Dr Kate Steel

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About me

PhD Language and Communication, Cardiff University, 2022
MSc Forensic Linguistics, Aston University, 2017
MA English Language and Linguistics, Queen's University Belfast, 2008
BA (Hons) English, Queen's University Belfast, 2007

My primary research interest is social interaction in institutional and professional contexts, with a focus on power and vulnerability. Building on my ESRC-funded PhD project, my current research analyses police body-worn video footage to explore police-victim communication during first response call-outs at the scene of reported domestic abuse incidents.

Area of expertise

Social interaction

Forensic linguistics
Conversation analysis
Institutional and professional discourse
Interactional space
Interactional positioning
Expertise-in-interaction

I am happy to supervise PhD students in relation to any of the above areas, including projects which focus on social interaction in different contexts.

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