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Professor James Moir

Professor of Language & Professional Communication

Faculty Faculty of Social and Applied Sciences

Department Department of Sociological and Psychological Sciences

Contact info

+44 (0)1382 30 8752

Biography

I am a Professor in Language and Professional Communication, with extensive experience of applying of discourse analytic research across a wide range of topics including doctor-patient interactions, teenage pregnancy, death and dying, immigration, higher education, and environmental issues.

I have held a number of external grants related to my work in discourse studies. In addition, I have also carried out research on teaching and learning in Higher Education including consultancy work for the QAA (Scotland).

I have served on the editorial boards of academic journals including the International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social and Community Studies, the International Journal of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies and Philosophy Studies. I was also appointed as one of three Senior Associates of the Higher Education Academy’s Centre for Sociology, Anthropology and Politics.

I have also contributed to various local and national media items including a BBC Scotland interview on teenage pregnancy, an STV feature on internet dating, and a report by The Evening Telegraph on the 2017 parliamentary elections.

Undergraduate Modules

Module Tutor

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý SOC203 Digital Sociology

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý SOC405 ÌýLanguage, Discourse & Society

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Module Contributor

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý ELE009 Sustainable Development in Scotland

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý SOC101 Contemporary Social Issues

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý SOC304 Propaganda, PR & Misinformation

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý SOC305 Researching Society

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý PSY303 Research Methods in Psychology

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý SOC400 Dissertation (Qualitative Research Methods)

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Current Postgraduate Degree Teaching

Module Contributor

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý GRS501 Research Methods (Qualitative research design and analysis for postgraduate research students)

Interests

ÌýInterests & Current Projects

  • Healthcare: doctor-patient interaction; professionalisation and identity; health policy and agenda setting

  • Higher education and the knowledge economy: personal development planning, Ìýgraduate attributes; employability and career discourse, citizenship

  • Environmentalism and social Ìýissues: sustainability and environmental responsibility; tourism impact

  • Discourse studies: discourse theory and pragmatics, discursive psychology, conversation analysis, Wittgenstein

  • Politics and media: new media and political discourse, ideology and opinion polling; social media and political contact.

PhD Supervisions:ÌýFive to successful completion; ÌýMasters:ÌýTwo to successful completion

PhD Examination:ÌýSeven examinations

Related Professional Body Membership

International Sociological Association

International Visual Sociology AssociationÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý I

International Society for Political PsychologyÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

International Pragmatics Association

Societas Linguistica Europaea

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Funding

2012 – 2014Ìý

Title: Developing and Supporting the Curriculum; Curriculum for Excellence and its impact on higher education in Scotland, Project Leader, QAA (Scotland): Enhancement Themes (£12,000)

2009 – 2012

Title: Graduates for the 21st Century (First Year Experience), Project Leader, ÌýQAA (Scotland): Enhancement Themes (£22,000)

2008 – 2011

Title: Senior Associate (Scotland), Sociology, HEA, Centre for Sociology, Anthropology & Politics (£14,250)

2006 – 2008

Title: Personal Development Planning in Sociology & Social Science: The Scottish Higher Education Context. Principal Investigator. HEA, Centre for Sociology, Anthropology & Politics (£12,000)

2001 –2004

Title: A discourse analysis of shared decision making in primary care. Ìý(Co-director with F. Sullivan, J. Dowell, and S. Cowan). Chief Scientist Office reference number: CZS/1/8 (£45,279)

Esteem

Undergraduate

East Anglia University (Norwich City College Campus), BA (Hons Psychology with Sociology, 2016- present

Robert Gordon University, BA (Hons) Applied Social Sciences,ÌýÌý (2014 – present)

ÌýDe Montfort University, BA (Hons) Health Studies, (2012 – 2017) and BA (Hons) Sociology (2016 – 2017).

Strathclyde, BA (Hons) Education and Social Services, (2012 – 2016)

ÌýLiverpool Hope University BA (BSc) Applied Social Sciences,Ìý (2009 – 2012); BSc Health and Wellbeing 2012 – 2014)

Chief External Examiner, BA (Hons) Applied Social Science, (previously validated by the Open University), University of the West of ÌýScotland (2005 – 2009)

Postgraduate

Manchester Metropolitan University, MRes Interdisciplinary Social Science Subjects (2014 – 2016)

Journal Editorial Board Membership

ÌýInternational Journal of Interdisciplinary Social and Community Studies (Associate Editor)

International Journal of Technologies in Learning (Associate Editor)

International Journal of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies (Associate Editor)

Philosophy Today: An International Journal of Contemporary Philosophy (Expert reviewer on Wittgenstein’s later philosophy)

Philosophy ºÃÉ«tv (Editorial Board)

Outreach

Outreach

Dr Moir has contributed to various thematic pieces within the local and national media (e.g. BBC Scotland interview on teenage pregnancy in Dundee; STV on internet dating; The Courier on internet 'trolling'; The Evening Telegraph on the 2017 parliamentary elections in terms of local constituencies).

Meet the rest of the team

Dr Penny Woolnough

Dr Penny Woolnough

Department of Sociological and Psychological Sciences | Reader in Forensic and Investigative Psychology

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Dr George Lovell

Dr George Lovell

Department of Sociological and Psychological Sciences | Senior Lecturer

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