Bethan Benwell, English linguist, author, and academic
Bethan Benwell (born 4 August 1971), is a British linguist. She has been a senior lecturer in English Language and Linguistics, for the Division of Literature and Languages, at the University of Stirling since 2008.She was co-investigator on an AHRC-funded project (2007–2010): Devolving Diasporas: Migration and Reception in Central Scotland, 1980–present with James Procter (Newcastle University), Gemma Robinson (University of Stirling), and Jackie Kay (Newcastle University).Her book, Discourse and Identity, which was co-authored with Elizabeth Stokoe, was nominated for the British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL) Book Prize in 2007.