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- Qualifications:BA (Hons), MA, MSc, PhD, FHEA
- Position:Lecturer in Linguistics
- Department:Faculty of Arts, Creative Industries, and Education (ACE)
- Telephone:+4411732 81904
- Email:Kate3.Steel@uwe.ac.uk
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About me
I'm a lecturer, researcher and core member of the Bristol Centre for Linguistics at UWE. I lead and teach modules across our English Language and Linguistics degree programme. My research examines language in social interaction, with a focus on institutional (policing, law, healthcare) and corporate settings.
In a key ongoing project, I analyse police body-worn video footage to explore communication at the scene between frontline officers and victims of domestic abuse. Currently supported by the VC ECR Development Award 2023-25, this work builds on my ESRC PhD, which broke new ground in a previously hidden research setting. I work with police practitioners to translate my findings into training input, including the Avon and Somerset Police 'Domestic Abuse: Language Matters' initiative. I am also collaborating in another body-worn video study focusing on communication during police mental health callouts.
Within the conversational AI sphere, I have recently collaborated on the ROMI project, led by Elzware Ltd and a team of interdisciplinary researchers. ROMI is a conversational agent, co-designed (with NIHR funding) to help type 2 diabetes patients access personalised support via their devices.
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Social interaction
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