Overview
PhD student currently studying at the Centre for Language and Communication Research.
I am a qualified lecturer in post-compulsory education and have taught a variety of subjects relating to English language, EAP and Law, in both further and higher education institutions. I combined my interests in language and law by doing a master's degree in Forensic Linguistics here in Cardiff. During this MA, my main focus was on linguistic issues relating to online hate speech; sexual violence and rape myths; and consent in rape cases. I am now continuing my research in these areas within the context of far-right extremism.
Research
Research interests
Research
My main research interests include:
- online hate speech
- digital narratives and online discourses
- corpus-assisted critical discourse analysis (CADS)
- far-right extremism and radicalisation
- rape and sexual assault
- online identity construction
Conferences
- Religion and Rape Culture Conference
The Shiloh Project at The University of Sheffield (July 2018)
'Rape is a liberal disease': An analysis of alternative rape culture perpetuated by far-right extremists online
- VOX-Pol Conference: Violent Extremism, Terrorism, and the Internet: Present and Future Trends
The University of Amsterdam (August 2018)
'Rape is a liberal disease': An analysis of alternative rape culture perpetuated by far-right extremists online
- 2018 BAAL Annual Conference: Taking Risks in Applied Linguistics
York St John University (September 2018)
The risks and challenges of analysing multimodal discourse in extremist rhetoric online
- XI International Conference on Corpus Linguistics - Corpus Approaches to Discourse Analysis
The University of Valencia, Spain (May 2019)
The reframing of rape in extremist online rhetoric: Using corpus linguistics to compare identity construction in narrative and non-narrative discourses
- 14th International Association of Forensic Linguistics (IAFL) Biennial Conference
RMIT, Melbourne, Australia (July 2019)
Reframing Rape: Investigating identities and alternative rape culture in extremist discourses online
- International Corpus Linguistics 2019 Conference
Cardiff University (July 2019)
'Shitlibs and soyboys': Identity construction overlap in racist and misogynistic discourses online
- Invited speaker - The Forensic Linguistics Research Group (FORGE)
Lancaster University (Feburary 2020)
The Reframing of Rape in Extremist Online Discourses
- Corpora and Discourse International Conference 2020
University of Sussex (online) (June 2020)
Using CADS to uncover how right-wing extremists generate an alternative rape culture in online narratives
(Award: Project addressing the most socially relevant topic by a student researcher)
Teaching
Undergraduate modules I've tutored on:
- Developing English
- Reading and Writing in the Digital Age (RWDA)
Thesis
Argumentation strategies employed by online right-wing extremists in the reframing of rape and sexual assault.
Funding source
ESRC
