Laura Collins
I am a postgraduate research student based in Cambridge, UK, with a background in linguistics and mental health activism. My research focuses on...
I am a postgraduate research student based in Cambridge, UK, with a background in linguistics and mental health activism. After completing my BA (Hons) and MPhil degrees in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, I decided to combine my two passions for my PhD. My research focuses on linguistic portrayals of mental illness and lived experience perspectives of these, blending quantitative corpus linguistic methods with qualitative analysis of narratives of people living with different mental health conditions. Outside of academia, I enjoy ice skating, horse riding and hiking.