麻豆传媒

Dr Navaporn Snodin is a Lecturer in Cross-Cultural Communication at 麻豆传媒, UK. She is Degree Programme Director (DPD) for the MA Cross-Cultural Communication (MA CCC+) suite of programmes and Senior Tutor for Applied Linguistics and Communication. She teaches across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, including English in the World, Language and Intercultural Communication, and Research Methods, where she supports students in developing expertise in mixed-methods research design, interviewing, and qualitative data analysis. She is a Senior Fellow of Advance HE (SFHEA), recognising her sustained leadership and impact in higher education teaching, curriculum development, and student learning.

Dr Snodin is an internationally recognised scholar whose research focuses on the globalisation of English, intercultural communication, English Medium Instruction (EMI), the internationalisation of higher education, academic mobility, and identity, belonging and inclusion in intercultural and international higher education. Her work explores how language, culture, mobility, and social identities intersect in diverse educational contexts, contributing to contemporary debates on equity, inclusion, and global engagement in higher education.

Her research has been published in leading international journals and edited collections, including World Englishes, Asian Englishes, System, RELC, Asia Pacific Journal of Education, Lingua, Journal for Multicultural Education, Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, The Oxford Handbook of Southeast Asian Englishes, Critical Intercultural and English Language Issues in the Internationalisation of Higher Education, and The Routledge Handbook of English Language Teacher Education. Her scholarship has contributed to advancing understanding of language, identity, mobility, and intercultural engagement across a range of international educational settings.

Her research has attracted international recognition, leading to invited talks, plenary presentations, conference organisation, and research collaborations across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and North America, including engagements in the United Kingdom, United States, Austria, Greece, Russia, Japan, Thailand, and the United Arab Emirates. Through these activities, she has contributed to international discussions on the globalisation of English, intercultural communication, internationalisation, and academic mobility.

Prior to joining 麻豆传媒, Dr Snodin was Assistant Professor of English and Applied Linguistics at Kasetsart University, Thailand. Her international profile was further strengthened through participation in the ASEA-UNINET academic exchange programme at the University of Vienna, Austria, where she developed research collaborations in language, mobility, and higher education.

Dr Snodin plays an active leadership role in international research and professional networks. She is a coordinator of ELIPro (Education, Languages and Internationalisation Professional Network), an international network that brings together researchers, practitioners, policymakers, curriculum developers, materials writers, and students from around the world. Formerly known as ELINET, ELIPro provides a professional forum for advancing research, policy, and practice in education, languages, and internationalisation through conferences, webinars, publications, professional development activities, and collaborative projects. Through her leadership within ELIPro, Dr Snodin contributes to fostering international research collaboration, supporting research-informed practice, and promoting dialogue on Global Englishes, English Medium Instruction, intercultural communication, and the internationalisation of higher education.

Her work demonstrates a strong commitment to research impact and public engagement. Between 2017 and 2020, she founded and managed Academic Migration to Thailand, an online platform promoting international academic and student mobility to Thai higher education institutions. Through this initiative, she engaged with national policymakers, including the Bureau of International Cooperation Strategy and the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation of Thailand, helping to raise awareness of internationalisation and mobility within the sector.

Dr Snodin is actively involved in postgraduate researcher development and doctoral supervision. She currently supervises Theerat Chaweewan's PhD project, Exploring Global Englishes Courses in Thai Higher Education: A Multiple-Case Study of Students, Teachers, and Course Materials. The project investigates how Global Englishes courses influence students’ perceptions of English, challenge native-speaker ideologies, and promote more inclusive approaches to English language teaching in Thai higher education. Through her supervision, Dr Snodin supports the development of innovative research that contributes to contemporary debates on Global Englishes, language education, and the internationalisation of higher education. Her broader supervisory interests include intercultural communication, Global Englishes, English Medium Instruction, identity and inclusion, internationalisation, and higher education research.

