Simon Harrison
Assistant Professor
Humanities and Social Sciences
The University of Nottingham Ningbo, China
China
Biography
Before moving to the University of Nottingham Ningbo China (Autumn 2013), I completed postdoctoral work in Multimodal Communication as an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at RWTH Aachen in Germany, and I taught as a junior lecturer on the English Studies program at the Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris. At UNNC, I teach various courses in Applied Linguistics and conduct research into language and gesture.
Research Interest
relationship between gesture, language, and cognition
Publications
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Harrison, S. (2013). Visible bodily action in disfluencies when learning to sign: A classroom study of non-native sign language. Todas as Letras, 15(1), 51-61.
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Harrison, S. (2014). The organisation of kinesic ensembles associated with negation. Gesture 14(2), 117-141.
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Harrison, S. & Williams, R. (2017). Monitoring the swimzone while finding south: sustained orientation in multiactivity among beach lifeguards. Text & Talk, 37(6), pp. 683-711. doi:10.1515/text-2017-0023
