Dr Hodges is originally from Bargoed, Cwm Rhymni ac is a past pupil of Ysgol Gymraeg Gilfach Fargoed and Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhymni. She graduated with a First Class Honours in Sociology and Social Policy from Bangor University in 2005 before being awarded an ESRC 1+3 Studentship to study an M.A and PhD within the same institution. Dr Hodges completed an M.A Social Research and Social Policy in 2006 and a PhD in Sociology and Social Policy in 2009. Her thesis examined parents' incentives for choosing Welsh-medium education for their children in Cwm Rhymni.

Since 2009, Dr Hodges is a Sociology and Social Policy Lecturer (Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol funded until 2017) and is also an Associate Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol Lecturer. Since 2011 she is Director of the M.A Language Policy and Planning and her research interests include key language planning topics such as new speakers of minoritized languages, minority language education, language transmission and language use within the community and the workplace.

Dr Hodges is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a WISERD Research Associate, a member of GWERDDON Editorial Board, a member of COST New Speakers Network and a member of the Institute of Welsh Affairs. She has been on several Erasmus exchanges to the Basque Country where she lectures on Language Planning in Wales in Donostia Univeristy.

Position: Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy

Email: r.s.hodges@bangor.ac.uk

Phone Number: 01248 383034

Location: Room 335, Professors Corridor, Main Arts

• Other: Posgraduate Certificate in Higher Education - Distinction
  Prifysgol Bangor, 2014
• PhD: Towards the Light:Welsh-medium education in Cwm Rhymni- parents' incentives for choosing Welsh-medium education for their children
  College of Business, Law, Education and Social Sciences in Prifysgol Bangor, 2010
• MA: The Welsh Valleys- Language Use Post Education: A Study of Young People in Cwm Rhymni
  College of Business, Law, Education and Social Sciences in Prifysgol Bangor, 2006
• BA: B.A Sociology and Social Policy
  College of Business, Law, Education and Social Sciences in Prifysgol Bangor, 2005

Undergraduate

SCS1004 Cymdeithaseg a'r Byd Cyfoes

SCS2018 Cymdeithas, Iaith a Phrotest

HAC2002 Addysg yn y Gymru Gyfoes

HAC3002 Addysg yn y Gymru Gyfoes

Postgraduate

SCS4008 Cynllunio Ieithyddol

Research Students

Ifor Gruffydd (PhD - awarded in 2018, first supervisor) Rheolaeth Strategol ar hyfforddiant iaith mewn gweithleoedd sector cyhoeddus 

Siôn Aled Owen (PhD - awarded in 2018, second supervisor) Factors Influencing Welsh Medium School Pupils’ Social Use of Welsh

Eileen Tilley (PhD, second supervisor) Adult Welsh learners in Gwynedd

Shân Pritchard (PhD, second supervisor) Y Gymraeg yn y byd digidol – Profiadau ac agweddau siaradwyr Cymraeg yng Ngwynedd o ddefnyddio apiau Cymraeg neu ddwyieithog (KESS Scholarship with Cwmni Da)

Natalie Lloyd Jones (PhD, second supervisor) Patrymau Gwylio S4C (KESS Scholarship with S4C)

Research Interests

Dr Rhian Hodges' research interests include the following fields:

• New speakers of minoritized languages
• Minorty language education
• Language transmission and language use in the community

Dr Rhian Hodges' research:

Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol Strategic Grant/Grant Strategol y Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol (£37,893) (2017-2019): Prys, C a Hodges, Rh. Pecyn Adnoddau Aml-gyfrwng Cymdeithaseg (PAAC) (Multi-Medium Sociology Resources Pack)

ESRC Knowledge Exchange Fellowship (£11,396) October 2016- September 2017: A Toolkit for Promoting the Welsh Language in the Community (partnerhship with Mentrau Iaith Cymru)

Welsh Government Commission: (£69,753.29) Tachwedd 2014: An Evaluation of the Minister's Welsh Language Strategy: A living language a language for living: Welsh Language Use in the Community (Hodges et al 2015)

 Welsh Language Commissioners Grant Comisiynydd y Gymraeg (£18,000) 2013: Gwirfoddoli a’r Iaith Gymraeg (Volunteering and the Welsh Language) (Ail ymchwilydd, Prys et al 2013)

Hodges, Rh. (2010) Tua’r Goleuni: Addysg Gymraeg yng Nghwm Rhymni – rhesymau rhieni dros ddewis addysg Gymraeg i’w plant. PhD heb ei gyhoeddi. Bangor: Prifysgol Bangor.

