At the broadest level, my research is concerned with the cognitive and cultural factors that inform how human beings think about, create and communicate representations. In this regard, it cuts across both the humanities and the social sciences. Methodologically, I am very interested in how quantitative and experimental methods can be applied to qualitative cultural and linguistic data (and particularly to 'big' data). To date, I have published on a wide variety of subjects, including experimental psychology, literary studies, anthropology, cultural studies, mythology, social media and linguistics.
I have graduate degrees in discourse linguistics, literary studies and philosophy; I have also held competitively awarded fellowships in the form of a Junior Research Fellowship (Linacre College, Oxford), a Marie Curie Fellowship (Department of Experimental Psychology, Oxford), and a Wellcome Trust Medical Humanities Fellowship (Brunel University London).
Experience
2017–present
Wellcome Trust Fellow in the Medical Humanities, Centre for Culture and Evolution / Department of Arts & Humanities
2016–2017
Senior Research Associate, Department of Psychology, Lancaster University
2012–2016
Research Associate, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford
2013–2016
Research Associate , Faculty of English Language and Literature, University of Oxford
2012–2014
Junior Research Fellow, Linacre College, University of Oxford
2012–2014
Marie Curie Fellow, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford
2010–2012
Lecturer, School of English, University College Cork
2007–2009
Lecturer, School of Languages, Literature, Culture & Communication, University of Limerick
Education
2006
University College Cork, Ireland, PhD (Discourse Linguistics)
Grants and Contracts
2017
Wellcome Trust Fellowship in the Medical Humanities
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Wellcome Trust
2012
Junior Research Fellowship
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Linacre College, University of Oxford
2012
Marie Curie Fellowship, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford