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During the Covid pandemic, I became interested in how craft workshop providers were able to continue to offer their services through online courses and began to wonder about the ways in which they were being conducted.

• Interdisciplinary research, looking at language and embodiment in craft workshops where people learn manual skills, with a focus on instructor roles and recipiency.

• Collected a total of 55 hours of both in-person and online video data.

• Conducted analysis applying conversation analysis and multimodality.

• Comparative analysis of in-person and online workshops using quantitative CA methodology.

For my Masters dissertation at Newcastle University, I recorded a game playing community and using conversation analysis, I was able to draw conclusions about how this group used language and gestures to enact a 'meta playfulness' that enhanced their game playing experiences. 

• Dissertation title: "Vocalising Playfulness: How Gameplayers Use Roleplay to Enhance their Experiences"

• Awarded the Cross-Cultural Communication Exceptional Student Award.

• Gained research skills in qualitative methodologies such as linguistic analysis, ethnography, and conversation analysis.

• Delivered lectures based on existing materials.

• Adapted exam questions to fit the lecture content.

• Marking responsibilities.

• Problem-based learning facilitator.

• Facilitated group work; helped students resolve group troubles.

• Feedback on reflective writing and a number of assignment formats (report, essay, oral presentation).

• Lead seminars to groups of up to 18 students.

• Plan seminar activities based on exercises provided by module leader.

• Create inclusive and collaborative environment, ensuring all students feel confident contributing.

• Provide oral feedback to students in the seminars.

• Marking of formative and summative assignments.

• Coordinating a team of PAL Leaders (Undergraduates in stage 3).

• Overseeing the preparation of materials for use in PAL sessions.

• Identify PAL Leader training needs.

• Development of four PBL problem sets and facilitation notes for teaching staff.

• Delivered training on PBL to trainee facilitators.

• Supported prospective students with producing a short essay to prepare them for academic aspects of university. 

• Encouraged them to use appropriate referencing, and I also marked the assignments.

• Lead seminars to groups of up to 18 students.

• Plan seminar activities based on exercises provided by module leader.

• Create inclusive and collaborative environment, ensuring all students feel confident contributing.

• Provide oral feedback to students in the seminars.

• Marking of formative and summative assignments.

• Lead seminars to groups of up to 18 students.

• Plan seminar activities based on exercises provided by module leader.

• Create inclusive and collaborative environment, ensuring all students feel confident contributing.

• Provide oral feedback to students in the seminars.

• Marking of formative and summative assignments.

Mar 2024 - Jun 2024 Perspectives on Institutional Interaction

• The course provides an overview of the theoretical foundation and development of research on interaction in institutional settings.

Oct 2023 - Jul 2024 York Policy Associate Training Scheme

University of York

• Rapid evidence synthesis training

• Specialist training for PGR students to support policy engagement efforts.

• Collaboration with various research entities within the University of York.

Mar 2023 Phonetics of Talk in Interaction

University of York

• Three-day short course for introducing phonetic and prosodic description to talk.

• Praat and phonetic transcription.

Oct 2022 – Jun 2023 York Learning and Teaching Award (YLTA)

• Masters-level taught course designed to support Graduate Teaching Assistants reflect on and develop teaching practice.

• Accredited by Advanced HE to award Associate Fellow of the HEA upon completion of the course.

Oct 2022 EMCA Bootcamp

University of Southern Denmark

• 5-day residential seminar engaging with recent topics in ethnomethodology and conversation analysis, including materiality and interaction, grammar and the body and collection-based analysis.

Jul 2022 International Summer Institute for Interactional Linguistics

Leibniz-Institute for the German Language

• Week-long Summer School which included talks from leading academics, data sessions and group work with the aim of producing publishable work later on.

• Presented ongoing work to the group at the end of the summer school.

May 2022 Studying Human-Computer Interactions with Video

University of Liverpool

• Two-day course focusing on the practicalities of conducting research that includes people interacting with technologies, including mobile phones and computers.

July 2023 – Present ISCA Publications Committee Member

• Involved in the publication of the ISCA forum newsletter.

• Promote communication and interaction between ISCA members.

Oct 2021 – Apr 2024 Editor (2022 – 2024); Assistant Editor (2021 – 2022)

York Paper in Linguistics

• Led the editorial team for the student-run peer-reviewed York Papers in Linguistics. 

• Duties include communicating with reviewers and authors to support in the review process, ensuring that papers adhere to editorial guidelines and promoting the paper among the student body.

• Spearheaded branding revitalisation through logo and website design.

Jul 2024 - Sep 2024 EMCA Doctoral Network Meeting

Scientific Committee

Sep 2023 - Jul 2024 York Conference on Conversation Analysis

Organising Committee, Chair

• Conference Chair for the first York Conference on Conversation Analysis, a one-day conference giving PGRs the opportunity to present.

Oct 2022 – Jun 2024 Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Student Rep Committee Member

Language and Linguistic Science Department

• Student group that helps inform University policy through partaking in focus groups and leading campaigns in EDI.

• Organise EDI event for the Language and Linguistic Science department.

Apr 2022 – Dec 2023 Interactional Linguistics Lab meeting coordinator

• Coordinate and lead weekly term-time data sessions at the University of York. 

• Inviting volunteers to present data at the meeting and communicating to the group the meeting details.

• Plan and design analytic sessions using data from various sources.

Oct 2022 – Oct 2023 PGR Buddy

• Support and help new PGRs settle into the University, signpost information and support offered by the University and introduce them to peer networks where possible.

Jul 2022 – Sept 2022 Open Day Student Demonstrator

• Welcomed prospective students to the department and guided them through linguistic-based puzzles, encouraging them to think creatively.

Centre for Advanced Studies in Language and Communication, University of York. Web officer and doctoral student member. 

International Society for Conversation Analysis. Student member.

International Pragmatics Association.  Student member.

Higher Education Academy. Associate Fellow.