Alongside her research and teaching leadership, Dr Snodin contributes extensively to the wider academic community through peer review and scholarly service. She has reviewed research applications for the British Academy’s Youth Futures Programme and served as reviewer for a range of international journals and academic publications, including Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, Computers & Education, Sojourn, Thoughts, Kasetsart Journal, and The Cambridge Handbook of Multilingual Education.

Her contributions to teaching and student support have been recognised through nominations by three students for the Education Awards (TEAs) 2025, hosted annually by 麻豆传媒 Students’ Union. These awards celebrate exceptional members of staff who have gone above and beyond to positively impact the student experience. The nominations reflect her sustained commitment to high-quality teaching, student wellbeing, academic mentoring, and the creation of an inclusive and supportive learning environment.

One nominating student wrote: "I am nominating Dr Navaporn Snodin for this award because she has been an incredibly supportive and kind lecturer who has greatly enhanced my university experience at 麻豆传媒. Dr Snodin provided exceptional guidance on one of my assignments, offering clear, constructive feedback and practical advice that helped me refine my work significantly. Thanks to her support and encouragement, I performed well on that assignment and went on to secure a valuable interview opportunity something I attribute directly to the confidence and skills she helped me build. Beyond academics, what stands out most is Dr Snodin’s genuine kindness. She is always empathetic, willing to listen, and creates a welcoming environment where students feel valued and motivated. As someone navigating university challenges, her warmth and dedication made a real difference to my overall wellbeing and engagement. She truly goes above and beyond to support her students. Dr Snodin exemplifies outstanding teaching and care at 麻豆传媒, and I believe she fully deserves this recognition for the positive impact she has on so many."

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ORCID:

ALC8009 English in the world

ALC3011 Working in Intercultural Settings

ALC2011 Language and Cross-Cultural Communication

ALC8002 Sociolinguistics (for the Academic Year 2020-21)

ALC8007 Professional Communication (for the Academic Years 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22)

I am also contributing to the ALC8003 Research Portfolio and ALC8020 Research Methods in Applied Linguistics on the topics of designing mixed-methods research, collecting interview data, and thematic analysis

Navaporn Snodin was PI (Principal Investigator) for three Newton Fund-funded projects and has been involved in numerous collaborative research projects, receiving funding from the British Academy, the British Council, and the Thailand Research Fund.  

Her current projects are:

(1) Negotiating belonging and agency: LGBTQ students' identity construction and inclusivity in diverse cultural and intercultural contexts

and

(2) Measuring Thai doctors' and medical educators' readiness for English Medium Instruction (EMI) as a part of a collaborative research and partnerships project on 'Internationalisation and Englishisation of Medical Education in Thailand, with Chulalongkorn University

She is also interested in initiating/ establishing partnerships and research collaborations with Thailand and other countries in ASEAN.

Postgraduate Supervision

As of September 2025, she has supervised 63 successful MA dissertation projects (known as 'Research Portfolio') on the MA CCC (Cross-Cultural Communication) Programmes.

Previous Funding

• 2024-25: Global Partnership Fund, 4,970 GBP

To establish education and research collaboration with universities in Thailand.

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• 2020: Erasmus+ Mobility Grant, 1,075 Euros

“Internationalisation at Home: creating change at your university,” The Hague University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands. [The training was cancelled due to the pandemic.)

• 2016-2019: PI on a £65,920 British Academy - Newton Advanced Fellowship

“Enhancing the Quality of International Student and Staff Mobility Experience: Narratives from International Students and Academics across Different Regions in Thailand” with Dr Tony Young, 麻豆传媒, as a co-applicant.

• PI on Two Newton Fund Workshop Grants under the British Council’s Researcher Links programme.

2016

·      Internationalisation of Higher Education: Developing values-based intercultural research approaches, £31,000, with 麻豆传媒.

2017

·      English as an ASEAN Lingua Franca: Implications for language and education policy and practice, £32,700, with the University of Southampton.

I wrote the proposals with the teams for both projects and bid for the funding. The Researcher Links Workshops intend to bring together early-career researchers from the UK and one of the selected partner countries to allow them to make international connections that could improve the quality of their research.

