Holding a Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics, this expert has more than a decade of professional experience in forensic linguistics and sociolinguistics, along with more than five years of experience providing expert witness services, including consultation, deposition, and testimony. The expert earned a Master of Arts in Linguistics and a Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics with an extended minor in French, and completed graduate coursework in linguistics. Their work integrates academic research with applied forensic analysis.

The expert's primary areas of expertise include forensic linguistics and sociolinguistics. In forensic linguistics, their work focuses on discourse analysis, investigative interview analysis, and prosodic analysis of spoken language. In sociolinguistics, they specialize in identity construction and variation across different forms of English. Their expertise includes detailed linguistic evaluation of communication evidence, including police interviews, text messages, emails, threat letters, and internal communications, using both qualitative and quantitative analytical approaches.

The expert has applied linguistic analysis in legal and investigative contexts involving both criminal and civil matters, including sociolinguistic profiling and analysis of statements from children and vulnerable witnesses. Additional experience includes research on language as evidence, with peer-reviewed publications and presentations on interview analysis and linguistic interpretation, as well as work in natural language processing and linguistic software applications involving semantic and syntactic modeling, lexicography, and evaluation of linguistic accuracy in artificial intelligence systems.