Room: MB733B
Phone:  0121 204 4155
Email: e.darics@aston.ac.uk
Office Hours: 
Please book via WASS or send an email.

I am an applied linguist interested in communication in professional, workplace and digital contexts.

I have been studying and training professional communication for  over 10 years. Drawing on my research and extensive training experience I also help businesses and organisations to realise their business potential by improving their communications.

As a researcher I am particularly interested in professional (and) interpersonal communication in the work environment, including non-verbal communication, politeness, relational and gendered communication. My specialism includes computer-mediated communication and social media.

I am the regional Vice President for Europe, Africa and the Middle is in the Association for Business Communicaiton.

Undergraduate Modules

• LE2003/2103 Introduction to Intercultural Communication
• LE2007/2104 Language at Work
• LE3024/3111 Leadership and Management Communication 
• LE3025/3112 Advanced Leadership and Management Communication

 
Postgraduate Modules

• LEM001 Analysing Discourse

• Editorial board member of  Discourse, Context & Media
• Centre for Critical Enquiry into Society and Culture (CCISC), Aston University
• Association for Business Communication (ABC), principal investigator for the European Network of Professional Communication
• Language and New Media SIG, British Association of Applied Linguistics