I am a Lecturer in Sociolinguistics in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University. My research focusses on accents and dialects of English, and more specifically why accents vary and change over time. My areas of expertise include Northern Englishes (particularly the accents of Manchester and Blackburn), theories of sound change, ultrasound tongue imaging, laboratory phonology and the intersection between variable processes and phonetics/phonology interfaces. I am a member of the Lancaster University Phonetics Lab.
PhD in Linguistics, 2014
University of Manchester
MA in Linguistics, 2010
University of Manchester
BA (Hons) in English Language, 2009
University of Manchester