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Lucy Pickering, Ph.D. Director of Research Integrity and Compliance, and Professor of Applied Linguistics
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David Talbot Hall of Languages 308
Related Majors
Related Department
Division of Research and Economic Development
Literature and Languages
Literature and Languages
College Major
Applied Linguistics
Year Graduated
1999
Dr. Lucy Pickering came to Research Integrity and Compliance after serving as the Institutional Review Board (IRB) chair at A&M-Commerce for four years. She has also been a professor in applied linguistics at A&M-Commerce for the past 13 years. Pickering has authored seven books and over 40 articles and book chapters, both alone and with colleagues.
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Applied Linguistics, University of Florida, 1999
- M.A., Applied Linguistics, University of Florida, 1994
- B.A. (Honors), Related Arts, Upper Second, West Sussex Institute of Higher Education, UK, 1988
Research Interests
- The role of intonation in multiple varieties of English
- Augmentative & Alternative communication device use in the workplace
Selected Publications
- Attardo, S. & Pickering, L. (2023). An Introduction to Eye-tracking in Linguistics: An applied handbook. Bloomsbury Press.
- Pickering, L. (2022). Discourse intonation: A discourse-pragmatic approach to English for ESL/EFL Teachers (Electronic Edition). Michigan University Press.
- Attardo, S. & Pickering, L. (2021). Pragmatics and its applications to TESOL & SLA. Wiley-Blackwell Press.
- Pickering, L.;Di Ferrante, L., Bruce, C., Friginal, E., Pearson, P., Bouchard, J. (2019). An Introduction to the AAC and Non-AAC Workplace Corpus. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 24, 229-244.
- Kang, O. & Pickering, L. (In press). Acoustic and Temporal Analysis for Assessing Speaking. In A.J. Kunnan (Ed.) The Companion to Language Assessment (Second Edition). John Wiley & Sons, Inc.