Angela has interests in sociolinguistics, particularly in the areas of gender, media discourses and children’s fictions. Angela’s interests are in the way language operates in its social context. In particular, the way discriminatory discourses operate in media representations of 'gender' and ‘race’, and how these areas are subject to social change. She is also interested in exploring the historical development of media discourses in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. She led an AHRC-funded project that looked at the linguistic aspects of journalistic practice based on the Kate Adie Collection, held at the University of Sunderland. Angela is also co-editor of the Bloomsbury International Library of Gender and Popular Culture. She also is leading a project to explore Sunderland's literary and cultural heritage, Seagull City.