Lecturing and course design

Quantitative Methods for Linguistics and English Language

University of Edinburgh, 2023

  • One guest lecture on frequentist methods and correctly interpreting p-values (slides)
  • Designed the accompanying tutorial materials (tutorial)

Statistics and Quantitative Methods (Bayesian)

University of Edinburgh, 2023

  • Three guest lectures and tutorials on modelling binary outcomes (slides, tutorial), multiple predictors and interactions (slides, tutorial), and continuous predictors and interactions (slides, tutorial)
  • Created formative and summative assessments

Workshops

Bayes, stat! A crash course in Bayesian inference

CLE retreat, 2023

  • Two two-hour sessions giving a conceptual and practical introduction to Bayesian modelling in R using brms (workshop website)

Narrative design for academic storytelling

CLE retreat, 2022

  • A two-hour session on the fundamentals of narrative structure and how using it can improve academic writing (workshop booklet PDF)

Tutoring

Note: Tutoring in UK higher education is like TA-ing in the North American system.

Data Analysis for Linguistics and English Language

University of Edinburgh, 2023–2024

  • Honours (advanced undergraduate) course on data manipulation and visualisation using the Tidyverse in R

Quantitative Methods for Linguistics and English Language

University of Edinburgh, 2023–2024

  • Postgraduate course on data manipulation, visualisation, and Bayesian and frequentist inference using R

Statistics and Quantitative Methods (Bayesian)

University of Edinburgh, 2022–2023

  • Honours (advanced undergraduate) and postgraduate course on data manipulation, visualisation, and analysis in the Bayesian framework using R

LEL2D: Cross-linguistic Variation: Limits and Theories

University of Edinburgh, 2022–2023

  • Pre-honours (early undergraduate) course on typological variation and its influence on linguistic theory

Simulating Language

University of Edinburgh, 2022–2023

  • Honours (advanced undergraduate) and postgraduate course on implementing Bayesian models of language evolution using Python

Recognition

In 2024 I was nominated for the University of Edinburgh’s Student Tutor of the Year.

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