National Committee

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  Cliodhna Hughes, National Chair

  University of Edinburgh

  Cliodhna (she/her) is a third-year linguistics student at the University of Edinburgh, particularly interested in language evolution, phonetics and first language acquisition. She enjoys doing linguistics outreach, attending student conferences, and getting involved in just about anything linguistics-related! Outside of linguistics, her hobbies include glass fusing, playing underwater hockey and making unbrielievable cheese puns.
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  Hafren Vaughan, National Vice Chair

  University of Aberdeen

  Hafren, [hafɹən] or [havrɛn], is a second-year undergraduate Language & Linguistics student at the University of Aberdeen. She loves everything to do with language, but is particularly interested in theoretical linguistics - especially morphology and syntax! When she's not studying, you will probably find her learning Japanese: memorising Kanji... or singing karaoke.
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  Beatrix Livesey-Stephens, National Treasurer and Accessibility Officer

  University of Aberdeen

  Beatrix (Bea) is a final year undergraduate Language & Linguistics student at the University of Aberdeen. As a disabled person and ULAB’s Accessibility Officer, she is particularly interested in areas of linguistics concerning disability. Bea is also interested in translation and in critical discourse studies about consent and dissent. She would like to further explore the ethics of natural language processing, and she lives in fear of theta roles. When not doing Linguistics, she’s making new consent workshops for CASE, or knitting.
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  Louis Van Steene, National Secretary and Webmaster

  University of Cambridge

  Louis is a third-year linguistics undergraduate at Magdalene College, Cambridge. After trying to learn a range of languages with highly variable success over the years, from Icelandic to Japanese, his interest in linguistics initially grew as a way to tie them all together. A Platonist at heart, his current interests primarily lie in formal syntax and phonology and their applications. Further intellectual pursuits span the philosophical and the psychological, but when not studying or learning languages, he enjoys literature, music and lists without Oxford commas.
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  Riley Crouch, Social Media Coordinator and Local Chair

  University of Edinburgh

  Riley (they/she) is a third year linguistics student at the University of Edinburgh. They're primarily interested in pragmatics and discourse analysis, particularly looking at language about or used by trans people. Outside of linguistics, you'll find her trying to make a new vegan recipe or drawing fun lines on their face.
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  Roma Dhasmana, Social Media Coordinator

  University of Aberdeen

  Ro is a second-year Linguistics and Spanish undergraduate at the University of Aberdeen. Her main interests lie in second language acquisition and syntax. When not studying, she can be found singing in choirs, listening to horror podcasts, and thinking about cats.
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  T. R. Williamson, Journal Editor

  University of Cambridge

  Tom is an MPhil (by Thesis) student at the University of Cambridge. His research interests lie primarily at the intersects of mind and meaning, with his current thesis investigating whether the semantics of motor action encoded within certain English idioms affects psycholinguistic processing. As the Editor of JoULAB, it is his role to supervise all its activities from start to finish; particularly, he heads up submissions with Cliodhna, reviews with Brandon and Liam, social media with James, copyediting with Rachel and the Associate Copyeditors, and publication.
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  Stephanie Jat, Magazine Editor-in-Chief

  University of Cambridge

  Steph is a third-year Linguistics student at Pembroke College, Cambridge, originally from Hong Kong. After spending too many hours doing UKLO puzzles, she decided to try her hand at the degree and decided she loved it. Her main interests lie in stylistics and its interaction with linguistic theory, specifically in the interface between poetic license and grammaticality. When not reading, she can be found trying not to burn down the kitchen, lost on a hike, or living her X-factor dreams from the safety of her living room.
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  Lydia Wiernik, Archivist

  University of Edinburgh

  Lydia (they/them) is a first-year undergraduate studying linguistics at the University of Edinburgh. As a quadrilingual and counting, they have always been fascinated by language, but linguistics is where their passion lies. Their research interests include prosody and Deaf linguistics, with a focus on the cognitive processes behind them. When not sorting through the ULAB archives, they can be found archiving for Dr. Dan Gunn’s soon to be published biography. In their spare time, they are an avid bug collector and Keats enthusiast, and will lecture about both unprompted if you’re not careful.
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  Caitlin Wilson, Institutional Representative Coordinator

  University of Edinburgh

  Caitlin (she/her) is a fourth year undergraduate at the University of Edinburgh. She is focused on theoretical syntax and language preservation. When she isn’t drawing syntax trees, she helps with fieldwork on the University’s Nilotic Languages research team. Passions outside of Linguistics include terrible y/a fiction, being a bad runner, and Oxford commas.
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  Eloise Parr, Events Coordinator and Opportunities Coordinator

  University of Birmingham

  Eloise Parr (she/her) is a first year PhD linguistics student at the University of Birmingham. She graduated from Coventry University with a BA (Hons) in English and then a MA in Applied Linguistics from the University of Birmingham. Her research is using corpus-assisted metaphor analysis to explore pregnancy metaphors. When not doing linguistics, Eloise can be found reading, tending to her plant babies, or unironically enjoying a Zoom quiz!