Academic and professional qualifications

PhD Clinical Linguistics/ Aphasiology (University of Sheffield; Thesis: A construction-based approach to spoken language in aphasia)

MA Languages and Linguistics (University of Manchester)

PG Cert Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (University of Chester)

BA Hons German (University of Nottingham)

Languages

English (native language)

German (fluent; BA Hons German, with distinction in spoken German)

Basic knowledge: Portuguese (AS level, 2004), Dutch (AS level, 2005). 

Expert reviewer

I have acted as an expert reviewer/judge for the following:

• Research articles on aphasia and child language submitted to the journals Cognitive Linguistics and Language and Cognition
• Applications for the British Aphasiology Society Special Award (research grant)
• Entries submitted for the British Aphasiology Society Annual Student Prizes
• Abstracts submitted for the British Aphasiology Society Clinical Symposium; the British Aphasiology Society Research Update Meeting; and the UK Cognitive Linguistics Conference.

Prizes and awards

Faculty Prize Scholarship to complete PhD, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health, University of Sheffield.

Membership of professional associations

Chair of the British Aphasiology Society (2019 - present)

BAS Representative on the UK Stroke Forum Steering Group (2018 - 2020)

Member, UK Cognitive Linguistics Association (2016 - present)

Member, International Cognitive Linguistics Association (2013 - present)

Fellow, Higher Education Academy (2007 - present)