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The elephant in the room
The Social Research Association invited me to write an article for the September 2024 issue of their quarterly magazine, Research Matters. I wrote about the work the research sector still has to do to improve equity and inclusion in the sector.
MRS Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Changemaker of the Year 2023
I won the award in 2023, recognising my work building the Rocial Researchers of Colour network as a significant contribution to the progress of greater inclusion and equity within the research sector
Helping senior leaders to support and retain Black and ethnic minority researchers
In September 2022, I wrote a blog for the Social Research Association. The blog introduces the Social Researchers of Colour network and presents the results of our recent workshop aimed at senior leaders in the social research profession.
English and Media Centre emagazine article - Issue 92
In April 2021, I wrote an article for EMC emagazine. It was based on my PhD research and titled: "Multicultural London English – Ethnicity, Peer Groups and Identity in a School in Newham"
Lingthusiasm Podcast - Episode 48
I spoke to Lauren Gawne about my research on accents in the UK, doing collaborative research with young people, and linguistics research jobs outside of academia.
You can listen to the episode here or on a range of podcast platforms.
Lexis Podcast - Episode 4
I spoke to Jacky, Dan, Lisa, and Matthew about Multicultural London English and how language is used by teenagers to express their social identities.
You can listen to the episode here or on a range of podcast platforms.
Ethnic diversity in social research: a persistent problem
In March 2020, I wrote an article for Research Matters magazine, a quarterly published by the Social Research Association (SRA). An online version can be found on the NatCen blog page.
Navigating the White research space: Experiences of BAME researchers
In February 2020, Bethany Thomas (NatCen Social Research) and I ran a workshop funded by the Social Policy Association.
The workshop sought to provide a safe space for BAME researchers across sectors to come together and discuss barriers and challenges they faced at work.
We explored the ways in which current notions of ‘whiteness’ and ‘Britishness’ are related to barriers faced by BME researchers in being equal social actors in White research spaces. We also discussed how these barriers are related to the effectiveness of wider social policies at combatting inequalities that are embedded into society.
A blog post about the event can be found on NatCen's blog page
Talking Black in America - film screening and panel discussion
In June 2018, I was a panel member at a screening of Talking Black in America at Oxford University, along with Executive Producer Dr Walt Wolfram, Distinguished University Professor, Department of English, North Carolina State University (via pre-recorded address).
"Talking Black in America follows the unique circumstances of the descendants of American slaves and their incredible impact on American life and language. Filmed across the United States, Talking Black in America is a startling revelation of language as legacy, identity and triumph over adversity."
Language Variation in the Classroom
In October 2017, I ran an event with fellow PhD student Christian Ilbury. LVitC was a two-day workshop, aimed at bringing together researchers and practitioners to explore and discuss issues around standard language ideology and the use of non-standard dialects in the classroom. Details about the event can be found here.
Festival of Communities
In May 2017, I participated in QMUL's festival of communities. Fellow linguists Danniella Samos and Zoe Adams were the organisers of our stall, and we spent a day doing activities with event visitors to promote oral hygiene and adventurous eating (topics related to Danniella and Zoe's PhD projects on health communication).
MLE in the media
January 2017:
I was selected to be part of the LSA media advisory, distributed in December, highlighting newsworthy research at their annual meeting.
November 2016:
I contributed to a recent report by Dom Watt and HSBC about language change in urban centres across the UK, by sharing information about my research with adolescents in London and putting HSBC in touch with a local East London family. This report was picked up by some national news outlets, such as The Guardian and The Telegraph.
The LLP at NC State
Whilst at NC State I was part of the Language and Life Project, an organisation founded by Walt Wolfram to give back to the communities that provide linguists with such rich data for our research.
Being part of the LLP gave me many opportunities and highlighted the importance of outreach for academics, especially linguists. I participated in two North Carolina State Fairs, where we had an exhibit to share the wonderful linguistic diversity of North Carolina with fair goers. I was also a diversity ambassador as part of the developing 'Educating the Educated' project, and participated in two Spring Break trips to Ocracoke Island, where we educated 8th grade students about language variation and the Ocracoke Brogue (curriculum developed by Walt Wolfram and Jeff Reaser). The picture on the right was taken during my second visit alongside two MA colleagues, May Chung (UMBC) and Jaclyn Daugherty.
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