Summary
Hilary is a senior teacher of academic STEMM communication at the Centre for Academic English. Her primary focus is on research writing for doctoral students, postdocs and academic staff. She consults on scientific research publication at the highest level in all areas of STEMM, working with researchers to communicate complex content effectively across a range of fast-changing communication platforms. She has been at Imperial since 1993 and worked closely with academic staff at the Faculty of Engineering to prepare for their highly successful performance in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework.
Hilary collaborated with the Graduate School to design the award-winning doctoral Thesis Writing Retreat and develops and delivers tailored workshops for individual research groups. She has over 35 years’ experience at Imperial and also runs external workshops and short courses on writing for successful journal publication, most recently at the University of Vigo, the University of Bayreuth, ITT Germany, the Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica (ITQB-NOVA) and the Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC). Other activities included courses and workshops at the University of Athens, the Royal College of Surgeons (Dublin) and the Nacional de Educacion a Distanca in Madrid, and a public lecture at the University of Shanghai.
Hilary is the author of Science Research Writing (2nd Edition, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1142/q0232; Google Scholar citation count 224), the 1st edition of which sold over a thousand copies in the first two months. The book has now sold over 50,000 copies and has been translated into Korean, Japanese and Chinese. It is used as a course book at more than 30 universities around the world and has been updated for a second edition, published in December 2020. The book is also the subject of an invited podcast, available at https://newbooksnetwork.com/science-research-writing
Recent Conference Presentations and Podcast Episodes
Glasman-Deal, H (2021) Scholarly Communication hosted by Shea, D. New Books Network. [Podcast episode]. Available at:https://newbooksnetwork.com/science-research-writing
Glasman-Deal, H. & Northern A. (2021). Scholarly Communication hosted by Shea, D. New Books Network. [Podcast episode]. Available at: https://newbooksnetwork.com/hilary-glasman-deal-and-andrew-northern-on-stemm-communications
Northern, A. & Glasman-Deal, H. (2021). The academic writing rehearsal: learning from the performance. [Conference presentation]. NFEAP conference: Stages. Oslo Metropolitan University. 3-4 June 2021. Online
Invited keynote speaker at IFAW conference Blurring the boundaries: academic, professional and personal writing" in collaboration with the EU Asset Project, MOFET Institute, 2020
Invited keynote speaker at ESAP conference Writing for Specific Academic Purposes, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (ZFA), 2017
Invited keynote speaker at English for Specific Academic Purposes conference, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (ZFA), 2017
Invited speaker at INTECOL (International Association for Ecology Centenary Conference) Writing and Publishing Science Research, London 2013
Invited speaker at 2nd International conference of Academic Writing at the MOFET Institute, 2012.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Using reverse-engineering techniques to train research writers
Writing for the interdisciplinary reader vs. the expert microcommunity
Writing for impact
Wrapping science in a narrative
Identifying and controlling ambiguity in STEMM research communication
Grammar choice impact in STEMM research communication