Jonathan Crichton

Dr Jonathan Crichton

Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics

School of Society and Culture

College of Education, Behavioural and Social Science

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

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Jonathan Crichton is Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics and Professorial Lead (Teaching and Learning), University of South Australia, and Visiting Fellow in Medicine, University of Adelaide.
His academic background is in philosophy (BA Hons, York) and later linguistics (MA, PhD, Macquarie). In between, he was Gasthörer in philosophy at University of Stuttgart while doing an apprenticeship in viticulture in Bad Cannstatt. He has a longstanding interest in how language affects people's lives in profound but often unnoticed ways, and his research has largely focused on professional and organisational communication, particularly in health settings. He has been involved in a wide range of interdisciplinary projects with practitioners and clients in, for example, psychiatry, mental health and aged care that aim to enhance how language is used and understood at critical times in people's lives. Allied to this focus he has an enduring research interest in the relationship between language and ethics, particularly as this bears on qualitative methodologies. His research is reflected in over 70 refereed publications including five monographs / edited volumes.
He is series editor of three Palgrave research series: Communicating in Professions and Organisations; Research and Practice in Applied Linguistics; and Palgrave Advances in Language and Linguistics; and is a member of the advisory board of the Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice.
His published books include Exploring Discourse in Context and in Action (2017), Communicating Risk (2016), Discourses of Trust (2013), Discourses of Deficit (2011), and The Discourse of Commercialisation (2010). Further books include the Handbook of Intercultural Communication in Health Care, De Gruyter (in press), and Critical Moments in Health Communication, Palgrave (under contract).

Date Position Institution name
2021 - ongoing Associate Professor University of South Australia
2014 - 2021 Senior Lecturer University of South Australia, Adelaide
2004 - ongoing Visiting Fellow University of Adelaide, Adelaide

Language Competency
German -

Date Institution name Country Title
Macquarie University, Sydney Australia PhD
Macquarie University, Sydney Australia MA
University of York, York United Kingdom BA(Hons)

