, pp. 176 - 179, http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3587208
  • Reports | 2021
    Hoa T M N; Trang H; Hang N; Starfield S; Gao A; Alonzo D; Gilanyi L; Nguyen H, 2021, CLIL teachers’ professional development in Vietnam
    Conference Papers | 2008
    Cranney J; Jones G; Morris SC; Starfield S; Martire KA; Newell BR; Wong K, 2008, 'Critical Reading and Writing (CRW) in First-year Psychology: Mass Screening and Targeted Assistance', in Proceedings of the 43rd Annual APS Conference, HOBART, TASMANIA, presented at 43rd APS annual conference 23 - 27 September 2008, Hobart, Tasmania, HOBART, TASMANIA, 23 September 2008 - 27 September 2008
    Conference Papers | 2007
    Quinlan AM; Starfield S; Marshall NG; Demirbilek OR; Watson BE; Evans CB; Corkery LF; Zou PX, 2007, 'Sudents as Schilas: Weaving Threads of Understanding of the Final Year Undergraduate Research Experience:a case study from the Built Environment', in Kofod M; Takayama K (ed.), International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning 4th Annual Conference, Sydney, pp. 104 - 105, presented at International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning 4th Annual Conference, Sydney, 02 July 2007 - 05 July 2007

She is the recipient of a 2008 Australian Learning and Teaching Council citation for an Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning for the development of a research-led innovative curriculum to support postgraduate research students' writing with significant impact on the field of postgraduate writing.

She is a co-recipient of a 2006 Carrick Institute Competitive Grant – Creating a student-centred online learning environment for report writing in the sciences and engineering.

My Teaching

Sue Starfield is a Professor and was the Director of The Learning Centre at UNSW for 18 years. She is co-author with Brian Paltridge of Thesis and Dissertation Writing in a Second Language: A Handbook for Supervisors published by Routledge in 2007. She was co-editor of the journal English for Specific Purposes from 2009-2014. She is the recipient of a 2008 Australian Learning and Teaching Council citation for an Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning for the development of a research-led innovative curriculum to support postgraduate research students' writing with significant impact on the field of postgraduate writing.

Sue's current research interests include advanced academic writing, postgraduate pedagogy and issues of identity in academic writing and language learning. With colleagues from the University of Sydney, Sue and Pam Mort of The Learning Centre were awarded a 2006 Carrick Institute Competitive Grant – Creating a student-centred online learning environment for report writing in the sciences and engineering.

Sue currently teaches Thesis Writing and Presentation, a course she has developed for the School of Education. She has also taught Developing a Research Proposal, a course for commencing postgraduate research students. In addition, she has been involved in program development to enhance students' successful access to academic skills across the university. She is currently teaching courses in advanced qualitative methods and TESOL curriculum.

Prior to moving to Australia, Sue worked for over fifteen years in South Africa, mainly at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, where she developed academic programs to promote access and success in higher education for students who had been disadvantaged by apartheid education. She also worked with academic staff who wanted to make their teaching more responsive to the learning needs of the very diverse student body.