Dr. Trent Newman
Lecturer, Applied Linguistics
Dr Trent Newman is a teacher-researcher who works with educators and students in diverse settings to understand variation and conformity, change and continuity in language users' multilingual and multimodal communication practices. He has over twenty years’ experience working in formal and informal learning spaces across the education sectors and in a wide variety of social and cultural contexts in Australia, the Pacific, East Asia, Europe, the US, and East Africa.
Among other areas of interest, Dr Newman has contributed publications on recognising teacher agency in language policy processes, tracing the ideological origins and political complexities of multilingual pedagogies, and analysing the impacts of digital technologies and AI on contemporary working literacies. His most recent contributions draw on his research in multilingual tertiary settings in Southeast Asia and on his collaborative work on the national Language Teacher Education project and the "Literacy 4.0" project with colleagues at the University of Melbourne.
Conceptualising multilingualism in higher education in Timor-Leste: the case of petroleum studies
Gig Expectations: Literacy Practices, Events, and Texts in the Gig Economy
Literacy and the workplace revolution: a social view of literate work practices in Industry 4.0
Tetun akademiku: University lecturers' roles in the intellectualisation of Tetum
Policy and practicality in Timorese higher education: Lessons from lecturers in development-related disciplines
Transforming lexicon, transforming industry: University lecturers as language planners in Timor-Leste