Dr Rhian Hodges welcomes PhD applications in the following fields:

• Language policy and planning
• New speakers of minoritized languages
• Minority language education
• Transmission and language use

2022

• PublishedCyfrifiad 2021: Pam bu gostyngiad yn nifer y siaradwyr Cymraeg?
  Prys, C. & Hodges, R., 9 Dec 2022, BBC Cymru Fyw.
  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
• PublishedNumber of Welsh speakers has declined – pandemic disruption to education may be a cause
  Hodges, R. & Prys, C., 15 Dec 2022, The Conversation.
  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
• E-pub ahead of printStrategic management of Welsh language training on a macro and micro level
  Gruffydd, I., Hodges, R. & Prys, C., 16 Sep 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Current issues in language planning. 20 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2021

• E-pub ahead of printDefiance within the decline? Revisiting new Welsh speakers’ language journeys
  Hodges, R., 2 Feb 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 17 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedRhetoric and reality: critical review of language policy and legislation governing official minority language use in health and social care in Wales
  Prys, C., Hodges, R. & Roberts, G., 13 Aug 2021, In: Linguistic Minorities & Society Journal/Revue Minorités linguistiques et société. 15-16, p. 87-110
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2020

• PublishedCynllunio ieithyddol a pholisi iaith
  Prys, C. & Hodges, R., 15 Dec 2020, Cyflwyniad i ieithyddiaeth. Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol, p. 163-169 7 p.
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• PublishedPecyn Adnoddau Amlgyfrwng Cymdeithaseg: Cyflwyniad i Gymdeithaseg
  Prys, C., Hodges, R. & Aaron, H., 1 Jul 2020, 1 ed. Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol. 30 p.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book

2019

• PublishedGwerthusiad Proses o'r Rhaglen Cymraeg i Blant: Process Evaluation of the Cymraeg for Kids Programme
  Lewis, S., Thomas, H., Grover, T., Glyn, E., Prys, C., Hodges, R. & Roberts, E., 12 Feb 2019, Welsh Government.
  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
• PublishedThe community as a language planning crossroads: macro and micro language planning in communities in Wales
  Hodges, R. & Prys, C., 27 May 2019, In: Current issues in language planning. 20, 3, p. 207-225
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2018

• PublishedPecyn Adnoddau Amlgyfrwng Cymdeithaseg: Dulliau Ymchwil
  Prys, C., Hodges, R. & Aaron, H., 2018, 44 p.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
• PublishedPecyn Adnoddau Amlgyfrwng Cymdeithaseg: Y Teulu
  Prys, C., Hodges, R. & Aaron, H., 1 Oct 2018, Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol. 37 p.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book
• PublishedRhetoric or Reality? Is Welsh really a living language and a language for living? Language use of new Welsh speakers in Cwm Rhymni, south Wales
  Hodges, R., 1 Mar 2018, Eastern European Perspectives on Celtic Studies. Hornsby, M. & Rosiak, K. (eds.). Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, p. 58-88 30 p.
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2017

• PublishedCreative Collaboration in Higher Education: A Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol case-study
  Ifan, G. & Hodges, R. S., 31 Mar 2017, Academic Biliteracies : Multilingual Repertoires in Higher Education. Palfreyman, D. M. & van der Walt, C. (eds.). Multilingual Matters
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• PublishedPecyn Cymorth Hybu'r Gymraeg yn y Gymuned: A Toolking for Promoting the Welsh Language in the Community
  Hodges, R. & Prys, C., 7 Aug 2017, ISSUU. 152 p.
  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

