Dr Ruth Payne
- Position: Associate Professor in Student Education
- Areas of expertise: Inclusive assessment; student induction and transition; student belonging; the construction of gender; gendered discourses; classroom language and the language of school behaviour policies.
- Email: R.Payne@leeds.ac.uk
- Phone: +44(0)113 343 7118
- Location: 1.27 Parkinson Building
Profile
I completed my first degree as a mature student at Leeds, then went on to take a PGCE in English (11–18yrs) and began a short career as a teacher. My interest in classroom language emerged during this time and I subsequently undertook my PhD 'Teachers’ use of face-aligned utterances and mitigation strategies in the classroom' in the School of Education at Leeds. I began my lectureship in 2012, and from that developed my interest in pedagogical research and student experience.
I have undertaken work within the Leeds Institute for Teaching Excellence on my work on inclusive assessment practices and on student induction, via the ELIXIR project.
Responsibilities
- Academic Lead for Belonging
- Lecturer in Linguistics
Research interests
Inclusive assessment; student induction and transition; the language of school behaviour policies.
Research groups and institutes
- PRIA