CV

Education

(2023-) PhD Linguistics, University of the West of England and Southmead Hospital
 Thesis:  Intraoperative Testing for the Motor Linguistic System
 Supervisors: Dr Anna Piasecki, Dr Kris Kinsey, Mr Neil Barua, PhD, FRCS (SN)
(2020-21) MPhil Linguistics, University of Cambridge
 Thesis: Embodiment Effects in Idiom Processing
 Supervisor: Professor John Williams
 Examiners: Professor Napoleon Katsos, Dr Chris Cummins (Edinburgh)
(2016-20) BA (Hons) Linguistics and Philosophy, Lancaster University
 Thesis 1: Is Arbitrariness a Design-Feature of the Sign?
 Supervisor: Professor Panos Athanasopoulos
 Thesis 2: Can the Grab Bag Stand Up? An Empirical Analysis of Rayo's Semantic Ontology
 Supervisor: Dr Vittorio Tantucci

Employment

(2024-) Associate Lecturer, University of the West of England
 Modules taught: Year 1 - Making Meaning (semantics and pragmatics)
(2023-) Research Assistant, University of Oxford
 Project: The Effects of Syntactic Operations on Cognition
Co-investigators: Dr Marc Olivier-Loiseau, Yuyan Xue (Cambridge)
 (2022-) Research Assistant, University of Southern California
 Laboratory: Centre for the Neuroscience of Embodied Cognition
 Principle Investigator: Dr Lisa Aziz-Zadeh
(2022-) Recognitions Consultant, Skills for English, PSI Services LLC

Summer Schools

(2023) 5th Crete Summer School of Linguistics (MIT and University of Crete)
(2021) 2nd International Summer School on Psycholinguistics, Neurolinguistics, and Clinical Linguistics (University of Novi Sad)
(2019) 3rd Crete Summer School of Linguistics (MIT and University of Crete)

Awards

(Nov 2023) Psychological Science Research Group, University of the West of England ~ £2,500
(Aug 2023) John Fell Fund, University of Oxford ~ £6,272.50
(Feb 2023) School of Creative and Cultural Industries and School of Art and Design PhD Studentship, College of Arts, Technology, and Environment, UWE Bristol ~ £61,838
(Jun 2021) Pillman Award, Girton College, University of Cambridge ~ £100
(May 2021) Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics Research Award, University of Cambridge  ~ £100
(Nov 2019) Student Conference Award, Linguistics Association of Great Britain ~ £150
(May 2019) County College Academic Travel Award, Lancaster University ~ £110
(Oct 2016) Academic Excellence Scholarship, Lancaster University ~ £1,000

Service

Reviewing

Cognitive Neuroscience of Language Embodiment and Relativity Conference 2022, Journal of the Undergraduate Linguistics Association of Britain, Language Learning, Oxford Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics Conference 2024, Undergraduate Linguistics Association of Britain Conference (2021, 2022), Undergraduate Linguistics Association of Britain Essay Competition 2021-22

Student Organisations

(2023-) Member, Student Committee, Linguistics Association of Britain
(2022-) Chair, Advisory Board, Journal of the Undergraduate Linguistics Association of Britain
(2020-21) Editor-in-Chief and co-founder, U-Lingua Magazine
(2020-22) Editor and co-founder, Journal of the Undergraduate Linguistics Association of Britain
(2020-21) Archivist, Undergraduate Linguistics Association of Britain
(2019-20) Lancaster University Institutional Representative, Undergraduate Linguistics Association of Britain
(2019-20) Vice President, Lancaster University Philosophy Society
(2019) General Secretary, Lancaster University Philosophy Society
(2018-19) Vice President, Lancaster University Linguistics and English Language Society