2015

• PublishedWelsh Language Use in the Community: A research study undertaken as part of the Evaluation of the Welsh Ministers' Welsh Language Strategy: A living language: a language for living
  Hodges, R., Prys, C., Orrell, A., Williams, S. & Williams, E., 7 Oct 2015, Welsh Government. 172 p.
  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
• Published“They come out of School and switch straight over to English”: New Welsh speakers in Cwm Rhymni, south Wales, from a parent’s perspective
  Hodges, R., 2015, Dominated Languages in the 21st Century: Papers from the International Conference on Minority Languages XIV.
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

2014

• PublishedCaught in the middle: Parents’ perceptions of new Welsh speak‑ ers’ language use: The case of Cwm Rhymni, south Wales
  Hodges, R., 2014, In: Zeszyty Łużyckie. 40, p. 93-114
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe Welsh language and volunteering: Y Gymraeg a Gwirfoddoli
  Prys, C., Hodges, R., Mann, R., Collis, B. & Roberts, R., 2 Oct 2014, Welsh Government.
  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

2012

• PublishedWelsh-medium education and parental incentives – the case of the Rhymni Valley, Caerffili
  Hodges, R. S., 31 Jan 2012, In: International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. 15, 3, p. 355-373
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2011

• PublishedWelsh-Medium Education and Parental Incentives at the Start of the Twenty-First Century: The Case of the Rhymni Valley, Caerffili
  Hodges, R. S., 1 Dec 2011, In: Contemporary Wales. 24, 1, p. 1-27
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2010

• Published'Tua'r goleuni': rhesymau rhieni dros ddewis addysg gymraeg I'w plant yng nghwm rhymni.
  Hodges, R. S., 1 Jul 2010, In: Gwerrdon. 6
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2009

• PublishedWelsh language use among young people in the Rhymney Valley.
  Hodges, R. S., 1 Nov 2009, In: Contemporary Wales. 22, 1, p. 16-35
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2022

• Y gymuned LHDTC+Cymdeithaseg a'r Gymru Gyfoes

  Gwahoddiad i gynnig papur ar Gymdeithaseg a'r gymuned LHDTC+ a Chymru wedi ei noddi gan Brifysgol Bangor a'r Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol

  3 Feb 2022

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
• Uses of Oracy Roundtable: “What speech styles do young people use?”

  Gwahoddiad i gyfrannu i drafodaeth bwrdd gron yn trafod defnydd ieithoedd lleiafrifol. Trafodaeth benodol ar fathau gwahanol o dafodieithoedd, acenion a 'mathau' o ieithoedd lleiafrifol sy'n gysylltiedig gyda'r Gymraeg ac ieithoedd eraill.

  17 Jan 2022

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

2020

• Language, Education and Community in the Digital Age: A Welsh Case Study

  Invited speaker to present at an international conference, Minority Languages in the Digital Age. Usage, Maintenance and Teaching, Grieswald, Germany

  11 Dec 2020

  Links:

  • https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wiko-greifswald.de%2Fen%2Fprogram%2Fgeneral-overview%2Fcalender-of-events%2Fveranstaltung%2Fn%2Fminority-languages-in-the-digital-age-usage-maintenance-and-teaching-59039%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cr.s.hodges%40bangor.ac.uk%7C47cf2136f33444f9df6b08d8a1a38a97%7Cc6474c55a9234d2a9bd4ece37148dbb2%7C0%7C0%7C637437071074987985%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=E1AuVznXxywFch98ef1BXUxNV600oVHnYRdH5pKUWcc%3D&reserved=0
  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
• Y Gymraeg a Thechnoleg: Cyflwyniad Cynllunio Ieithyddol

  Cyfraniad fel siaradwr gwadd i Bopdy Trafod Iaith, Menter Iaith Bangor (cyflwyniad a phanel trafod wedi'u ffrydio'n genedlaethol)

