He currently works in Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching in the School of Cultures, Languages and Linguistics, Faculty of Arts. His professorial inaugural lecture will be held at 6.00 p.m., on Tuesday 30th October, at the University of Auckland's Neon Foyer, Faculty of Engineering, 20 Symonds Street, followed by a drinks reception. This will be a jointly-hosted occasion that recognises his ten years working in pre-service teacher education (School of Curriculum and Pedagogy, EDSW) alongside his appointment, from this year, to the School of Cultures, Languages and Linguistics (Arts).