National Committee

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  Hafren Vaughan, National 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 memorising kanji, playing Nintendo games or listening to Hello! Project songs.
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  Nicole Chan, National Vice Chair

  University of Edinburgh

  Nicole (she/her) is a first year undergraduate at the University of Edinburgh studying Linguistics and English Language. Hailing from Hong Kong, she is particularly interested in second language acquisition and sociolinguistics. Outside of her studies, she enjoys rope skipping, going outdoors and travelling on a budget!
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  Roma Dhasmana, National Secretary

  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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  Kirsty Gardiner, National Treasurer

  University of Aberdeen

  Kirsty (she/her) is a first-year Language & Linguistics with Mandarin student at the University of Aberdeen. Her main interests lie in sociolinguistics, phonology and first language acquisition. Outside of linguistics, you can find her working her way through the Netflix catalog, directing/acting in university plays and reading any book she can find.
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  Caitlin Wilson, Archivist

  University of Edinburgh

  Caitlin (she/her) is a 4th year undergrad in Linguistics at the University of Edinburgh. Her areas of research are centred in theoretical syntax and semantics as well as linguistic fieldwork. She is a research assistant for both the university’s Nilotic Languages Lab and the MECORE semantics project. Her passions outside of Linguistics include terrible YA fiction, Ancient Greek poetry, and Oxford commas.
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  Kazune Sato, Webmaster

  University College London

  Kazune ('Kaz', 'Kazu') is a final year Linguistics undergraduate at UCL. Whilst his current research mainly revolves around syntax, he is interested in various linguistics subfields such as semantics, phonology, morphology and linguistic typology. As the official Marking Coordinator for UKLO, he is also responsible for overseeing marking of the very many Round 1 scripts taking place in February each year. His free-time hobbies include writing some Linguistic Olympiad-style linguistics puzzles and learning some new languages - and outside of linguistics, he can be found exploring board games, cooking with a pressure cooker and hunting for delicious Asian food!
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  Matthew Hale, Social Media Coordinator

  University of Edinburgh

  Matthew Hale is a second year Russian and Linguistics student at the University of Edinburgh. His interests lie in the dynamics between language variation within minority groups in relation to more influential majority groups - particularly with regards to phonetics, phonology and morphosyntax. His guilty pleasure involves talking to Praat like it's his best friend, experimenting with the wonders of our phonetic production capabilities. When not sounding like a phonetic nerd (or to non-linguists, someone with a perpetually strange-sounding yawn), he loves to get involved with music within the community, playing violin and flute for various ensembles, and conducting a European Folk choir.
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  Beatrix Livesey-Stephens, Social Media Coordinator

  University of Aberdeen

  Beatrix (Bea) Livesey-Stephens (she/her) is a final year Language & Linguistics student at the University of Aberdeen. She is particularly interested in linguistic anthropology, specifically pertaining to gaming and fantasy. She still lives in fear of theta roles. When not doing Linguistics, she’s definitely spelling ‘LaTeX’ wrong in a tweet on the ULAB account and getting called out by a Linguistics Twitter bot.
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  Cecilia Tang, Institutional Representative Coordinator

  University of Manchester

  Cecilia is a second-year undergraduate student at the University of Manchester. They’ve enjoyed exploring a lot of areas of linguistics, but they are most interested in first and second language acquisition, as well as cross-linguistic variation. Outside of linguistics, they enjoy reading, listening to music and appreciating gay memes.
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  Lydia Wiernik, Journal Editor

  University of Edinburgh

  Lydia (they/them) is a second-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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  Kitty Liu, Magazine Editor-in-Chief

  University of Cambridge

  Kitty is in her second year studying undergraduate Linguistics at Cambridge. She is interested in historical linguistics, bilingualism, sociopragmatics, and functionalism. When not doing linguistics, she sings in her College choir, reads pretentious novels, gives people unsolicited etymologies, and knits compulsively to fill the void.
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  Trudy Kalvynaite, Events Coordinator

  University of Edinburgh

  Trudy is a third year Psychology and Linguistics student at the University of Edinburgh. She enjoys tackling the exciting nature of syntax trees, unravelling theories of universal grammar and language acquisition as well as fantisizing about linguistic fieldwork. When not solving obscure morphosyntax puzzles, she can be found painting, acting, writing and travelling!
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  Cliodhna Hughes, Opportunities Coordinator

  University of Edinburgh

  Cliodhna (she/her) is a fourth-year linguistics student at the University of Edinburgh, particularly interested in speech technology, phonetics, language evolution 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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  Jade Pathak, Local Chair

  University of Manchester

  Jade (she/her) is a first year Linguistics and Sociology student at the University of Manchester. She has a background in outdoor activity instructing and teaching ESOL all across the UK and Europe. When she isn’t climbing, kayaking or correcting English, she likes to play 90s PC point and click games and bore others with her constant stream of consciousness on the dynamics of society. Her linguistic interests lie primarily with second language acquisition (naturally) and natural language processing.