As a Departmental Lecturer in Phonology, my research and teaching concentrate on the study of sound systems in languages, but I also have wider interests within the field of Linguistics. Having studied French and Linguistics as an undergraduate, I became interested in Breton, a Celtic language spoken in Brittany, and completed my doctoral thesis on changes in Breton morphosyntax in 2013. This has given me a broader interest in language decline and revitalisation more generally, particularly in the Celtic context: I am fascinated by so-called 'new speakers' of minority and endangered languages, and how their use of language differs from 'traditional' speakers. In my current research I focus on phonology and morphophonology (that is, sound systems, and their interaction with word structure).

I have been teaching Linguistics at Pembroke as a Retained Lecturer since 2014. I organise Linguistics teaching for undergraduates studying for a Linguistics degree (with Modern Languages or Psychology/Philosophy) and teach tutorials in General Linguistics and a number of sub-specialties, including Phonology and Syntax. I also teach French Linguistics, both for students taking French and Linguistics and for Modern Languages students who choose to take a French Linguistics paper.