Language Cognition & Communication

MA in Dutch Language and Literature (cum laude), Utrecht University, August 1990
PhD in Linguistics, Utrecht University, March 1995
Academic Teaching Qualification, Utrecht University, September 1997

September 1990 — December 1990: Junior lecturer in the Department of Dutch Language and Literature, Utrecht University.
January 1991 — December 1994: Research assistant in the Research Institute for Language and Speech, Utrecht University.
September 1995 — August 1997: Junior lecturer in the Department of Dutch Language and Literature, Utrecht University.
September 1997 — February 2000: Post-doctoral fellow in the Centre for Language and Cognition Groningen, University of Groningen.
March 2000 — December 2004: Post-doctoral fellow in the Utrecht institute of Linguistics OTS, Utrecht University.

January-August 2002: Honorary senior research fellow at University College London.
November 2002 – August 2004: Lecturer in Historical Linguistics, Department of Dutch Language and Culture, University of Nijmegen.
September 2004 – July 2007: Lecturer in Linguistics, department of Linguistics and English Language, University of Edinburgh.
From August 2007: Reader in Linguistics, department of Linguistics and English Language, University of Edinburgh.

• Introduction to semantics (part of Linguistics 1), level 8, ca. 200 students, 5 contact hours
• Introduction to morphology (part of Linguistics 1), level 8, ca. 200 students, 5 contact hours
• Introduction to syntax (part of Linguistics 1), level 8, circa 200 students, 8 contact hours
• Introduction to historical linguistics (part of Linguistics 1), level 8, circa 200 students, 7
contact hours
• Linguistics 2Lh: History and structure of Western European languages (co-taught); level 8,
circa 40 students, 18 contact hours
• Honours foundation: Syntax and semantics (syntax part); level 10, ca. 25 students, 15
contact hours
• Advanced topics in syntax (co-taught); level 10, ca. 10 students, 27 contact hours
• Optimality theory (co-taught), level 10, ca. 15 students, 9 contact hours
• Current issues in morphology; levels 10 and 11, ca. 10 students, 27 contact hours
• Introduction to syntax (MSc course); level 11, circa 30 students; 10 contact hours
Pre-Honours course organising:
I was Course Organiser for Linguistics 1A in 2009 and for Linguistics 2Lh in 2008, 2009,
2010 and 2012. The Linguistics 1A course I organised was nominated for a EUSA Teaching
Award 2009-2010.

• 2005 - 2007 Honours Convenor for Linguistics, LEL.
• 2006 - present Director of Studies, LEL.
• 2006, and October 2009 – present Quality Assurance & Enhancement officer, LEL.
• 2006-2007 Member of the School Undergraduate Studies Committee, PPLS.
• January-June 2008 School Quality Assurance & Enhancement officer, PPLS, and member of the College Quality Assurance and Enhancement Committee.
• 2008 - 2010 External member of the Board of Studies of the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures.
• September 2009 – present MA Dissertation Convenor, LEL.
• Fall 2010 Liaison Person for the LEL Teaching Programme Review; author of the subject area’s analytical report.

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