Voicebot Designer

• Jul 2022 - Present

Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics

• Jan 2020 - Sep 2022

Teaching on MA in Natural Language Processing: - Semantics and Pragmatics - Syntax - Introduction to Logic in Linguistics Teaching on BA in English Studies: - Discourse Analysis - Academic Writing - Research Seminar Research in semantics and pragmatics, intercultural communication in English Teaching on MA in Natural Language Processing: - Semantics and Pragmatics - Syntax - Introduction to Logic in Linguistics Teaching on BA in English Studies: - Discourse Analysis - Academic Writing - Research Seminar Research in semantics and pragmatics, intercultural communication in English

Linguist (British English) on a Grammarly project

• Jan 2022 - Jul 2022

Part of speech tagging, syntactic parsing of constituency trees Part of speech tagging, syntactic parsing of constituency trees

Conversation Designer

• Jan 2022 - Jul 2022

- Use case extraction for a mental health AI assistant - Designing conversation flows - Creating intent datasets - Testing - Use case extraction for a mental health AI assistant - Designing conversation flows - Creating intent datasets - Testing

Senior Linguist (Polish)

• Oct 2021 - Jul 2022

- Providing expert linguistic input to developing standards for language-specific chatbots - Ensuring semantic, syntactic and stylistic diversity of data - Serving as an escalation point to answer questions from the data creation team - Quality Control - Providing expert linguistic input to developing standards for language-specific chatbots - Ensuring semantic, syntactic and stylistic diversity of data - Serving as an escalation point to answer questions from the data creation team - Quality Control

Senior Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics

• Sep 2014 - Sep 2019

- Wrote and delivered courses in English Grammar, Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics, Phonetics, and Forensic Linguistics - Conducted and published research on conditional and modal expressions in English - Co-authored three successful research grant applications - Led on two research projects - Gave talks at specialist and non-specialist conferences - As a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, mentored junior teaching staff - Oversaw Erasmus+ exchange program with Poland - Reviewied journal articles, manuscripts, and book proposals for Cambridge University Press, De Gruyter, Routledge, and Edinburgh University Press Show less

Consultant in Polish

• 2019 - 2019

- Provided and verified phonemic transcription of Polish words - Provided and verified phonemic transcription of Polish words

Teaching Fellow in English Language and Linguistics

• Sep 2013 - Jun 2014

- Delivered courses in Semantics, Pragmatics, and Syntax (phrase-structure, X-bar theory) - Delivered courses in Semantics, Pragmatics, and Syntax (phrase-structure, X-bar theory)

Visiting Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics

• Sep 2010 - Jun 2013

- Delivered courses in Discourse Analysis, Critical Discourse Analysis, and Systemic Functional Grammar of English - Delivered courses in Discourse Analysis, Critical Discourse Analysis, and Systemic Functional Grammar of English

Seminar Tutor in English Language and Linguistics

• Sep 2008 - Jun 2013

- Delivered courses in Semantics and Pragmatics, Syntax, Phonetics, and Dialectology

Editor of Newcastle Working Papers in Linguistics

• Jan 2009 - Dec 2010

- Co-operated with the editorial team, authors, and reviewers to meet quality standards and deadlines- Proofread copies for spelling, punctuation, and grammar

English Language Teacher

• 2002 - 2006

General English, Business English (in-company) General English, Business English (in-company)

English Language Teacher

• 2001 - 2003