Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social English Language & Literature. Quondam Prof. PhD: Monstrosity. Queer history. Gothic. 𝔄𝔯𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔦𝔠 𝔈𝔫𝔤𝔩𝔦𝔰𝔥. Editor, Shakespeare: New Voices. https://linktr.ee/drianmccormick
Ana María Sánchez-Arce (she/her) @anamsanchezarce.bsky.social Reader in English at Sheffield Hallam University. Contemporary lit, authenticity, censorship, postcolonialist, Almodóvar, feminist. Occasional rants and cat references. Looking for kindred spirits.
Amy King (she/they) @amy-king.bsky.social "talentless wordmangler" - someone on twitter
expert in linguistic violence online researching digital hate and misinformation
Centre for Research in Applied Linguistics @uoncral.bsky.social Centre for Research in Applied Linguistics. University of Nottingham. World-class research. 🌏
https://linktr.ee/aecral
UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social 
The Polyphony @the-polyphony.bsky.social To stimulate, catalyse, provoke, expand and intensify conversations in the critical medical humanities. Hosted by Durham University's Institute for Medical Humanities. Supported by Wellcome.
https://thepolyphony.org/
Journal of Applied Philosophy @the-joap.bsky.social International academic journal owned by the Society for Applied Philosophy.
Submissions welcome here:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14685930
Dimitri Coelho Mollo @dcm.social.sunet.se.ap.brid.gy Assistant Professor in Philosophy of AI at Umeå University, working on and at the foundations of the sciences of mind and cognition.
Searchable through tootfinder.
[bridged from https://social.sunet.se/@dcm on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Lucy Osler @lucyosler.bsky.social Philosopher at University of Exeter, 4e and phenomenological approaches to AI, digital technology, online sociality, emotions, phenomenological psychopathology, feminism. she/they
#philosophy #philsky
www.lucyosler.com | www.projectemote.com
Sofia Rüdiger @sofiaruediger.bsky.social Linguist by day, foodie by night (or the other way around?).
Guest Professor in English Linguistics @FU Berlin, PI of DFG Project on Carnivalesque Consumption Online
http://www.sofia-ruediger.org
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4370-8052
Naomi Adam @naomiadam.bsky.social 
Alice Haines @alicehaines.bsky.social Stylistician
Christopher Hart @chrishartlinguist.bsky.social Professor of Linguistics at Lancaster University, UK. Research: political communication, cognition, multimodality. Hobbies: hill/fell walking. Views my own.
Jai Mackenzie @jaimackenzie.bsky.social Senior research fellow at the University of Warwick. Researching language, gender and digital media. She/her, vegan, trans ally 🏳️⚧️
Aoife Beville @aoifebeville.bsky.social Researcher at the University of Foggia
Stylistics, pragmatics, literary linguistics, pragmatics of lying, (im)politeness, etc.
Ilse A. Ras @iaras22.bsky.social Raised in a quiet village, educated at British universities, moving through European academia
https://linktr.ee/Ilsearas
Marcello Giovanelli @mmgiovanelli.bsky.social Professor of Stylistics at Aston University, UK. I research and teach cognitive stylistics, empirical literary studies, poetry, applied English. 34
Louise Nuttall @louisenuttall.bsky.social Cognitive Linguist. Research Fellow in Contemporary Cognitive Stylistics for Teachers @Aston University; Research Impact Assistant - The Language around Pregnancy Loss @University College London.
Algorithmic Justice League @ajlunited.bsky.social Join the Algorithmic Justice League in the movement towards equitable and accountable AI.
Support our work at http://ajl.org/take-action 🚀
linktr.ee/ajlunited- P Dr. Joy Buolamwini @poetofcode.bsky.social
PALA 2026 Uppsala @pala2026.bsky.social Official account of the 2026 Poetics and Linguistics Association Conference, 19-22 August (Summer School 17-18 August), Uppsala University, Sweden.
Being Human Festival @beinghumanfest.bsky.social The UK's national festival of the humanities. Led by the School of Advanced Study, University of London, in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the @britishacademy.bsky.social.
Rebecca Connor-Evans @rlconnorevans.bsky.social PhD candidate & Teaching Associate at Sheffield Hallam University. Cognitive stylistician. Children's Lit & YA Fiction for mental & emotional health. Fandom discourses.
ELO @elo2025.bsky.social 📍 Toronto & Waterloo | July 10–13, 2025
Celebrating 25 years of electronic literature 💻✨
Keynotes • Exhibitions • Performances
Registration here ➡️ https://simpli.events/e/elo25- S Sara Whiteley @sarawhiteley.bsky.social Stylistician at University of Sheffield.
Simon Statham @simonstatham.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in English, QUB. 
Pete Harvey @peterharveydigital.bsky.social Literary Linguist, exploring narrative, memory and climate fiction.
Digital Producer, specialising in adult education and public engagement.
Worried human, trying to navigate the Climate Emergency.
