Bio

Ms. Suzan Laker is an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Curriculum and Media Studies, Faculty of Education, Muni University. Ms. Laker holds a master’s degree in Applied Linguistics from the University of Liverpool and a Bachelor’s in Arts Education degree from Gulu University. She is currently pursuing her doctoral studies in the Department of Linguistics, English Language Studies, and Communication Skills at Makerere University. 

Ms. Laker’s professional career started in 2015 when she was retained at Gulu University as a Graduate Trainee. She later enrolled and completed her Master’s, which landed her a job at Muni University as an Assistant Lecturer of English Language Studies. On top of her teaching role at Muni University, Ms. Laker holds several administrative positions, including being the treasurer of the Academic Staff Association and assisting in the coordination of the arts and humanities programs in the Faculty of Education.  Regarding her research interests, Ms. Laker is passionate about areas of language and society, methods of English language teaching, materials development, discourse analysis, and the pragmatics of language.