Michele Zappavigna is a linguist in the School of the Arts and Media at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney. She is interested in how people negotiate social relations through tenor (interpersonal meaning), with a particular focus on digital discourse. Her research applies social semiotic discourse analysis informed by Systemic Functional Linguistics. She is currently working on AI discourse and Large Language Model chatbot conversations.

I am on research sabbatical until the end of August 2025 working on LLM conversations.