Please note: I do not check LinkedIn regularly. If you have a specific request, please email me.I am a Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at La Trobe, with a PhD from the University of Melbourne. I'm interested in documenting and analysing how people speak and gesture.My current research focus is on the variation in gestures, across specific conversations and whole cultures. I also explore online language use, particularly emoji. My other areas of research interest include grammar of Tibeto-Burman languages, with a focus on the languages of Nepal, and critical approaches to the use of data in linguistics. I co-host Lingthusiasm, a podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics, with Gretchen McCulloch. I also run the generalist linguistics website Superlinguo, and write 'By Lingo' a regular column for The Big Issue (Australia) about the history of everyday words.