Formal name: Pam Peters

Position:
Director of Dictionary Research Centre
Director of Style Council Centre
Director of Postgraduate Program in Editing and Publishing

Personal Title: Emeritus Professor

Qualifications: BA Hons 1 U. Melb., MA Hons 1 U. Syd.

Telephone: +61 2 9850 8773

Fax: +61 2 9850 9199

Email: Pam.Peters@ling.mq.edu.au

Location: C5A 548

Web Pages: Selected Publications

Profile

Pam Peters holds a personal Chair in Linguistics. She is Director of the Dictionary Research Centre at Macquarie University, which fosters research and development projects in the fields of lexicography, lexicology, terminology and terminography. Her research on international English is embodied in the Cambridge Guide to English Usage (CUP 2004), and on Australian English in the Cambridge Guide to Australian English Usage (CUP 2007) and Cambridge Australian English Style Guide (CUP 1995). She has led the compilation of computer corpora of Australian English (ACE and ICE-AUS), which are available as research tools at the Dictionary Research Centre, along with sample corpora from other varieties of English. Her lexical interests are invested in three editions of the Macquarie Dictionary (1991, 1997, 2005), and in current research on the development of online termbanks (the TermFinder project). She has been a member of the ABC's Standing Committee on Spoken English (SCOSE) since 1996.

Pam Peters directs the Postgraduate Program in Editing and Publishing at Macquarie University, providing professional education in the form of a Postgraduate Certificate in Editing, a Postgraduate Diploma in Editing and Publishing, and a Master of Editing and Publishing by dissertation. Her interests in editorial style are also expressed in her convenership of the Style Council conferences (held regularly since 1986), and contributions (six chapters) to the sixth edition of the Australian Government Style Manual (John Wiley 2002).