Page 22 - LGBTQI+ ISSUES IN MODERN LANGUAGES AND TRANSLATION EDUCATION

interests are in the global spread of English; the ways in which neoliberal ideology plays out in language teaching and language teacher education; language teacher identity; and issues of gender and sexuality in language teaching and beyond. Recent publications include: Education and the Discourse of Global Neoliberalism (2021), published by Routledge and edited with John O’Regan and Cathie Wallace; Social Interaction and English Language Teacher Identity (2018), published by Edinburgh University Press and co-written with Tom Morton; and a special issue of Gender and Language (2018) on intersectionality, language and queer lives, co-edited with Melanie Cooke.
BIODATA: Leila El-Metoui is a UK-based Equity and Belonging Consultant with 30 years of experience in further education and a curriculum background is in ESOL (English to Speakers of Other Languages). She advocates for a bias aware, trauma informed and compassionate curriculum. She was instrumental in setting up the London branch of NATECLA and as well as Queering the ESOL Curriculum in the UK. She is the founder of Educating OUT Racism and Pride in Education (quarterly global virtual conferences) and a member of DiversED. She set up and chairs Proud London Councils, the Pan London Forum for LGBT + staff network in local authorities. Winner of Stonewall Lesbian Role Model of the Year (2020). She was awarded the Pride 365 accolade in 2020. Her published work includes Teaching and Education resources for Twilight People; Rainbow Pilgrims; and Haringey Vanguard.
BIODATA: Jesper Hansen's main work is in UCL Arena, where he works with staff from all over UCL who are interested in education or want to be recognised by Advance HE (any Fellowship of the HEA). However, he started work at UCL in Scandinavian Studies where he taught Danish language classes and linguistics, and these still play important roles to him professionally and in terms of personal interest. Recently, he has become more interested in representation more broadly, and specifically how diverse sexuality is (not) represented in language classes and materials.
BIODATA: Jane Traies is a Research Associate of the University of Sussex and a founder member of the Oral History Society’s LGBTQ Special
22