She is an author of non-fiction and fiction, with two books by Continuum – Language, Negotiation and Peace: the use of English in conflict resolution and Teaching Academic Writing (ed.). She has also published some 25 articles and book chapters in such periodicals as Harvard Business Review and World Englishes. She has co-edited a special issue of World Englishes about South America and two areas of the Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics for Blackwell-Wiley. Her fiction work has appeared in several literary journals including Grey Sparrow, Eclectic Flash, Blue Guitar and The Linnet’s Wings. She is an editorial board member for several academic journals and now part of the editorial collective at Trivia. She teaches Critical Applied Linguistics, Composition and Sociolinguistics.