I am an ethnographic researcher with a particular interest in learning, identity and communication. My publications deal with educational, medical and academic practice in a changing social, technological and representational landscape.

Teaching

I am Co-Investigator on a number of research methods training and capacity building programmes funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. They include

- Multimodal Methodologies for Researching Digital Data and Environments (MODE): A node of the National Centre for Research Methods (2011-2014) [www.ncrm.ac.uk/research]

- Ethnography, Language and Communication: A Researcher Development Initiative (2007-2009) [www.rdi-elc.org.uk]

Research

I am Principal/Co-Investigator on a number of research projects funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. They include

- Transient Teams in the Operating Theatre (2012-2013)

- Digital Technologies in the Operating Theatre (2011-2014)

- Gains and Losses: Changes in Knowledge, Representation and Pedagogy (2007-2009) [http://www.esrc.ac.uk/my-esrc/grants/RES-062-23-0224/read]

Postgraduate Research

Phil Jones: The Bones of the Book (London College of Communication)

Professional Activities

I am Convener of the Linguistic Ethnography Forum, a Special Interest Group of the British Association of Applied Linguistics [www.uklef.net], and review editor of Visual Communication [http://vcj.sagepub.com/]

Selected publications

On medical practice

Bezemer, J., Murtagh, G., Cope., A., Kress, G. and Kneebone, R. (2011). "Scissors, Please" The Practical Accomplishment of Surgical Work in the Operating Theatre. Symbolic Interaction 34, 3, 398-414.

Bezemer, J., Cope., A., Kress, G. and Kneebone, R. (2011). "Do You Have Another Johan?" Negotiating Meaning in the Operating Theatre. Applied Linguistics Review 2, 313-334.

On classroom practice

Bezemer, J. (2008). Displaying Orientation in the Classroom: Students' Multimodal Responses to Teacher Instructions. Linguistics and Education 19, 2, 166-178.

Bezemer, J. (2007). ‘They don't have that feeling'. The attribution of linguistic resources to multilingual students in a primary school. Linguistics and Education 18, 1, 65-78.

On school textbooks

Bezemer, J. & G. Kress (2009). Visualizing English: A Social Semiotic History of a School Subject. Visual Communication 8, 247-262.

Bezemer, J. & G. Kress (2008). Writing in Multimodal Texts: a Social Semiotic Account of Designs for Learning. Written Communication 25, 2, 166-195.

On research methods

Bezemer, J. & D. Mavers (2011). Multimodal Transcription as Academic Practice: A Social Semiotic Perspective. International Journal of Social Research Methodology 14, 3, 191-207.

Bezemer, J. & C. Jewitt (2010). Multimodal Analysis: Key issues. In: L. Litosseliti (ed), Research Methods in Linguistics. London: Continuum. pp. 180-197.