Year Citation
2025 Crichton, J., O'Neill, F., & McIntyre, J. (2025). Winning by losing? critical moments and communicative expertise in Pseudolaw-an applied linguistic analysis. Australian Law Journal, 99(9), 724-734.
2023 Reardon, A., Lushington, K., Junge, A., Crichton, J., & Agostini, A. (2023). Boarding versus day-students: a mixed-methods analysis of sleep and its relationship with psychological distress. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 93(4), 1146-1170.
DOI Scopus9 WoS7 Europe PMC4
2020 Galletly, C., Ash, D., Sweeney, S., O'Neill, F., & Crichton, J. (2020). Identifying and exploring linguistic expertise of psychiatrists in interviews with patients with thought disorder.. Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, 28(2), 193-198.
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2019 Crichton, J. (2019). Response 2: transdisciplinary applied linguistics: themes of perspectivity and transcendence. AILA review, 31(2), 143-148.
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2019 O'Neill, F., Crichton, J., & Scarino, A. (2019). Developing intercultural learning capabilities: a case study in higher education. Australian review of applied linguistics, 42(2), 125-145.
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2015 Ullrich, S., & Crichton, J. (2015). Older people with dysphagia: transitioning to texture-modified food. British journal of nursing, 24(13), 686-692.
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2015 Zhang, J. (2015). Discourses of Trust. DISCOURSE STUDIES, 17(1), 104-106.
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2014 Crichton, J. (2014). The Sociolinguistics of Language Education in International Contexts. JOURNAL OF ENGLISH AS A LINGUA FRANCA, 3(1), 220-224.
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2014 Ullrich, S., Buckley, J. D., Crichton, J. A., & Esterman, A. J. (2014). An exploratory study of the mealtime experience of older people with dysphagia. Journal of aging research & clinical practice, 3(4), 229-236.
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2014 Beckwith, A., & Crichton, J. (2014). Homework setting in cognitive behavioral therapy: a study of discursive strategies. Communication and Medicine, 11(2), 91-102.
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2014 Krawczyk, V., Hamilton-Bruce, M., Koblar, S., & Crichton, J. (2014). Group organization and communities of practice in translational research: A case study of a research team. SAGE Open, 4(4), 1-11.
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2013 Fryer, C. E., Mackintosh, S. F., Stanley, M. J., & Crichton, J. A. (2013). 'I understand all the major things': how older people with limited English proficiency decide their need for a professional interpreter during health care after stroke. Ethnicity and health, 18(6), 610-625.
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2012 Fryer, C. E., Mackintosh, S. F. H., Stanley, M. J., & Crichton, J. A. (2012). Qualitative studies using in-depth interviews with older people from multiple language groups : methodological systematic review. Journal of advanced nursing, 68(1), 22-35.
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2012 Ahmed, H., Naik, G., Willoughby, H., & Edwards, A. G. K. (2012). Communicating risk. BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, 344(jun18 1), 7 pages.
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2011 Galletly, C., & Crichton, J. (2011). Accomplishments of the thought disordered person: A case study in psychiatrist-patient interaction. Medical Hypotheses, 77(5), 900-904.
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2010 Beckwith, A., & Crichton, J. (2010). The negotiation of the problem statement in cognitive behavioural therapy. Communication and Medicine, 7(1), 23-32.
DOI Scopus9 Europe PMC1
2010 Murray, N. L., & Crichton, J. A. (2010). What's in a name? Degree programs and what they tell us about 'applied linguistics' in Australia. Australian review of applied linguistics, 33(2), 1-16.
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2008 Barker, S., & Crichton, J. (2008). Assessing and evaluating intercultural teaching and learning: an information management case study. Journal of international education in business, 1(1), 29-42.
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2008 Liddicoat, A. J., & Crichton, J. A. (2008). The monolingual framing of international education in Australia. Sociolinguistic studies, 2(3), 367-384.
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2008 Crichton, J. A. (2008). Why an investigative stance matters in intercultural language teaching and learning. Babel, 43(1), 31-33.
2008 Scarino, A., & Crichton, J. A. (2008). Why the intercultural matters to language teaching and learning: An orientation to the ILTLP program. Babel, 43(1), 4-6.
2007 Woods, C. A., Lushington, K., & Crichton, J. (2007). Readers' perceptions: the book as device or as aesthetic object. International journal of the book, 4(1), 51-68.
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2007 Scarino, A., Crichton, J. A., & Woods, M. (2007). The role of language and culture in open learning in international collaborative programmes. Open learning: the journal of open and distance learning, 22(3), 219-233.
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2007 Crichton, J. A., & Koch, T. (2007). Living with dementia: curating self-identity. Dementia, 6(3), 365-381.
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2007 Crichton, J. A., & Scarino, A. (2007). How are we to understand the "intercultural dimension"? : an examination of internationalization in the context of higher education in Australia. Australian review of applied linguistics, 30(1), 21 pages.
