Gillian Saunders (she/her) is an Assistant Professor Without Review in UBC’s School of Journalism, Writing, and Media. Before coming to UBC, she worked at the writing centre at the University of Victoria for 12 years and taught courses in academic, business, and technical writing and English as an additional language in Canada and South Korea. Her PhD research investigated undergraduate students’ academic discourse socialization and experiences accessing academic writing supports, particularly writing centres, in Canadian higher education.

Saunders, G. & Boldt, N. (2025). Avoid, adopt, adapt: Positions on GenAI in Canadian writing centres. Discourse and Writing/Rédactologie, 35, 144–172. https://doi.org/10.31468/dwr.1139

Anderson, T., Saunders, G., & Alexander, I. (2021). Alternative dissertation formats in education-based doctorates. Higher Education Research and Development 41(3). 593–612. https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2020.1867513

Anderson, T., Alexander, T., & Saunders, G. (2020). An examination of education-based dissertation macrostructures. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 45. 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2020.100845