About

Research

My current projects include:

• The effect of vocal effort on the variability of nasal coarticulation (IAFPA Research Grant, 2023)
• Talk and identity in the North Korean refugee diaspora (with Bronwen Evans, Jieun Song & Rakgyun Shin, UCL Global Engagement Fund, 2023–24)

Teaching

I teach on the following modules:

• LING223 English Phonetics
• LING301a Dissertation Preparation
• LING429 Forensic Linguistics (Guest lecture)
• LING488 Foundations of Speech Science
• LING541 Quantitative Data and Analysis for Applied Linguistics

Education

PhD in Linguistics, University of York

• Dissertation: Issues of bilingualism in likelihood ratio-based forensic voice comparison
• Supervisors: Paul Foulkes & Vincent Hughes

MSc in Forensic Speech Science (Distinction), University of York

• Dissertation: Double trouble?: The effect of bilingualism on filled pauses and their discriminatory power in forensic voice comparison
• Supervisors: Paul Foulkes & Vincent Hughes

Bachelor of Laws (Second Class Honours: Division One), The University of Hong Kong

Roles

PhD Abstracts Editor, The International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law

Treasurer, UK Linguistics Olympiad

Memberships

Association for Laboratory Phonology

British Association of Academic Phoneticians

International Association for Forensic Phonetics and Acoustics

Linguistics Association of Great Britain