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2007 Crichton, J. A. (2007). Doing battle with a noun : notes on the grammar of "terror". Australian review of applied linguistics, 30(2), 18 pages.
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Year Citation
2024 Hocking, D., & Crichton, J. (2024). Implementing the Multiperspectival Approach (MPA): a study of art and design communication. In A. Riazi (Ed.), Source details - Title: Less Frequently Used Research Methodologies in Applied Linguistics (pp. 30-48). Netherlands: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
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2024 Crichton, J., & Hocking, D. (2024). The multiperspectival approach to applied linguistic research: exploring principles, questions, and orientations. In A. Riazi (Ed.), Source details - Title: Less Frequently Used Research Methodologies in Applied Linguistics (pp. 9-29). Netherlands: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
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2024 O'neill, F., Lockyer, K., & Crichton, J. (2024). Language, meaning potential and bicritical interculturality in healthcare. In F. Dervin (Ed.), Source details - Title: The Routledge Handbook of Critical Interculturality in Communication and Education (pp. 147-160). UK: Taylor & Francis.
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2020 Martin, G. S., & Crichton, J. (2020). Intercultural communication in health care settings. In J. Jackson (Ed.), Source details - Title: The Routledge Handbook of Language and Intercultural Communication (2nd ed. ed., pp. 503-520). UK: Routledge.
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2018 Crichton, J. (2018). Framing a 'Community of Consumption': field theory, multi-perspectival discourse analysis and the commercialization of teaching. In J. Albright, D. Hartman, & J. Widin (Eds.), Source details - Title: Bourdieu’s field theory and the social sciences (pp. 117-131). London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
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2016 Crichton, J., & O'Neill, F. (2016). Risk and safety in linguistic and cultural diversity: a narrative intervention in residential aged care. In J. Crichton, C. Candlin, & A. Firkins (Eds.), Source details - Title: Communicating risk (pp. 51-66). UK: Palgrave MacMillan.
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2016 Candlin, C. N., Crichton, J., & Firkins, A. S. (2016). Crucial sites and research orientations: exploring the communication of risk. In J. Crichton, C. Candlin, & A. Firkins (Eds.), Source details - Title: Communicating risk (pp. 1-14). UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
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2014 Crichton, J. A., & Murray, N. (2014). Plurilithic and ecological perspectives on English : some conceptual and practical implications. In N. Murray, & A. Scarino (Eds.), Source details - Title: Dynamic ecologies : a relational perspective on languages education in the Asia-Pacific region (Vol. 9, pp. 31-47). Netherlands: Springer.
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2013 Candlin, C. N., & Crichton, J. A. (2013). From ontology to methodology: exploring the discursive landscape of trust. In C. N. Candin, & J. Crichton (Eds.), Source details - Title: Discourses of trust (pp. 1-18). UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
2013 Crichton, J. A. (2013). Will there be flowers shoved at me?: A study in organisational trust, moral order and professional integrity. In C. Candlin, & J. Crichton (Eds.), Source details - Title: Discourses of Trust (pp. 119-132). UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
2013 Candlin, C. N., & Crichton, J. A. (2013). Putting our trust in the learner. In J. Arnold, & T. Murphey (Eds.), Source details - Title: Meaningful action: Earl Stevick's influence on languages teaching (pp. 79-94). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
2011 Candlin, C. N., & Crichton, J. A. (2011). Introduction - Discourses of deficit. In C. Candlin, & J. Crichton (Eds.), Source details - Title: Discourses of deficit (pp. 1-22). UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
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2011 Crichton, J. A., & Koch, T. (2011). Narrative, identity and care : joint problematisation in a study of people living with dementia. In C. Candlin, & J. Crichton (Eds.), Source details - Title: Discourses of deficit (pp. 101-118). Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
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2011 Candlin, C. N., & Crichton, J. A. (2011). Emergent themes and research challenges: reconceptualising LSP. In M. Petersen, & J. Engberg (Eds.), Source details - Title: Current trends in LSP research: aims and methods (Vol. 144, pp. 277-291). Bern, Switzerland: Peter Lang AG International Academic Publishers.
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2009 Crichton, J. A., & Scarino, A. (2009). Developing the intercultural dimension of internationalisation. In H. Chen, & K. Cruickshank (Eds.), Source details - Title: Making a difference: challenges for applied linguistics (pp. 65-82). UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
2007 Koch, T., & Crichton, J. A. (2007). Innovative approaches to living with dementia : an Australian case study. In M. Nolan (Ed.), Source details - Title: User participation in health and social care research : voices, values and evaluation (pp. 89-103). England: Open University Press.

