MILLAR Neil James

Affiliation
Institute of Systems and Information Engineering
Official title
Associate Professor
URL
Research keywords
Applied Linguistics
Corpus Linguistics
English for Specific Purposes
Biomedical Linguistics
Research projects
Hype in medical research funding applications2021-04 -- 2025-03Neil MILLARJSPS/Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C)3,510,000Yen
Understanding why authors of medical research articles use hypes and how these influence readers2018 -- 2021MILLAR Neil JamesJapan Society for the Promotion of Science/Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C)2,730,000Yen
Career history
2018 -- 2019University of TokyoFaculty of Civil EngineeringPart time lecturer
2014-11 -- (current)University of TsukubaGraduate School of Systems and Information EngineeringAssociate Professor
2011-10 -- 2016-10University of Mark and St. JohnDepartment of Applied Language ScienceExternal Examiner of Undergraduate Degree Programmes
2010-08 -- 2014-09University of BirminghamDepartment of English Language and Applied LinguisticsLecturer
2008-10 -- 2010-06Lancaster UniversityDepartment of English Language and LinguisticsPart-time lecturer
2008-08 -- 2008-09University of BathEnglish Language CentreTutor in English for Academic Purposes
2007-08 -- 2007-09University of BathEnglish Language CentreTutor in English for Academic Purposes
2005-01 -- 2007-03The British Council - TokyoIELTS Examiner
2004-09 -- 2007-03Kanda University of International StudiesEnglish Language InstituteSenior Lecturer
2003-10 -- 2004-06University of Auckland English Language AcademyTutor
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Academic background
2007-10 -- 2010-05Lancaster University Department of English Language and Linguistics PhD
2007-10 -- 2008-12Lancaster Univeristy Department of English Language and Linguistics Master of Research
2003-06 -- 2004-06University of Auckland Department of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies Master of Professional Studies
1993-10 -- 1997-06University of Aberdeen Department of Chemistry Bachelor of Science
Degree
2010-06PhD. in Applied LinguisticsLancaster University
2008-11Master of Research in Applied LinguisticsLancaster University
2004-06Master of Professional Studies (Honours) in Language TeachingUniversity of Auckland
1997-06BSc. (Honours) in Chemistry with GermanUniversity of Aberdeen
Licenses and qualifications
2003Level 1 & 2 Japanese Language Proficiency Test
2012-06Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy
2000-03Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults
Academic societies
2018-05 -- (current)British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL)
Honors & Awards
2009-05John Sinclair PrizePrize for best paper presented at ICAME 30 conference
Articles
Conference, etc.
  • Changing expression of epistemic stance in the National Institutes of Health funding applications
    MILLAR Neil James
    13th International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice (ALAPP) 2023/2023-09-04--2023-09-06
  • Increasing hype in National Institutes of Health funding systems
    MILLAR Neil James
    13th International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice (ALAPP) 2023/2023-09-04--2023-09-06
  • Increasing hype in NIH funding applications: 1985 - 2020
    Millar Neil James
    20th International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Communication, Medicine and Ethics/2022-07-13--2022-07-15
  • Hype in medical research writing and implications for ESP instruction
    Millar Neil James
    3RD INTERNATIONAL EAP & ESP CONFERENCE/2022-09-15--2022-09-18
  • Five steps to preparing an effective presentation
    Millar Neil James
    Online Medical English Seminar “Improving medical English writing, presentation, considering cultural differences”/2021-10-01--2021-10-15
  • Increasing hype in NIH funding applications: 1985 - 2020
    Millar Neil James
    20th International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Communication, Medicine and Ethics/2022-07-13--2022-07-15
  • “This is The First Research to Prove That …”: Why Do Authors of Clinical Research Use Hype?
    Millar Neil James
    The 9th International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice/2019-09-23--2019-09-25
  • Understanding why authors of clinical research articles use hype
    Millar Neil James; Budgell Brian
    Communication, Medicine, and Ethics Conference (COMET) 2019/2019-06-25--2019-06-28
  • ‘Hype’ in randomized controlled clinical trials
    Millar Neil James
    BAAL 2017 Conference/2017-08-31--2017-09-02
  • “It is important to reinforce the importance…”: ‘Hype’ in Medical Research Articles
    MILLAR NEIL JAMES
    Corpus Linguistics Conference 2017/2017-07-25--2017-07-28
Teaching
2024-04 -- 2024-07Academic Speaking 1University of Tsukuba.
2024-10 -- 2024-12Advanced Technical WritingUniversity of Tsukuba.
2024-04 -- 2024-07Academic Presentations 1University of Tsukuba.
2024-10 -- 2024-12Academic Presentations 2University of Tsukuba.
2024-04 -- 2024-07Academic Presentations 1University of Tsukuba.
2024-04 -- 2024-07Introductory Technical WritingUniversity of Tsukuba.
2024-04 -- 2024-07Academic Speaking 1University of Tsukuba.
2024-10 -- 2024-12Academic Presentations 2University of Tsukuba.
2024-10 -- 2024-12Academic Speaking 2University of Tsukuba.
2024-04 -- 2024-07Advanced Technical WritingUniversity of Tsukuba.
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Talks
  • Hype in grant applications
    Millar Neil James
    Recent Trends in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence (CollaboTICS 2021)/2021-12-15--2021-12-16
Professional activities
2020-01 -- 2022-12Journal of English for Specific PurposesMember of Editorial Board
2015-02 -- 2022Tokyo Discourse GroupCovenor
Message
https://scholar.google.co.jp/citations?user=8jWlVBoAAAAJ&hl=en

(Last updated: 2024-08-30)