  30 Nov 2020

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
• O Covid 19 i BLM: Anghydroddoldebau Cymdeithasol yng Nghymru

  Cyflwyniad Gwyl Gwyddorau Cymdeithas, ESRC Festival of Social Sciences

  12 Nov 2020

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

2017

• Shifft ieithyddol mewn chwe chymuned yng Nghymru, WISERD, Bangor, Gorffennaf 2017

  Papur yn cyflwyno prif ganlyniadau ymchwil a gomisiynwyd gan Lywodraeth Cymru o'n hastudiaeth ymchwil, Defnyddio'r Gymraeg yn y Gymuned, 2015

  5 Jul 2017

  Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)
• Panel discussion: Language, community and civil society in Wales today, AHRC Research Network - Language Revitalization and Social Transformation 22-23 May (2017), Aberystwyth University,

  Panel discussion: Language, community and civil society in Wales today, AHRC Research Network - Language Revitalization and Social Transformation 22-23 May (2017), Aberystwyth University

  22 May 2017

  Activity: Participation in workshop, seminar, course (Speaker)

2014

• ‘Gwthio Ffiniau a Chydweithio Creadigol: Cymdeithaseg Cerddoriaeth yng Nghymru’ ‘Pa Le i’n Hiaith mewn Addysg Uwch’ , Cynhadledd Rhyngwladol y Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol, (gyda Dr Gwawr Ifan) Gorffennaf 2014’

  Cyflwyno papur yn seiliedig ar ein modiwl Cymdeithaseg Cerddoriaeth yng nghynhadledd ryngwladol y CCC, Caerdydd/ paper presentation based on an inter-disciplinary module, Sociology of Music, CCC, Cardiff

  1 Jul 2014

  Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)

2013

• ‘Gwirfoddoli a'r Iaith Gymraeg' Donostia Lecture Series, University of the Baque Country

  Gwahoddiad i drafod canlyniadau ' Gwirfoddoli a'r iaith Gymraeg', Cyfres Darlithoedd Donostia, Prifysgol Gwlad y Basg, Donostia /An invitation to discuss research findings of 'Volunteering and the Welsh Language’ Donostia Lecture Series: University of the Basque Country, Donostia San-Sebastian.

  14 Nov 2013

  Activity: Invited talk (Invited speaker)
• ‘Y Gymraeg a Gwirfoddoli' Cynhadledd Genedlaethol CGGC/ 'Volunteering and the Welsh Language’ National Conference Presentation: WCVA Conference

  Gwahoddiad i gyflwyno canlyniadau cychwynnol ymchwil ar y Gymraeg a gwirfoddoli yng nghynhadledd genedlaethol Cyngor Gweithredu Gwirfoddol Cymru / Invited presentation to discuss the prelimary findings of research on the Welsh language and volunteering at the Wales Council for Voluntary Action national conference

  18 Sep 2013

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
• ‘An Educational Phenomenon? New Welsh Speakers in the Rhymni Valley: Learners or Users? A Parental Perspective. International Minority Language Conference (ICML) Graz, Awstria, September 2013

  Cyflwyno paper ar ymchwil siaradwyr newydd yn ICML, Prifysgol Graz, Awstria/ paper presentation on new Welsh speakers data, ICML Graz, Austria

  7 Sep 2013

  Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)
• TU HWNT I’R DOSBARTH – Dyfodol Cynllunio IeithyddolBEYOND THE CLASSROOM – the future of Language Planning

  Symposiwm Cynllunio Ieithyddol rhyngwladol yn trafod yr angen i gynnwys strategaethau cynllunio ieithyddol holistig y tu hwnt i'r ystafell ddosbarth er mwyn hyrwyddo defnydd cymdeithasol fwy eang o ieithoedd lleiafrifol fel y Gymraeg

  An International Language Planning Symposium discussing the need to include holistic language planning strategies beyond the classroom to faciliate wider social use of minoritized languages such as Welsh

