Lia Litosseliti

Dr Lia Litosseliti is a linguistics professor at City St George’s University of London and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, with research interests in the areas of gender and language, discourse analysis and research methodologies. She is the author of Using Focus Groups in Research (2003) and Gender and Language: Theory and Practice (2006); editor of Research Methods in Linguistics (2010, 2018, 2025); and co-editor of Gender Identity and Discourse Analysis (2002, with Jane Sunderland), Gender and Language Research Methodologies (2008, with Kate Harrington, Helen Sauntson, and Jane Sunderland) and Gender and Language in African Contexts (2013, with Lilian Atanga, Sibonile Ellece and Jane Sunderland). Lia has served as President of the International Gender and Language Association (IGALA) and Associate Editor of Gender and Language, and currently serves as external examiner, adviser and reviewer for a range of universities, funding bodies and journals.