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Writing
Talking tea: A short introduction to tea terms in Japanese and English, 2023. An exploration of the language used to talk about tea in Japanese and English, written during my 3-month stay at Obubu Tea Farms near Kyoto, Japan. A shortened, blog-length version of the booklet is available on the Obubu website here.
Obubu intern profile, 2023. A reflection on my time at Obubu, as well as some thoughts on what brought me there and where I’m going.
Tea travels in Wazuka, Kyoto, Japan, 2023. A blog post for Leaf & Buds, my baby tea business, in which I talk about my travels and work at Obubu in Japan.
A measure for understanding learners, 2022. A blog post for Cormirus introducing its research-based model for measuring and understanding students’ learning progress, as well as the digital coaching app I designed implementing this model.
Digital English: What even are words anymore? 2020. An article on language evolution in the digital age written for a secondary-school audience as part of St John’s College, Oxford’s access and outreach programme.
Using language to build characters and worlds, 2018. An article about world-building and conlangs written for a secondary-school audience as part of St John’s College, Oxford’s access and outreach programme.
Academic
Performance and Authenticity in Accent Challenges on YouTube, 2018. Thesis for MPhil in General Linguistics and Comparative Philology, University of Oxford.
Truth, Use, and Assessment: A Theory of Reclaimed Slurs, 2018. Final paper in the semantics option, MPhil in General Linguistics and Comparative Philology, University of Oxford.
Multimodality and Embodiment in Sociolinguistics, 2018. Final paper in the sociolinguistics option, MPhil in General Linguistics and Comparative Philology, University of Oxford.
Social and Linguistic Taboos in Terms for Women and their Genitalia, 2015. Thesis for Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics, Reed College. Presented at the Lewis & Clark Gender Studies Symposium in March 2015.
Creative
The Interrogation of Pig Four, 2015.
Thoughts of a Mermaid, 2014.
Dragonfly Wings, 2013.
Editing & proofreading
Professional
Unlocking potential: A measure for growing capable learners, 2022. Proofread and copy-edited the whitepaper through multiple cycles, and drafted several sections.
Mira app content, 2022. Edited and formatted all in-app content, both in written and audio form.
St John’s Inspire Programme virtual classes, 2020-21. Edited and formatted all content for St John’s College’s digital access and outreach initiatives over the Covid-19 school closures.
Reed College Creative Review, 2012-15. Sat on the review board and copy-edited submissions in poetry and prose.
Academic
The toucan in Early Modern French culture (1526-1650), 2023. Thesis for DPhil in Modern Languages by Alex Lawrence, University of Oxford.
« D’abord, on est toujours alsacien » : A Diachronic Analysis of Voicing Patterns in Alsatian French, 2018. Thesis for MPhil in General Linguistics & Comparative Philology by Alaina Oltrogge, University of Oxford.
A Medieval Scenography: Theatricality in the Late Twelfth-Century Reconstruction of the East End of Canterbury Cathedral in Response to the Cult of Thomas Becket, 2017. Dissertation for Bachelor of Art in Art History by Birte Fichter, Vassar College.
Tea with Maren 