Lois Fairclough
PhD studentResearch Overview
My research interests cover forensic phonetics and sociophonetics. My PhD investigates acoustic features used as a parameter for speaker identification, focussing on how effective they are in distinguishing individual speakers. I am also interested in investigating the limits of intra-speaker variation and the implications of this for forensic casework.
Current Research
I am currently employed as a Research Associate in Criminology, where I conduct quantitative survey analysis using data from the first-ever national survey on police uniforms in England and Wales. This research is being conducted in collaboration with the Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW), with the aim of informing evidence-based policies on police uniform.
Current Teaching
LING223 - English Phonetics
Lancashire Tongues
01/10/2022 → …
Research
Lancashire Tongues: A Community-Driven Approach to Dialect Research Using Ultrasound Imaging.
Invited talk
Forensic phonetics: Exploring mismatches between judicial expectations and scientific capability
Invited talk
University of Melbourne
Visiting an external academic institution
Lancashire Tongues - Burnley
Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition
Visible Voices
Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition
Current and New Methods in Sociolinguistics
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Forensic Voice Comparison Short-Course hosted by Lancaster University and Soundscape Voice Evidence.
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Lancashire Tongues - Blackburn
Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition
New Ways of Analyzing Variation
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Lancaster Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics and Language Teaching 2022
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Phonetics Lab (Organisational unit)
Membership of committee
Best Student Poster Award
Prize (including medals and awards)