Teaching/Supervision
Postgraduate Dissertation Supervisor, Department of Language & Linguistic Science, University of York
2025: Research projects of 2 MSc in Forensic Speech Science students, addressing the perception of transcripts in courts and public trust in AI transcription
Mentor to PhD Student, Department of Language & Linguistic Science, University of York
2024-present: Regular mentoring meetings with a PhD in Linguistics student
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Language & Linguistic Science, University of York
Lectured, led seminars, provided student support, and/or marked assessments for the following modules:
2023-2025: L65H Forensic Linguistics
2023-2024: L44M Sociophonetics
2023-2024: L32M Research in Forensic Speech Science
2022-2024: L05H Forensic Phonetics
2020-2023: L09C Introduction to Phonetics & Phonology
Outreach
Knowledge Exchange Workshop, Accelerated Capability Environment, London, 11 September 2025
"Applying linguistic research to investigative interviewing and transcription of police interviews"
In collaboration with Dr James Tompkinson,
Dr Jessica Wormald and
Dr Eloísa Monteoliva García
York English Language Toolkit CPD Workshop, University of York, 11 July 2025
"Lost in the machine: can AI handle dialects in police interviews?"
Watch talk on YouTube or view YELT web page
Celebrating Spaces: Connecting Researchers, University of York, 3 July 2025
"Incorporating speech technology into policing practices: A linguistic perspective"
Watch talk on YouTube (link incoming)
Knowledge Exchange Workshop, University of York, 27 June 2025
"Applying linguistic research to investigative interviewing and transcription of police interviews"
In collaboration with Dr James Tompkinson,
Dr Jessica Wormald and
Dr Eloísa Monteoliva García
Knowledge Exchange Workshop, online webinar, 11 April 2025
"Using automatic speech recognition to transcribe minoritised varieties of English"
In collaboration with Dr Jessica Wormald as part of the IAFPA webinar series
Knowledge Exchange Workshop, online webinar, 10 November 2023
"Forensic transcription practices"
In collaboration with Dr Richard Rhodes as part of the IAFPA webinar series
Roles
Conference organising committee (Programme chair/Reviewer)
For the UKIS Workshop 2025, University of York
Co-chair of the Early Career Forum
Department of Language & Linguistic Science, University of York
Former student representative
For the International Association for Forensic Phonetics and Acoustics
Memberships
International Association for Forensic Phonetics and Acoustics
International Association for Forensic and Legal Linguistics
International Phonetic Association
British Association of Academic Phoneticians