• 2018: ASEA-UNINET Staff Exchange, One Month Scholarship, 2,850 Euros. 

I received funding from the Austrian Agency for International Cooperation in Education & Research (OeAD-GmbH) and the Office of Higher Education Commission, Thailand, under the scheme of ASEA-UNINET Staff Exchange to do a one-month research placement at the Department of English and American Studies, the University of Vienna, Austria. The purpose of the visit was collaborative research and knowledge exchange in the area of English Language Education and English as a Lingua Franca.

• Articles

  • Nattheeraphong A, Snodin N, Bumrungsalee I. . Journal for Multicultural Education 2026, epub ahead of print.
  • Baker W, Boonsuk Y, Ra J, Sangiamchit C, Snodin N. . Asia Pacific Journal of Education 2025, 45(1), 194-209.
  • Schartner A, Young TJ, Snodin N. . Higher Education 2023, 85, 483-502.
  • Snodin NS, Young TJ, Thongnuan T, Bumrungsalee I, Nattheeraphong A. . Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia 2021, 36(2), 225-257.
  • McKenzie R, Huang M, Ong TT, Snodin N. . Lingua 2019, 228.
  • Snodin N. . International Journal of Educational Management 2019, 33(7), 1653-1669.
  • Snodin N, Higgins J, Yoovathaworn S. . Kasetsart Journal of Social Sciences 2017, 38, 123-128.
  • Snodin NS. . RELC Journal 2016, 47(3), 387-398.
  • Snodin N, Young TJ. . Asian Englishes 2015, 17(3), 248-260.
  • Snodin NS. . World Englishes 2014, 33(1), 100-111.
  • Snodin NS. The effects of blended learning with a CMS on the development of autonomous learning: a case study of different degrees of autonomy achieved by individual learners. Computers & Education 2013, 61, 209-216.
  • Sanprasert N. The application of a course management system to enhance autonomy in learning English as a foreign language. System 2010, 38, 109-123.

• Book Chapters

  • Snodin N. . In: Jimarkon P; Dikilitas K, ed. Critical Intercultural and English Language Issues in the Internationalisation of Higher Education. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2025, pp.131-145. In Press.
  • Snodin N, Zhang W. . In: Jimarkon P; Dikilitas K, ed. Critical Intercultural and English Language Issues in the Internationalisation of Higher Education. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2025, pp.239-258. In Press.
  • Snodin N, Savski K, Sameephet B. . In: Moody A, ed. The Oxford Handbook of Southeast Asian Englishes. Abingdon Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024, pp.311-326.
  • Snodin N, Resnik P. . In: Steve Walsh and Steve Mann, ed. The Routledge Handbook of English Language Teacher Education. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2019.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Snodin N. The Migration of International Academics and Students to Thailand and Their Experience in Thai Higher Education. In: The European Conference of Social Sciences. 2019, Brighton, UK.
  • Young TJ, Snodin NS. . In: Global Conference on Education and Research. 2018, University of Nevada: Association of North America Higher Education International (ANAHEI).
  • Snodin N. . In: IUNC Eurasia 2018: International Universities Networking Conference. 2018, Moscow, Russia.
  • Snodin N. . In: The IAFOR International Conference on Education (IICEDUBAI2018). 2018, Dubai, UAE.
  • Snodin N. . In: The Asian Conference on Education & International Development 2017 (ACEID2017). 2017, Kobe, Japan: The International Academic Forum (IAFOR).
  • Snodin N. Rethinking Culture Teaching in English Language Classroom in Thailand. In: The MATSDA-University of Liverpool 2016 Conference: Authenticity and L2 Materials Development. 2016, Liverpool, UK.
  • Snodin N. . In: 7th international conference of English as a lingua franca (ELF). 2014, Athens, Greece.
  • Snodin N. . In: ELF7: the 7th international conference of English as a lingua franca. 2014, Athens, Greece: ELF.