Kate Power is an applied linguist, whose research and teaching focus on how meaning is made, identities and relationships constructed, and power wielded in diverse academic, organizational, and social contexts. Drawing on various discourse analytic methods, she routinely works across disciplines to address issues in which language use is a key component. Her current research addresses economic, religious, and academic discourses, with particular sensitivity to gender and sexuality.
Book: Discourse Analysis and Austerity: Critical Studies from Economics and Linguistics
Discourse Analysis and Austerity: Critical Studies from Economics and Linguistics. Edited by Kate Power, Tanweer Ali and Eva Lebudskova Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge, 2019.
Journal Article: What is a research article?: genre variability and data selection in genre research
van Enk, Anneke and Power, Kate (2017) What is a research article?: genre variability and data selection in genre research. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 29 1-11. doi:10.1016/j.jeap.2017.07.002
Journal Article: Eating words: a discourse historical analysis of the public debate over India’s 2013 National Food Security Act
Kotwal, Ashok and Power, Kate (2015) Eating words: a discourse historical analysis of the public debate over India’s 2013 National Food Security Act. On the Horizon, 23 3: 174-189. doi:10.1108/OTH-05-2015-0019
(2019) UQ Early Career Researcher
What is a research article?: genre variability and data selection in genre research
van Enk, Anneke and Power, Kate (2017) What is a research article?: genre variability and data selection in genre research. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 29 1-11. doi:10.1016/j.jeap.2017.07.002
Kotwal, Ashok and Power, Kate (2015) Eating words: a discourse historical analysis of the public debate over India’s 2013 National Food Security Act. On the Horizon, 23 3: 174-189. doi:10.1108/OTH-05-2015-0019
Discourse Analysis and Austerity: Critical Studies from Economics and Linguistics
Discourse Analysis and Austerity: Critical Studies from Economics and Linguistics. Edited by Kate Power, Tanweer Ali and Eva Lebudskova Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge, 2019.
Power, Kate (2016). Charity chicks: a discourse-analytic study of religious self-identification by rural Canadian Mormon women. In Becky R. Lee and Terry Tak-ling Woo (Ed.), Canadian women shaping diasporic religious identities (pp. 139-194) Waterloo: Wilfred Laurier University Press.
Religion, power and public self-presentation
Power, Kate (2015). Religion, power and public self-presentation. In Allyson Jule (Ed.), Shifting visions: gender and discourses (pp. 49-68) Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Talking sexuality: religious identity constructions in rural Canada
Power, Kate (2014). Talking sexuality: religious identity constructions in rural Canada. In Heather Shipley (Ed.), Globalized religion and sexual identity: contexts, contestations, voices (pp. 62-85) Leiden, Germany: Brill.
What is a research article?: genre variability and data selection in genre research
van Enk, Anneke and Power, Kate (2017) What is a research article?: genre variability and data selection in genre research. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 29 1-11. doi:10.1016/j.jeap.2017.07.002
Book review: Christopher Hart and Piotr Cap (eds), Contemporary Critical Discourse Studies
Power, Kate (2016) Book review: Christopher Hart and Piotr Cap (eds), Contemporary Critical Discourse Studies. Discourse and Society, 27 6: 582-585.
Power, Kate (2015) Book review: Jodie Clark, Language, Sex and Social Structure: Analyzing Discourses of SexualityClarkJodie, Language, Sex and Social Structure: Analyzing Discourses of Sexuality. Discourse & Society, 26 4: 511-513. doi:10.1177/0957926515591689e
Kotwal, Ashok and Power, Kate (2015) Eating words: a discourse historical analysis of the public debate over India’s 2013 National Food Security Act. On the Horizon, 23 3: 174-189. doi:10.1108/OTH-05-2015-0019
Power, Kate (2012) Investigating religious “identity”: the promise and problem of discourse analytic methods for religious studies inquiries. Fieldwork in Religion, 8 1: 7-26. doi:10.1558/firn.v8i1.7
Book review: Lesbian discourses: images of a community
Power, Kate (2012) Book review: Lesbian discourses: images of a community. Critical Discourse Studies, 9 1: 95-97. doi:10.1080/17405904.2011.637686
Power, Kate (2007) Book Review of Ian S. Markham, A Theology of Engagement. Challenges in ContemporaryTheology. Series Editors: Gareth Jones and Lewis Ayres. Malden, MA,Blackwell Publishing, 2003, pp. 264, ISBN 0631236023. Journal for the Academic Study of Religion, 20 2: 252.
(2019) UQ Early Career Researcher