Overview

I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Clinical Conversation Analysis at the University of Exeter. I am interested in the structural organisation of naturally occurring talk across a variety of settings, namely, clinical encounters, everyday family interactions, initial interactions, and public encounters. 

My PhD research was on resistance in family interactions, with a focus on the sequential organisation of resistance, and how members orient to authority and categories in 'resistance sequences' in these family interactions. Ultimately, this research addressed issues of action and interaction, considering how actions are achieved and orientations to the social order in everyday interaction.

Qualifications

Masters by Research, Linguistics, York St John University, December 2017.
Thesis Titled: Accounting for Disaffiliations and Nonaffiliations in Initial Interactions.

BA (Hons), English Language and Linguistics, York St John University, June 2016.