Natalie Jones

Profile

I have studied at the University of Leeds in the School of English since 2018, graduating from my undergraduate degree in the summer of 2021 with a BA in English Language and Literature and an MA by Research in 2024.

After studying modules that combined conversation discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, and forensic linguistics, I decided that I wanted to pursue further postgraduate study in these areas. My Masters by Research project combined these areas of study  through my analysis of the State of Minnesota v. Derek Chauvin trial [2021]. 

I am now a WRoCAH (AHRC) funded PhD student and my research continues to focus on the State v. Chauvin trial, exploring the cross-examination of key witnesses through the pragmatics of barrister questioning and representation in newspaper narratives.

Additionally, I work as an Education Outreach Fellow (EOF) providing English Languge taster sessions via the University Outreach department.

Research interests

My research is in corpus-based forensic linguistics, with a specific focus on courtroom, trial, and newspaper discourse.

With focus on the cross-examination of key witnesses and the additonal exploration of newspaper narraitve, my research seeks to understand how narrative events and important societal issues (e.g. race and police use of force) are transformed, mediatized and commodifed for a reading public.  

Qualifications

• BA in English Language and Literature, University of Leeds (2021)
• MA by Research in English Language, University of Leeds