Alexanne Don

Alexanne Don is an independent researcher working on written texts using the appraisal framework, based on Martin and White (2005), with a particular interest in evaluative language invoking social relations. She first worked as an Art teacher in secondary schools in Australia, before retraining as an English as a Second Language instructor and working for the Adult Migrant Education Service in Sydney, Australia. During her career, she taught in secondary schools and universities in Japan, the UK, and Australia, specialising in classes in Systemic Functional Linguistics and discourse analysis – most recently at the University of New South Wales. Since retiring from paid employment, she enjoys collaborating with researchers from different parts of the world.