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Impact and Evaluation Officer<\/strong> Senior Programme Coordinator<\/strong> (Feb 2023 – July 2023) Lecturer in Phonetics and Phonology<\/strong> Teaching Associate<\/strong> Teaching Assistant<\/strong> Postgraduate Teaching Assistant<\/strong> PhD Linguistics<\/strong> \u2013 2018, University of Sheffield, Passed without correction MA Linguistics<\/strong> \u2013 2012, University of York, Awarded with distinction BA English Language & Linguistics<\/strong> \u2013 2010, Lancaster University, Awarded with First-Class Honours Research and teaching interests<\/em>: sociolinguistics; language variation and change; world Englishes, multilingualism and language contact; language and social class; acoustic and articulatory phonetics and the fundamentals of the International Phonetic Alphabet; language and gender; language, discrimination and prejudice; urban dialects of the North and Midlands<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leach, H. (2021) \/h\/-dropping and occupational role in Stoke-on-Trent\u2019s pottery industry. Journal of Sociolinguistics<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n >>> Available here<\/a> (open access).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leach, H. (2018)\u00a0Sociophonetic variation in Stoke-on-Trent’s pottery industry.<\/em> PhD thesis, University of Sheffield. <\/p>\n\n\n\n >>> Available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leach, H., Watson, K. & Gnevsheva, K. (2016) Perceptual dialectology in northern England: Accent recognition, geographical proximity and cultural prominence. Journal of Sociolinguistics 20 (2) pp. 192-211. <\/p>\n\n\n\n >>> Available here<\/a> or here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 Research Assistant<\/strong>: A Future for Cornish English project, University of Sheffield Research Associate<\/strong>: Digital Humanities Institute, University of Sheffield Reviewer<\/strong>: Annotation for Transparent Inquiry initiative, Syracuse University Research Assistant<\/strong>: Sheffield Archives and Special Collections, University of Sheffield Project Officer<\/strong>: Temporal co-ordination in talk-in-interaction, University of York Research Assistant<\/strong>: Scilly Voices, University of Sheffield Decolonising the Curriculum workshop (March 2019) Third Sector employment Impact and Evaluation OfficerMarie Curie \u2013 September 2023 – present Senior Programme Coordinator (Feb 2023 – July 2023)Programme Coordinator (August 2021 –…<\/p>\n
Marie Curie \u2013 September 2023 – present<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Programme Coordinator (August 2021 – Feb 2023
Action Tutoring <\/p>\n\n\n\nAcademic employment<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
University of Newcastle \u2013 September 2019 – July 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n
University of Sheffield \u2013 October 2018 – June 2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
University of Newcastle \u2013 October 2018 – January 2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
University of Sheffield \u2013 October 2014 – June 2018 <\/p>\n\n\n\nEducation<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Thesis<\/em>: Sociophonetic variation in Stoke-on-Trent\u2019s pottery industry
Examiners<\/em>: Professor David Britain & Professor Joan Beal
Supervisors<\/em>: Dr Emma Moore & Dr Chris Montgomery
Funded by a Wolfson Scholarship for the Arts and Humanities from the Wolfson Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thesis<\/em>: The witch[i:z] watch [\u026at]: variable tense unstressed vowels in Stoke-on- Trent Supervisor<\/em>: Dr Dominic Watt<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thesis<\/em>: Phonetic cues for the na\u00efve listener perception of accent varieties of the North- West Midlands
Supervisor<\/em>: Dr Kevin Watson<\/p>\n\n\n\nPublications<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Peer-reviewed presentations<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
– Sociolinguistic variation, affect, topic and emotion in oral history interviews; The interface of emotion and cognition in language learning and use event, University of Essex<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– Phonetically-motivated morpho-phonological change in an unstressed vowel: the horses vowel in Stoke-on-Trent English; BAAP, University of York (event postponed)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– Salience, noticeability and enregisterment of dialect features in Stoke-on-Trent English (with Dr Chris Montgomery); UKLVC, Queen Mary University of London
– The interaction between language, occupation and social meaning in Stoke-on- Trent\u2019s pottery industry; ICLaVE10, University of Leeuwarden\/Ljouwert (unable to attend)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– The making of local social meaning: \/h\/ variation in Stoke-on-Trent; 8th Northern Englishes Workshop, University of Newcastle
-Making it local: \/h\/ variation in Stoke-on-Trent\u2019s pottery industry; Language, Place and Periphery, University of Copenhagen<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– Phonetic variation and the particulars of the Potteries; UKLVC11, University of Cardiff
– Language variation and the local social relationships of the Potteries; ICLaVE9, University of Malaga<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– Construction of identity in the Potteries; Masterclass on Language and Place, University of Copenhagen
– Priv[i:]t (\u026a)s \u2013 the curious case of the (\u026a) vowel in Stoke-on-Trent; 7th Northern Englishes Workshop, University of Edinburgh<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– Selected speaker; Wolfson Scholars Symposium, British Academy
– Forced Alignment techniques in social meaning studies, ShefLingPGC, University of Sheffield
– Forced Alignment techniques in social meaning studies; the study of sociolinguistic meaning in the era of \u2018big data\u2019: issues, questions and future directions, University of Sheffield<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– Proximity, cultural prominence and sociolinguistic salience in perceptual dialectology (with Dr Kevin Watson and Dr Ksenia Gnevsheva); Language and Society, University of Waikato<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– Stoke-on-Trent: a case study investigating the \u2018new working class\u2019; UKLVC9, University of Sheffield [poster]
– A region divided: accent and identity in Stoke-on-Trent (with Dr Chris Montgomery); iMean 3, University of the West of England<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– The witch[i:z] watch [\u026a]t \u2013 variable tense unstressed vowels in Stoke-on-Trent; Manchester Forum in Linguistics, University of Manchester<\/p>\n\n\n\nResearch-based employment<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Transcription and coding of sociolinguistic interviews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Assistance on a variety of digital humanities projects, using GIS mapping software and designing websites<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Review and workshop regarding the use of digital annotations to enhance transparency in qualitative research (https:\/\/qdr.syr.edu\/ati).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cataloguing and digitising of dialect recordings and producing a report assessing their viability and providing instructions for use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
British Academy funded (http:\/\/bit.ly\/2yBz9AI) Transcribed, coded and analysed dyadic video recordings of talk and music for conversational and gestural pikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Transcribing and coding of phonetic variables (https:\/\/www.dhi.ac.uk\/scillyvoices\/) .<\/p>\n\n\n\nWriting and media experience<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Public engagement and outreach<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Awards<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Professional development<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Autism Awareness training (February 2019)
Supporting LGBT+ students training (January 2019)
LAGB student committee (2016-2018)
Co-ordinator, UK Linguistics Olympiad (2015-present)
MA Applied Linguistics mentor(2016)
Conference chair, ShefLingPGC; 5th & 6th March (2015)
Organiser, ShefLingPGC; 4th & 5th February (2014)
Organiser, Work in Progress (School of English postgraduate research seminars)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"