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Dr Olive Nabukeera

Dr Olive Nabukeera

  • Position: Lecturer in EAP (Teaching and Scholarship)
  • Areas of expertise: English for Academic Purposes; TESOL; Race, Blackness, Identity in English Language Teaching; Inclusive pedagogies; Decoloniality
  • Email: O.Nabukeera@leeds.ac.uk
  • Location: Parkinson Building

Profile

I have worked at the University of Leeds since September 2023, teaching English for Academic Purposes (EAP) and engaging in scholarship at the Language Center. My passion for international education and English language teaching is deeply rooted in my academic and professional career across three continents. Originally from Kampala, Uganda, I have lived, studied, and worked at universities in Rwanda, England, and for more than a decade in the United States. This experience has profoundly influenced my teaching philosophy, classroom practices and scholarship interests. 

Research interests

My scholarship focuses on the intersectionality of race, language, and identity in English language teaching,with a particular empahsis on the representation of Black teacher identities. I have written on “The Positioning of Black ESL Teachers in the United States: Teacher Perspectives” (2022), featured in the CATESOL Journal special issue of Anti-racist Perspectives, Policies, and Practices in TESOL. This article stems from a comprehensive study conducted for my doctoral thesis that examined the racial and linguistic positioning of Black English language educators. I have also published on native speakerism with a focus on African teachers of English (2012). A book chapter on “The visible invisibility of Black Educators in ELT” in an edited volume on Language Teacher Agency will be available July 2025 (Bloomsbury). Currently writing my first monograph on “Race, English and Blackness” (Palgrave)

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Qualifications

  • Bachelors- Education, English & Literature (Makerere University, Uganda)
  • Masters-TESOL (University of Bath, England)
  • Masters- International Educational Management (University of Leeds, England)
  • Doctorate - TESOL (Alliant International University, USA)

Professional memberships

  • TESOL International Association
  • British Association of Lecturers in English for Academic Purposes (BALEAP)
  • American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL)
  • British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL)

Student education

Foundation Year / Pre-sessional MA modules / In-sessional Academic Literacies (Writing) for UG and PGTs in School of Sociology and Social Policy

Research groups and institutes

  • Language Centre