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personal information
| Address: | School of Arts, Media, & Creative Technology, 204 Crescent House |
| Website (work): | https://www.salford.ac.uk/our-staff/jack-wilson |
| Website (personal): | https://www.jackwilsonlinguist.com |
| Email: | j.j.wilson@salford.ac.uk |
employment history
| 2016 - present | University of Salford Position: Lecturer in English Language & Salford Institute of Dementia Creativity Theme lead |
| 2015 - 2016 | York St John University Position: Lecturer & Seminar Tutor |
| 2014 - 2016 | University of Leeds Position: Lecturer & Seminar Tutor (MA and BA) |
academic qualifications
| 2018 | Fellow of Higher Education Academy AdvancedHE |
| 2017-2018 | PGCAP University of Salford |
| 2012 - 2016 | PhD, Department of Linguistics and Phonetics University of Leeds Thesis: “What co-speech gestures do: investigating the communicative role of visual behaviour accompanying language use during reference in interaction” Supervisors: Dr Bethan Davies & Dr Catherine Davies |
| 2010 - 2011 | Master of Arts with Distinction in Pragmatics University College London, London Dissertation: “Contextual Substitutes: Exploring the role of gestural sequences during interaction” Supervisor: Professor Robyn Carston |
| 2007-2010 | Bachelor of Arts (First Class, Hons) in English Language and Linguistics York St John University, York Dissertation Title: “Doing being good: Face conflict and the co-construction of identity within an online Christian Community” Dissertation Supervisor: Dr Andrew Merrison |
scholarships and prizes
| 2019 | Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA) Prize Award for best article by a newcomer to the field published in Language and Literature (co-authored with Hazel Price).</tr> |
| 2012 | AHRC Doctoral Studentship (Three Years) |
| 2010 | York St John Business School Prize. In recognition of outstanding academic achievement |
| International Pragmatic Association (IPRA) |
| International Society for Gesture Studies |
| Linguistics Association of Great Britain (LAGB) |
| Endangered Languages Documentation Programme (ELDP) Small Grant with Janet Watson (PI) 2016-2017 - £10000 |
| Associate Editor for the IPrA Bibliography of Pragmatics online, since 2019 | |
| Exertnal Examiner University of Huddersfield: Linguistics modules on Undergraduate degrees including BA linguistics, since 2022 | |
| Exertnal Examiner University of Huddersfield: MRES theses x 3, since 2020 | |
| Guest Lecturer for MASSOLIT https://www.massolit.io/courses/gesture-in-communication |
| 2014–2016 | LPRG Institutionalised Impoliteness Research Assistant (Grade 5) Research Team: Linguistics Politeness Research Group (LPRG) |
| 2010–2011 | British Sign Language (BSL) Map Task Project Research Assistant (Grade 5) Research Team: Graham H. Turner (Heriot-Watt University), Andrew J. Merrison (York St. John University), Bethan L. Davies (University of Leeds), Gary Quinn (Heriot-Watt University) and Kyra Pollit (The Pollit Bureau, Edinburgh) Contact: Prof. Graham H. Turner |