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Biography

Name:

• Joe Lo Bianco

 

Nationality:

• Australian

 

Recent Positions:

• Chair of Language and Literacy Education, The University of Melbourne
• Associate Dean (International), Honorary Professor, University of Hong Kong       

 

Areas and Length of Expertise:

• Language Policy and Planning
• Literacy and Literacy Education
• Script and Semiotics
• English in Asia and English Spread
• Multilinguism, socio-linguistics, Social Capital and language in Multicultural societies
• Globalisation
• Intercultural Education
• Language and Nationalism and other kinds of community and social identity

 

Recent research, development and consultancy and organisations:

• Royal Thai Council: Language Planning in Thailand
• ASEAN: Socio-cultural Community in South- East Asia 

 

Qualifications, Recognitions, Positions, Memberships:

• Bachelor of Economics, Monash University, 1976, (Majors in Economics and Political Science)                                                                                                                                  
• Graduate Diploma in Migration Studies, Monash University, 1979, (Studies in Applied Linguistics, Social Psychology and Sociology)                                                                                                        
• Master of Arts in Language Studies, University of Melbourne, 1986, (Thesis 65, 000 words) on Second Language Acquisition Through Bilingual Education ) Awarded First Class Honours                                                                                                                                             
• Bachelor of Education, La Trobe University, 1987, (Studies in Anthropology of Education, Curriculum Planning, Linguistics and Language Teaching)                          
• Company Directors’ Diploma, Australian Institute of Company Directors and University of  Sydney Graduate School of Business; pass with order of merit; 1996 (Studies in Corporations Law, Finance and Company Management)                                           
• Doctor of Philosophy , The Australian National University, 2001, Officialising Language: Discourse, English and Public Policy in   the United States. 

 

Selected Publications:                                                                                                 

• 20 Books and Major Reports                                                                                                                              
• 120 Refereed Articles 

History

Member for

2 years 25 weeks