<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear IGALAers,</div><div><br></div><div>I hope you are all well and weathering the current COVID storm safely.</div><div><br></div><div>I am writing as the coordinator of the IGALA blog with a survey to gather some information on our readership, as well as to recruit future contributors.</div><div><br></div><div>Here is the link:<a href="https://forms.gle/NbNPrD5pzaZr8VZY8"> https://forms.gle/NbNPrD5pzaZr8VZY8</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>I would be very grateful if you could take the time to answer the questions - it shouldn't take you too long I hope! The information we get from you will be extremely helpful as we work to shape the blog into an exciting and relevant  resource for all members of our community.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks so much and best wishes,</div><div><br></div><div>Ben Rowlett </div><div><div class="gmail_signature" dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)">********************</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)">Dr Benedict J.L. Rowlett</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Assistant Professor</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Department of English Language and Literature</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Hong Kong Baptist University </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Office: OEW1110</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Tel: (852) 3411 5031<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"><a style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" href="http://eng.hkbu.edu.hk/people/academic-staff/assistant-professor/rowlett-benedict/" target="_blank">http://eng.hkbu.edu.hk/people/academic-staff/assistant-professor/rowlett-benedict/ </a><u></u><u></u></span></p><span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Advisory Board Member, International Gender and Language Association <a style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" href="http://igalaweb.wixsite.com/igala" target="_blank">http://igalaweb.wixsite.com/igala</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">ORCID Page: </span><span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(73,74,76)"><a style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" href="https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0500-4126" target="_blank">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0500-4126</a></span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Academia.edu Page: <span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"><a style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" href="https://hkbu.academia.edu/BenedictRowlett" target="_blank">https://hkbu.academia.edu/BenedictRowlett</a></span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Recent Publications: <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Affect as narrative action in the Global South </span><span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(37,55,118)"><a style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" href="https://doi.org/10.1075/ni.17062.row" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1075/ni.17062.row</a></span></span></p></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

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