Ben Alderson-Day @aldersonday.bsky.social Psychology prof at Durham + interdisciplinary stuff (usually psychosis, inner speech, a bit of neurodiversity). Author of "Presence: The Strange Science of the Unseen Other" (MUP).
Chair of @theichr.bsky.social
University English @univeng.bsky.social Represents university and college English depts in the UK
Dr Paula Ghintuiala @paulaghintuiala.bsky.social Teaching Fellow in English @ Aston 🌈 PhD in Telecinematic Stylistics 🎥 Adores film studies, art, anime & manga, and really strange books // she/her
PALA @palapoeticsling.bsky.social Poetics and Linguistics Association
Dr Pete Olusoga @dr-peter-olusoga.bsky.social BPS Chartered Psychologist & Senior Lecturer in Psychology (stress, burnout & well-being). Host of the EightyPercentMental Podcast. Occasionally writes things. Sometimes smiles.
Some stuff here, innit: https://linktr.ee/PeteOlusoga
Jake Phillips @jakephillips.bsky.social Associate Professor in Criminology at the University of Cambridge. Researches criminal justice/probation/penology. Editor of Probation Journal. Enjoys running, playing the piano (badly), reading and generally being outdoors.
Rachel Bower @rachelbower.bsky.social Author based in Sheffield. Poetry & fiction. IT COMES FROM THE RIVER (Bloomsbury, 2025). Represented by Cathryn Summerhayes, Curtis Brown 📚✨
Critical AI @critical-ai.bsky.social Highlighting voices critical of AI and algorithmic systems. A project by the Birkbeck Institute for Data Science and AI.
https://critical-ai.uk/ 
Joel Krueger @joelkrueger.com Philosopher at the University of Exeter working in phenomenology, philosophy of mind, cognitive science, and AI | joelkrueger.com
Sven Strasen @svenstrasen.bsky.social apl. Prof. Cognitive Literary Studies; Dean of Studies Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; RWTH Aachen
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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu European Research Council, set up by the EU, funds top researchers of any nationality, helping them pursue great ideas at the frontiers of knowledge. #HorizonEU
Durham Institute for Medical Humanities @durhamimh.bsky.social Improving health by understanding hidden experience.
Supported by Wellcome.
durham.ac.uk/imh
medhumsplatform.org
Paul Wake @pfwgames.bsky.social UK academic researching games and the environment. Writing book on Blood Bowl. Co-director of the Manchester Game Centre.
Sandrine Sorlin @sandrinesorlin.bsky.social Professor of English stylistics and pragmatics. President of the Société des Anglicistes de l'Enseignement Supérieur (SAES). IUF Senior member. https://cv.hal.science/sandrine-sorlin
Helen Ringrow @helenringrow.bsky.social Associate Professor in Contemporary Discourse • Swiftie • Own views • She/her
PPFD Project @ppfdproject.bsky.social An AHRC-funded project investigating Post-Postmodernist Fictions of the Digital. Based at Sheffield Hallam University and University of Giessen. https://ppfdproject.com
Babel: The Language Magazine @babelzine.bsky.social 📚 The quarterly linguistics magazine for all language lovers
📖 Available in print and digital 🖥️
🔗 babelzine.co.uk
Chloe Harrison @chloeharrison.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Stylistics.
Researcher in stylistics, reader response, contemporary fiction. Reading & re-reading.
Views my own.
Christiana Gregoriou @cgregoriou.bsky.social Professor of Stylistics and Author @ Deviance in Contemporary Crime Fiction; English Literary Stylistics; Language, Ideology & Identity in Serial Killer Narratives; Crime Fiction Migration: Crossing Languages, Cultures, Media
Ella Wydrzynska @ellawyd96.bsky.social Educational Developer at University of Nottingham | Visiting Research Fellow at Aston University | PhD in stylistics, children's literature & metafiction 📚
Jess Norledge @jessnorledge.bsky.social Stylistician @ Uni. Nottingham.
Literary Linguistics. Language & Feminism. Contemporary Lit. Dystopia.
Emma Moore @scillym.bsky.social State school-educated Professor of Sociolinguistics, Sheffield, UK.
Linguistics, ethnography, style, socio-syntax, young people, neurodivergence, affect, old school regional dialectology.
(2023) Socio-syntax: Exploring the Social Meaning of Grammar.
Peter Stockwell @stockwell.bsky.social Professor of Literary Linguistics
At: University of Nottingham
In: Sheffield
Of: the Boro
Prof Michaela Mahlberg @michamahlberg.bsky.social Corpus Linguist, Discourse Analyst, Victorianist, Climate Science & Climate Discourse, Host of the Life & Language podcast, President of the Dickens Society
https://michaelamahlberg.com/
Stephen Pihlaja @stephenpihlaja.bsky.social Language Linguistics Religion Education Aston University Birmingham Community Organising Running Immigration Veganism bit.ly/m/SPihlaja
Elena Semino @elenasemino.bsky.social Professor in Linguistics & English Language, Lancaster University; ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science.
