The best part about attending East Texas A&M is that you are not a number. You are an individual who becomes part of the community.
Lucy Pickering, Ph.D. Director of Research Integrity and Compliance, and Professor of Applied Linguistics
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Literature and Languages
Dr. Lucy Pickering came to Research Integrity and Compliance after serving as the Institutional Review Board (IRB) chair at East Texas A&M for four years. She has also been a professor in applied linguistics at East Texas A&M for the past 13 years. Pickering has authored seven books and over 40 articles and book chapters, both alone and with colleagues.
A Conversation with Dr. Pickering
What do you love most about your job?
The best part of my job in research compliance is the number of different university communities that I get to interact with. I work with students and their faculty advisors on protocol submissions for IRB, IACUC and IBC, but I also work with other members of staff in lots of different areas including proposal administration, emergency management and safety, the livestock farm and the equine center. This has given me a deep appreciation for all the work that people do behind the scenes to keep the university running smoothly and helping our students.
What do you like to do when you’re not working?
When I'm not working, I'm usually spending time with my dogs and cats and my horse Dani, who was a riding horse here at East Texas A&M. My husband and I like hiking, traveling and visiting with our grandchildren.
A Conversation with Dr. Pickering
What would you tell a student who is thinking about attending East Texas A&M?
The best part about attending East Texas A&M is that you are not a number. You are an individual who becomes part of the community. The instructors really care about your academic and personal development while earning your degree. Students can attend classes face-to-face on the main campus in Commerce, or attend online using Zoom, or attend asynchronously.
How has East Texas A&M influenced your life and/or career?
Working at East Texas A&M has allowed me to work with my husband, Dr. Attardo, to develop a dual modality instructional model which allows a great deal of flexibility.
Tell us about an academic project you are working on or recently completed.
We have recently opened our Ph.D Program in English with a focus on Applied Linguistics that is 100% online.
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Applied Linguistics, University of Florida, 1999
- M.A., Applied Linguistics, University of Florida, 1994
- B.A. (Honors), Related Arts, Upper Second, West Sussex Institute of Higher Education, UK, 1988
Research Interests
- The role of intonation in multiple varieties of English
- Augmentative & Alternative communication device use in the workplace
Selected Publications
- Attardo, S. & Pickering, L. (2023). An Introduction to Eye-tracking in Linguistics: An applied handbook. Bloomsbury Press.
- Pickering, L. (2022). Discourse intonation: A discourse-pragmatic approach to English for ESL/EFL Teachers (Electronic Edition). Michigan University Press.
- Attardo, S. & Pickering, L. (2021). Pragmatics and its applications to TESOL & SLA. Wiley-Blackwell Press.
- Pickering, L., Di Ferrante, L., Bruce, C., Friginal, E., Pearson, P., Bouchard, J. (2019). An Introduction to the AAC and Non-AAC Workplace Corpus. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 24, 229-244.
- Kang, O. & Pickering, L. (In press). Acoustic and Temporal Analysis for Assessing Speaking. In A.J. Kunnan (Ed.) The Companion to Language Assessment (Second Edition). John Wiley & Sons, Inc.