Year Citation
2018 Galletley, C., Ash, D., Sweeney, S., & Crichton, J. (2018). Conversing with people with thought disorder. Poster session presented at the meeting of Schizophrenia bulletin. UK: Oxford University Press.
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2013 Krawczyk, V. J., Crichton, J., Hamilton-Bruce, M. A., & Koblar, S. A. (2013). Perspectives on language, medicine and the human body in a multidisciplinary biomedical research group. Poster session presented at the meeting of INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE. WILEY-BLACKWELL.
2010 Stanley, M., Crichton, J., & Scarino, A. (2010). Bridging the language and culture divide in aged care: A case study in the Italian community. Poster session presented at the meeting of Australasian journal on ageing. Australia: Wiley.
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Year Citation
2025 O'Neill, F., Everuss, L., Sinclair, K., & Crichton, J. (2025). SAPOL Constable Development Program redesign project: stage 1 research report. Australia: SAPOL.
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2024 McIntyre, J., Bray, F., Crichton, J., Hobbs, H., ONeill, F., Perrett, M., & Young, S. (2024). The rise of Pseudolaw in South Australia: an empirical analysis of the emergence and impact of Pseudolaw on South Australia's Courts. Australia: University of South Australia.
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2017 Scarino, A., O'Neill, F., & Crichton, J. (2017). Communicating safety and care in the context of linguistic and cultural diversity in aged care: an intercultural approach to training. Australia: University of South Australia.
2016 O'Neill, F., Scarino, A., Crichton, J., Heugh, K., & Li, X. (2016). Developing English language and intercultural learning capabilities: Case study 2: the intercultural learning project. Australia: University of South Australia.
2016 Li, X., Heugh, K., O'Neill, F., Song, Y., Scarino, A., & Crichton, J. (2016). Developing English language and intercultural learning capabilities: Case study 1: the English language project. Australia: University of South Australia.
2014 Scarino, A., Crichton, J. A., & Liddicoat, A. J. (2014). The value of international education: statement and vignettes: Corporate body:South Australia. Australia: Department for Education and Child Development.
2014 Scarino, A., O'Keeffe, V., Crichton, J. A., O'Neill, F., & Dollard, M. (2014). Communicating work health and safety in the context of cultural and linguistic diversity in aged care. Australia: SafeWork SA.
2012 Scarino, A., Crichton, J., & Liddicoat, A. J. (2012). The value of international education: report. Australia: Department for Education and Child Development.
2012 Scarino, A., Liddicoat, A. J., & Crichton, J. A. (2012). The value of international education: perceptions of local and international students and the school community. Australia: DECS - Department of Education and Children's Services.
2006 Crichton, J. A., Scarino, A., Papademetre, L., Barker, S., Lushington, K., & Woods, M. (2006). Assessing and evaluating intercultural teaching and learning - a focus on sites of incultural interaction: report to teaching and learning. Australia: University of South Australia.
2005 Scarino, A., Crichton, J. A., & Papademetre, L. (2005). A framework for quality assurance in the development delivery of offshore programs in languages other than English: Report to the AVCC. Australia: Australian Vice Chancellors Committee.
2004 Crichton, J. A., Paige, R., Papademetre, L., & Scarino, A. (2004). Integrated resources for intercultural teaching and learning in the context of internationalisation in higher education: Report to Teaching and Learning. Australia: School of International Studies at the University of South Australia.

Courses I teach

  • LANG 2022 Language and Identity (2024)
  • LANG 3041 Language, Meaning and Discourse (2024)

Programs I'm associated with

  • MBAA - Bachelor of Arts

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2024 Co-Supervisor - Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Arti Jhuremalani
2020 Co-Supervisor - Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Jonathan Matthew Stokes
2020 Co-Supervisor - Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Maree Ackehurst
2019 Co-Supervisor - Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Callum Banbury
2015 Co-Supervisor Picture making: towards an understanding of expertise in illustration practice Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time David Blaiklock
2013 Co-Supervisor Experiencing inclusivity from the perspective of disability: a narrative study Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Chantel Bongiovanni

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2006 - 2014 Principal Supervisor Critical Moments in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: A Study of Discursive Expertise Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Dr Andrew Beckwith
2005 - 2016 Co-Supervisor Voices are what they say: A study of language in the experience of hearing voices Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Keith Smith

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