Metaphor, narrative | corpora | cancer, pain, Covid, vaccines
https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/linguistics/about/people/elena-semino
Mel Evans @melevans.bsky.social Lecturer, lover of language, early modern history, sociolinguistics and digital/tech. Trail runner and occasional duathlete. Vegan. Parent-in-training (7yrs and ongoing, needs work)
Paul O'Farrell @paulofarrell.bsky.social Loves a good metaphor...
Dr. Valerie Hobbs is on strike 🍉 @drvaleriehobbs.bsky.social linguist, #religiouslanguage specialist, author, #slowacademic, #FreePalestine
Also here: https://t.co/B6JnGOmMJ4 & decreasingly on Twitter as @vhobbs5
@billylinguist.bsky.social @billylinguist.bsky.social 
Patricia Canning Pask @patriciacanning.bsky.social Trees and bees, innit. And @fearghas_the_whippet
M Green @narrprof.bsky.social Communication researcher and social psychologist studying how stories change minds (narrative persuasion).
Personal account.
Joanna Gavins @joannagavins.bsky.social 🪴 gardener • professor 📚
Researching and teaching cognitive linguistics and ecolinguistics @sheffielduni.bsky.social. Mainly posting about language and ecology. Occasional music and plants. Writing a book about Ian Hamilton Finlay.
Tom Abba @tomabba.studio Professor of Narrative Technologies and Pervasive Media Studio Resident.
Artist, writer and publisher. Opinions are all my own. Usually making something.
Dene Grigar @dgrigar.bsky.social A lover of born-digital art, literature, and games spending an inordinate amount of time in her lab keeping it all accessible to the public.
Richard A Carter @richardacarter.bsky.social Academic in Digital Culture, University of York, UK. Exploring digital art, literature, and storytelling; ecology, materiality, and the more-than-human. Glider pilot. https://richardacarter.com/ Note: DMs unavailable as in UK
Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social Critical tech and literary/cultural AI. Also cats, letterpress printing, and tabletop gaming.
Commonwealth Professor of AI and English at the University of Virginia—
—but speaking for myself and in my own capacity here.
Be rude and you’ll be blocked.
Stacey Mason @stcymsn.bsky.social ❧ Interactive narrative innovation & research
❧ Senior Quest Designer: Cyberpunk 2
❧ Prev R&D: procedural narrative, hypertext lit
❧ Narr design analysis: twitch.tv/CerebralArcade
❧ Opinions mine
❧ More: staceymason.info
Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social Professor of English and Director of Texts & Technology at UCF. Author most recently of Playful Pedagogy in the Pandemic & Twining. More at: https://anastasiasalter.net/
Electronic Literature Organization @eliterature.bsky.social international community of artists and scholars working on the exploration and preservation of digital literature.
Alan Liu @alanyliu.bsky.social I'm a professor in digital humanities & English at UC Santa Barbara. For public humanities, I founded http://4Humanities.org & co-founded https://center-humanities-communication.org/. My website: https://liu.english.ucsb.edu/
Élika Ortega @elikaortega.bsky.social Associate Prof. of Spanish
Book: Binding Media. Hybrid, Print-Digital Lit from across the Americas (SUP 2025)
Mexican in the US.
Posts in Spanglish.
https://elikaortega.net
Leonardo Flores @leoflores.bsky.social Professor and Chair, Department of English, Appalachian State University.
Cyborg writer and creative coder. Made in 🇵🇷. He/him.
Learn more about me at https://leonardoflores.net/
Lori Emerson @loriemerson.net media studies professor | Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook (Anthology Editions, 2025) | dir. @mediaarchaeology.bsky.social | http://loriemerson.net | Boulder, Colorado | 🇨🇦 🇺🇲 🏃♀️🚴♀️ | 📷 Jenna Maurice
Amy Elias @amyjelias.bsky.social Humanities advocate; narrative, time/history, contemporary arts. Gardener. Dog lover. Latest book: https://www.dukeupress.edu/speculative-light
Will not curb my enthusiasm.
Stella Wisdom @stellawisdom.bsky.social Curator interested in electronic literature, interactive narratives, comics, web archiving and digital preservation 
Kate Pullinger @katepullinger.bsky.social Writer of fiction - books and digital. Inanimate Alice, Breathe, Forest Green. Academic - Bath Spa University. Books. Food. Sleep. Canadian living in UK. www.katepullinger.com and https://buttondown.email/katepullinger
Prof. Dr. Astrid Ensslin @astridensslin.bsky.social Professor for the Dynamics of Virtual Communication Spaces at University of Regensburg
Lucy Jones @lucyjones.bsky.social She/her. Researching language, gender & sexuality, especially LGBTQ+ youth identity and intersectionality.
Professor of Sociolinguistics at University of Nottingham, UK.
https://queerlinglang.wordpress.com/
ORCID: 0000-0002-8947-9577
Views my own