Researchers
Our staff work on a range of exciting research topics. The following list provides an overview of the research expertise found in English at Karlstad University. Please click on the name for more information on the individual researchers.
Saga Bokne – Literature
Research interests: Fantasy literature, folklore in literature.
Liliann Byman Frisén – Linguistics
Research interests: Teaching English as a second language, assessment of oral proficiency, policy for teaching English as a second language.
Solveig Granath – Linguistics
Research interests: Syntax, corpus linguistics.
Maria Holmgren Troy – Literature
Research interests: American literature, speculative fiction, Octavia Butler, adaptations.
Nicklas Hållén - Literature
Research interests: African literature, street literature, travel writing, postcolonial literature, new literary form.
Zdravka Katinic - Literature
Research interests: American Literature, minority literature, power structures and power dynamics.
Judith Kiros – Literature
Marika Kjellén – Linguistics
Research interests: Content and language integrated learning, students’ L2 writing.
Anna Linzie – Literature
Research interests: Autobiography, (expatriate) modernism, literary experiments and collaborative writing, American literature, cultural studies.
Rickard Nilsson – Linguistics
Research interests: Semantics, typology and bilingualism.
Andreas Nyström – Literature
Research interests: Post-apocalypse, speculative fiction, fantasy and science fiction, world-building.
Erica Sandlund – Linguistics
Research interests: Social interaction, ethnomethodological conversation analysis; interactional competence; multilingual classroom; oral proficiency; L2 oral proficiency assessment; public apologies; oral storytelling; performance appraisal interviews.
Andrea Schalley – Linguistics
Research interests: Bi-/multilingualism, semantics, ontology-based linguistics, typology.
Marie Tåqvist – Linguistics
Research interests: Second language writing.
Ying Wang – Linguistics
Research interests: Formulaic language, English for academic purposes, corpus linguistics, English as a lingua franca.
Johan Wijkmark – Literature
Research interests: Cultural history of Antarctica, science fiction, pop culture, violence in fiction, Edgar Allan Poe.
Peter Wikström - Linguistics
Research interests: Discourse analysis; language and interaction in social media; language and politics; language and gender; informal language learning.