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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. Notable publications include; “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 also published a literature review on native speakerism in the Rwandan Journal of Education, titled “ The Plight of Non-native English speaking teachers of languages in the teaching profession: A case of African teachers of English” (2012). An upcoming book chapter on “The (in)visibility of Black Academics in ELT” is slated for publication in the fall 2024 Bloomsbury series on Language Teacher Agency. Currently writing my first monograph on Race in Critical English for Academic Purposes to be published in 2027. I  welcome research collaboration on decoloniality, race, and minoritised identities within global higher education. 

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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

I presently teach-

  • International Foundation Year (ELU 0040, ELU 0039)
  • Pre-sessional MA Business courses (ELU 3001, ELU 3007)
  • In-sessional Academic Skills- with undergraduate and postgraduates @ The School of Sociology and Social Policy

Research groups and institutes

  • Language Centre