I am a Lecturer in Translation and Interpreting Studies and currently the Programme Tutor for the MA in Translation and Interpreting Studies in the Division of Languages and Intercultural Studies.  I have been involved in translator and interpreter training for over a decade and worked as a freelance translator and interpreter prior to joining academia. My research on public service interpreting is aimed at shaping policy debates on reducing health and social inequalities for some of society’s most vulnerable service users and promoting quality interpreter-mediated services in statutory and non-statutory service contexts.

 

Memberships

 

University Council of Modern Languages (UCML) – Member of the Executive Committee and Representative for the Translation and Interpreting Studies Constituency (since August 2012)

International Association of Translation and Intercultural Studies (IATIS) – Member of the Executive Committee (since July 2010)

Public Service Interpreting and Translation Network Group – Member (since September 2012)

 

Employment

 

2012-present: Lecturer in Translation and Interpreting Studies, University of Manchester

2003-2012: Lecturer in French, University of Salford

1998-2003: Freelance interpreter and translator (I have continued to practise on an ad hoc basis since 2003)

 

Education

 

(2012) PhD in Interpreting Studies: ‘A Socio-theoretical Account of Interpreter-mediated Activity with Specific Reference to the Social Service Context: Reflection and Reflexivity’, University of Salford

Supervised by: Professor Myriam Salama-Carr and Professor Abigail Gregory

Examined by: Professor Ian Mason (Heriot-Watt University) and Professor Bogusia Temple (University of Central Lancashire)

(2005) Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, University of Salford

(2000) Diploma in Public Service Interpreting, Local Government (Distinction in Interpreting), Chartered Institute of Linguists

(1999) MA in Interpreting and Translation (French/Spanish), University of Bradford

(1996) BA (Joint Hons) in Modern Languages (French/Spanish), University of Manchester