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Dr. Rachael-Anne Knight

Senior Lecturer in Phonetics
Department of Language and Communication Science
City University London Tel: 020 7040 8081 email: knight@city.ac.uk or rachaelanne@cantab.net

CURRICULUM VITAE

CURRENT STATUS

I am a phonetician with a particular interest in the production and perception of both intonation and rhotics. I am a Senior Lecturer in Phonetics, and formerly (2006-2009) Programme Director for the PGDip / MSc in Speech and Language Therapy, at City University London.

AWARDS and FUNDING

School of Community and Health Sciences award for Excellent Contributions to the Student Experience, City University, (2011)
Nominated for City University Student Voice teaching award (2010, 2011)
School of Community and Health Sciences Teaching Prize, City University Educational Development Centre, Ł1000, (2009)
CeTL seedcorn grant, Ł1,900, An ultrasound database of British English Consonants, (2008)
Learning Development Centre Teaching and Learning Fellowship, Ł9,460, (2008-9)
Small grant award, Nuffield Foundation , Co-investigator with Dr. Rachel Smith (PI), Ł7,500, 'Perceptual learning about word boundaries in familiar and unfamiliar accents', (2008)
Pump Priming Fund, City University , Ł4,900, The effect of ultrasound scanning on speech (2008)
CeTL funding for phonetics teaching equipment (phonetics team application), Ł54,000, (2007)
Small grant award, Economic and Social Research Council ( ESRC ), Ł90,000, ' Acquisition of Standard British English Rhotics ' (2006)
University Teaching Award for Excellence in Curriculum Development, City University Educational Development Centre, Ł1000, (2006)
Pump Priming Fund, City University , Ł870, (2005)
PhD studentship, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council , (2000-2003)
Isaac Newton Trust Award, for best new British student, University of Cambridge , (2000-2003)

PUBLICATIONS

Please see my publication and presentations page for the most up to date list.

TEACHING

Senior Lecturer in Phonetics, (2007-Present), City University, London

Lecturer in Phonetics, (2005-2007), City University, London

I teach phonetics and phonology to students undertaking Speech and Language Therapy degrees, for which I have won an award. I also act as module leader and am a personal tutor. I am involved with outreach events such as open days and workshops, and am partly responsible for the departmental website. I was Programmer Director for the PGDip/ MSc from 2006-2009, and supervise research dissertations at all levels. In 2009/10 I concentrated on revising the research dissertation module for our BSc4 students. I will be on sabbatical from January -September 2011.

Visiting Lecturer, Roehampton University, (2000, 2003-4)

Phonetics and Phonology (2003-4)
Psycholinguistics (2004)
Introductory sociolinguistics (2003-4)
Introductory Linguistics (phonetics, phonology, morphology and syntax) (2003-4)
History of the English Language (2000)

College Teacher in Speech Sciences, University College London, (2004)

Visiting Lecturer in Acoustic Phonetics, City University London, (Spring 2004)

Substitute Lecturer in Psycholinguistics, University of Cambridge, (2001-2003)

Tutor in Language Change, University of Reading (INSET days 2004-2006)

EDUCATION

PhD in Linguistics (phonetics), University of Cambridge, (2003)

MSc Speech and Hearing Sciences, University College London, (1999)

BA English Language and Linguistics and English Literature (Joint Honours), Roehampton University, (1995-1998)

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Editorial board of Journal of the International Phonetics Association (2007 -)
External examiner, University College London (2008-12)
External examiner, Roehampton University(2008-11)
Rapporteur for Economic and Social Research Council (2007-)
Information Officer for British Association of Clinical Linguistics (2008-)
BAAP representative, BACL second representative, and secretary to University Council of General and Applied Linguistics (UCGAL) (2010-)
Co-organiser BAAP colloquium 2010
Reviewer for Journal of Phonetics (2004, 2011), Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics (2005-), Journal of the International Phonetics Association (2006-), International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders (2007-), Journal of Pragmatics (2009), Slovo a slovesnost (2009), ICPhS 2011, Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology (2011).
Theory and oral examiner for the International Phonetics Association (2008-)
Phonetics oral examiner for the International Phonetics Association, University of Westminster, University College London and City University (2004-)
Tutor for University College London, Summer Course in English Phonetics (2004 -2005)
Research Assistant, University College London (1999-2000)

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