个人简介
Dr. Robyn Bray holds a Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Letters, and Master of Arts in English language from the University of Glasgow, as well as a Master of Science from Robert Gordon University in the field of digital curation. She was employed as the director of a number of English language departments and programmes in universities in both the UK and China before joining UIC as the director of the English Language Centre in 2020. In 2022, she was appointed as an assistant professor in English language and literature studies in UIC's Department of Languages and Cultures. She has also worked in the area of academic editing, where she specialised in helping international scholars to prepare scholarly work for publication in English. Her research interests include Old English, the development of academic disciplines, e-learning, English for academic purposes, language testing in China, and improving students’ experiences of studying abroad.
Education
M.Sc. in Digital Curation (with distinction), Robert Gordon University, UK (2017)
Ph.D. in English Language, University of Glasgow, UK (2013)
M.Litt. in Medieval and Renaissance Studies, University of Glasgow, UK (2006)
M.A. (Hons) in English Language (first class), University of Glasgow, UK (2005)
Awards
Prominent Teacher Commendation, Dongguan University of Technology, China (2018)
Staff Commendation, University Outreach, Ericsson Access Services, UK (2017)
Academic Writing Scholarship, University of Glasgow, UK (2009)
Teaching Team of the Year, Glasgow International College, UK (2009)
Faculty of Arts Scholarship, University of Glasgow, UK (2007)
Personal Development Planning Scholarship, University of Glasgow, UK (2007)
Eglinton Scholarship, University of Glasgow, UK (2006)
研究领域
English language, old English, historical linguistics, development of academic disciplines, applications of e-learning, English for academic and specific purposes, English language testing in China, international student experiences
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Selected Publications
Bray, R., L. Zhang, & A. Ali. 2022. Academic English Writing: Skills Exercise Series 1. Harbin: Harbin Institute of Technology Press.
Zhang, L., R. Bray, & A. Ali. 2022. Academic English Reading: Exercise Series 1. Harbin: Harbin Institute of Technology Press.
Ali, A., L. Zhang, L. & R. Bray. 2022. Engineering English Academic Vocabulary Compilation: Exercise Series 1. Harbin: Harbin Institute of Technology Press.
Zhang, Li & R. Bray. June 2021. 微观个体视角下的跨文化交际能力发展跟踪调查--以东莞理工学院中法联合学院学生流动项目为例 in 广东职业技术教育与研究.
Bray, R., A. Ali, & L. Zhang. 2021. Engineering English Academic Report: Exercise Series 1. Harbin: Harbin Institute of Technology Press.
Bray, R. 2016. Review. ‘The Power of Word – Online’ in Editing Matters: The Magazine of the Society for Editors and Proofreaders, Sep/Oct 2016, pp. 4-5.
Bray, R. 2013. ‘A Scholar, a Gentleman, and a Christian’: John Josias Conybeare (1779-1824) and his Illustrations of Anglo-Saxon Poetry (1826). Ph.D. thesis, University of Glasgow.
Bray, R. 2009. Review. ‘The Talking Dead: Resounding Voices in Old English Riddles’ in The Annotated Bibliography of English Studies. Routledge.
Bray, R. 2009. Review. ‘The Beginning of English: Old and Middle English 600-1485’ in The Annotated Bibliography of English Studies. Routledge.
Bray, R. 2008. Review. ‘Perceptions of Marriage in ‘Exeter Book Riddles 20 and 61’ in The Annotated Bibliography of English Studies. Routledge.
Bray, R. E. 2007. Review. ‘‘Of this I can make no sense’: Wulf and Eadwacer and the Destablization of Meaning’ in The Annotated Bibliography of English Studies. Routledge.
Bray, R. E. 2007. Review. ‘‘Leo’ and ‘Beo’: Exeter Book Riddle 17 as Samson's Lion’ in The Annotated Bibliography of English Studies. Routledge.
Bray, R. E. 2007. Review. ‘‘Bocstafas’: A Literal Reading of Exeter Book Riddle 57’ in The Annotated Bibliography of English Studies. Routledge.
Bray, R. E. 2006. ‘Anglo-Saxon Clothing’ in Learning with the Online Thesaurus of Old English. University of Glasgow, Higher Education Academy English Subject Centre. Available from: http://oldenglishteaching.arts.gla.ac.uk/.
Selected Presentations
‘EFL in China: Past to Present Perspectives’. Paper presented at the Transformative Teacher Education in Different Contexts Symposium at Virginia Commonwealth University, USA (2021)
‘Postgraduate Portfolio Funding’. Paper presented to the Postgraduate Training Conference at the University of Glasgow, Scotland (2011)
‘John Josias Conybeare (1779-1825) and the Curious Case of his Illustrations of Anglo-Saxon Poetry (1826)’. Paper presented at the Teachers of Old English in Britain and Ireland conference at the University of St Andrews, Scotland (2009)
‘John Josias Conybeare and his Illustrations of Anglo-Saxon Poetry’. Paper presented at the Bone Dreams – Anglo-Saxon Culture and the Modern Imagination conference at the University of Oxford, England (2008)
‘Old English Scholars’. Paper presented at the Glasgow Centre of Medieval and Renaissance Studies Conference, University of Glasgow (2005)
‘John Josias Conybeare (1779-1825) and the Curious Case of his Illustrations of Anglo-Saxon Poetry (1826)’. Paper presented at the Teachers of Old English in Britain and Ireland conference at the University of St Andrews, Scotland (2009)
‘John Josias Conybeare and his Illustrations of Anglo-Saxon Poetry’. Paper presented at the Bone Dreams – Anglo-Saxon Culture and the Modern Imagination conference at the University of Oxford, England (2008)
‘Old English Scholars’. Paper presented at the Glasgow Centre of Medieval and Renaissance Studies Conference, University of Glasgow (2005)