  8 Mar 2013

  Activity: Participation in conference (Organiser)
• Cynllunio Ieithyddol: Ddoe, Heddiw ac Yfory’/ Language Planning: Yesterday, today and tomorrow

  Cynhadledd Genedlaethol Mentrau Iaith Cymru/ National Mentrau Iaith Cymru Conference

  13 Feb 2013

  Activity: Invited talk (Invited speaker)

2012

• ‘Music touches my Welsh soul’: Music, identity and social well-being in Wales’ Sociology of Arts Conference, Vienna September 2012 (joint paper with Dr Gwawr Ifan, School of Music)

  Cyflwyno paper ar y cyd â Dr Gwawr Ifan yn trafod pwysigrwydd Cerddoriaeth i iechyd a lles yng Nghymru/ paper presentation with Dr Gwawr Ifan discussing the importance of music for social well-being in Wales

  5 Sep 2012

  Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)
• New Speakers: Parental Incentives and Welsh-medium Education in south Wales, ICLASP (International Conference on Language and Social Psychology) Leeuwarden, June 2012

  Cyflwyno paper yn ICLASP, Leeuwarden, yr Iseldiroedd/ paper presentation in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands

  20 Jun 2012

  Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)
• ‘Our Own Language? New Welsh Speakers and Language Use in the Rhymni Valley, South Wales’. New Speakers of Minority Language: A Dialogue, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh

  Cyflwyno papur ym maes siaradwyr newydd y Gymraeg/ paper presentation - New Speakers of Minority Languages: A Dialogue, Prifysgol Caeredin

  Mar 2012

  Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)

2011

• ‘Towards the Light’:Why do non-Welsh-speaking parents choose Welsh-medium education for their children? The Case of Cwm Rhymni, Caerffili’, WISERD Conference, 2011.

  Cyflwyno papur ar ganlyniadau PhD yng nghynhadledd haf WISERD, Caerdydd 2011/ paper presentation at WISERD Summer Conference, Cardiff

  Jul 2011

  Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)
• Welsh-medium education for the non-Welsh-speaking in South Wales: A Parent’s Choice’. International Minority Language Conference (ICML) 2011, Flensburg a Sonderborg.

  Cyflwyno papur ar ganlyniadau PhD ICML, Prifysgol Flensburg a Phrifysgol Sonderborg/ paper presentation on PhD findingd ICML, Universities of Flensburg and Sonderborg

  Jun 2011

  Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)
• ‘Burghers or Spiralists? Integrative or Instrumental Incentives? Welsh-medium Education and parental incentives- Rhymni Valley’. Cyfres Ymchwil Ieithoedd Celtaidd,SOILLSE, Prifysgol Caeredin.

  Gwahoddiad i roi papur yn y Gyfres Ymchwil Ieithoedd Celtaidd, SOILSSE , SOILLSE, Prifysgol Caeredin

  15 May 2011

  Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)

2009

• ‘Towards the Light/ Tua’r Goleuni: Welsh Medium Education for the non-Welsh speaking in south Wales: A Parent’s Choice’ International Conference of Minority Languages (2009), Tartu, Estonia

  Cyflwyno papur ar ganlyniadau PhD yn ICML Prifysgol Tartu, Estonia/

  Paper presentation on PhD findings ICML Conference, Tartu University, Estonia

  May 2009

  Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)

2007

• ‘Minority Language Education chosen by majority-language Speakers: The Case of the Rhymni Valley, South Wales’ International Conference of Minority Languages, Pecs, Hungary

  Cyflwyno papur ymchwil ar ganlyniadau cychwynnol PhD (ICML) 2007, Pecs, Hungari/ Paper presentation on initial PhD findings, ICML, Pecs, Hungary

  5 Jul 2007

  Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)

• Ynys Mon Language Research Project

  01/04/2022 – 30/11/2023 (Active)

• Welsh Language Strategy

  01/11/2014 – 30/11/2015 (Finished)