Language Identities and Institutions Research Group PhD students

Enika Banerjee, ‘The identity construction of non-professional immigrants in Japan’. (Director of Studies: Amy Wang, Co-Supervisor: Natalie Braber and Gill Allwood).

Sarah Curtis (2023 NTU PhD Studentship) ‘Linguistic abilities in adults with Down’s Syndrome and cross-over with early stages of dementia’. (Director of Studies: Jamie Williams, Co-Supervisor: Natalie Braber).

Jordan Healey (M4C PhD Studentship) ‘Parliamentary under secretaries in the 1850s and 1860s and the rise of the controlling central state’ (Director of Studies: Steven King, Co-Supervisor: Natalie Braber)

Charlotte Kennedy (M4C PhD Studentship) ‘'Flexing some democratic muscle': The representations of Brexit demonstrations in daily national UK newspapers’ (Director of Studies: David Wright, Co-Supervisor: Natalie Braber).

Katherine King (2023 NTU PhD Studentship) Communication challenges in police interactions involving non-native English speakers in the East Midlands. (Director of Studies: David Wright, Co-Supervisor: Amy Wang and Parminder Pabla).

Peter Lee (Vice-Chancellor’s Bursary) ‘Lexical Variation and Identity Practices within the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Communities of the East Midlands’ (Director of Studies: Natalie Braber, Co-Supervisor: Laura Coffey-Glover and David Wright).

Marwa Mustafa (2022 NTU PhD Studentship) ‘The language of realised threats in online terrorist manifestos: Exploring a linguistic solution to a global challenge (Director of Studies: David Wright, Co-Supervisor: Katerina Krulisova).

Claire Shockledge (2023 NTU PhD Studentship) ‘Queen of the Midlands? Activism in postwar Nottingham (Director of Studies: Steven King, Co-Supervisor: Natalie Braber)

Rachel Thorpe (M4C PhD Studentship) 'me grandad worra pit mon': The changing face of the Derbyshire mining community, 1947-2022. (Director of Studies: Steven King, Co-Supervisor: Natalie Braber)

Samantha Vesty (M4c PhD Studentship) Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May: A feminist pragmatic analysis of Prime Minister's Questions. (Director of Studies: Laura Coffey-Glover, Co-Supervisor: Louise Mullany (University of Nottingham)).

Jess Wileman (funding) ‘Migration Activism and Social Media Clusters in the UK: Collective Identification in a Neoliberal Landscape’ (Director of Studies: Colin Alexander, Co-Supervisor: Laura Coffey-Glover).