

Dr Helen Ringrow
Biography
I am Associate Professor in Contemporary Discourse. I have a PhD from Queen’s University Belfast, where I researched how ideals about femininity and the female body are constructed in French and English cosmetics advertisements. I am the author of The Language of Cosmetics Advertising (Palgrave, 2016) and co-editor of The Routledge Handbook of Language and Religion (2023) and Contemporary Media Stylistics (Bloomsbury, 2020).
Research interests
My research interests include:
- advertising language
- social and traditional media language
- language, gender & religion
- online communities
- language & social justice/inequality
I have a research background in Critical Discourse Analysis and Stylistics.
Research outputs
2025
Riboni, G., Ringrow, H.
8 May 2025, In: Discourse & Society
Research output: Article
2024
Ringrow, H., Statham, S.
18 Dec 2024, In: Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis across Disciplines: CADAAD. 16, 2, p. 51-69
Research output: Article
2023
Ringrow, H., Statham, S.
13 Dec 2023,
Research output: Chapter (peer-reviewed)
2022
Harrison, C., Ringrow, H.
6 Nov 2022, In: International Journal of Literary Linguistics. 11, 1, 22p.
Research output: Article
Statham, S., Ringrow, H.
1 Jul 2022, In: Discourse & Society. 33, 4, p. 539–557, 19p.
Research output: Article
2021
Ringrow, H.
1 Jul 2021,
Research output: Chapter (peer-reviewed)
2020
Ringrow, H.
23 Dec 2020, In: Post45
Research output: Article
Ringrow, H.
10 Dec 2020,
Research output: Chapter (peer-reviewed)
Ringrow, H.
1 Oct 2020, In: Discourse, Context & Media. 37, 7p., 100429
Research output: Article
Ringrow, H., Pihlaja, S.
16 Apr 2020,
Research output: Book