Rate My Professor James Simpson

His research specializations include language and migration, language education, multilingualism, language policy, and creative inquiry in applied linguistics, often addressing social justice, belonging, and migrant experiences through qualitative methods like ethnography and narrative analysis. Key publications encompass edited volumes such as Minority Language Learning for Adult Migrants in Europe (Routledge, 2024), Routledge Handbook of Applied Linguistics (2nd edition, Routledge, 2023), Translanguaging as Transformation (Multilingual Matters, 2020), and ESOL: A Critical Guide (OUP, 2008). Recent articles feature "Belonging-in-Interaction: Expressing and performing translocal belongings through language and arts practice" (Applied Linguistics, 2024) and "Policy formation for adult migrant language education in England" (Language Policy, 2023). As Principal Investigator, he has led funded projects including Navigating Belonging (GRF, 2022-2024) and Belonging Here and There (VPRDO, 2023-2025). Simpson founded the ESOL-Research online forum (2006) and Migrant English Support Hub (2014), and has held visiting professorships at the University of Jyväskylä (multiple). He was appointed Associate Editor of TESOL Quarterly in 2026, served three terms on the BAAL Executive Committee, and contributes to Hong Kong's UGC Education Panel for RAE 2026 and RGC Linguistics Panel.