CV

Hannah Leach
Curriculum Vitae

hmleach1 (at) sheffield (dot) ac (dot) uk
hannahmleach.blogspot.com
voicesofthepotteries.blogspot.com
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/hannah-leach/29/181/913

Education
2013-2016 (expected) -- PhD Linguistics, University of Sheffield
Recipient of a Wolfson Scholarship for the Arts and Humanities, from the Wolfson Foundation
2011-2012 -- MA Linguistics, with distinction, University of York
2007-2010 -- BA Linguistics and English Language, First Class Honours, Lancaster University

Presentations
2013
-- Stoke-on-Trent: a case study investigating the 'new working class'; UKLVC9 (2nd-4th September)
-- A region divided: accent and identity in Stoke-on-Trent (with Dr Chris Montgomery); i-Mean Language and Identity Conference (18th-20th April)

2012
-- The witch[i:z] watch [ɪt] - variable tense unstressed vowels in Stoke-on-Trent; Manchester Salford New Researchers Forum in Linguistics (2nd-3rd November)

Extra-curricular
-- Organiser, ShefLingPGC (Sheffield's inaugural Linguistics Postgraduate Conference) - 4th & 5th February 2014
-- Organiser, Work in Progress (School of English postgraduate research seminar series), from January 2014
-- Proofreader, 101 Ceramic Highlights (Stoke-on-Trent museums, sponsored by The Headley Trust)

Employment
2012-2013
-- Project Officer, Temporal Co-ordination in Communication project, Centre for Advanced  Studies in Language and Communication (University of York)
-- Research Assistant: Scilly Voices (University of Sheffield)
-- Research Assistant: Surrey Syncretism Database (University of Surrey/York)
2010-2011 -- Editorial Assistant, Copywriter and Subeditor, publicservice.co.uk Ltd.
July 2009 -- TEFL Teacher, Education First Language Travel

Skills
-- Advanced Praat and Elan, intermediate LaTeX and Wavesurfer
-- Advanced training in production, perception and transcription using the International Phonetic Alphabet
-- Trained subeditor and proofreader
-- Extensive experience writing in editorial, advertorial and academic styles
-- Proficient Microsoft Office and social networking skills, including basic html coding

Miscellaneous
-- Recipient of award for attainment in second year examinations (2009, Lancaster University)
-- Recipient of Mary Bishop Prize for English Language (2007, City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College)
-- Delegate at The Network, Media Guardian International Television Festival, 2009
-- Departmental representative and tour guide, Lancaster University