Oliver D. is an interdisciplinary (psycholinguistics) PGR at Manchester Metropolitan University. His PhD research examines the composite language and communication phenomena of schizophrenia, as relative to figurative language processing, using experimental psycholinguistic methods; his master's dissertation focused on paralinguistics: blended displays (i. e. complex facial expressions) of emotion; and his bachelor's took the form of a stylistics combined honours (i. e. linguistics with creative writing). His vocational experience includes a substantive clinical education post within NHS psychiatric services—specifically, as an interpersonal communications tutor; in parallel, he has provided consultancy services since 2011.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE YMCA Manchester, Manchester; 13/08/2018–03/09/2018 course designer and facilitator, ‘DICE-6’, Youth and Community Service • interactive teaching; instructional design; evaluation Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester; 22/05/2018– sessional lecturer, Department of Languages, Information, and Communications • interactive teaching; instructional design; evaluation Exeter Learning Academy, Exeter, 04/2017–08/2017 instructional designer • interactive teaching; instructional design; evaluation Devon Partnership NHS Trust, Exeter, 06/2015–12/2016 interpersonal communications tutor • interactive teaching; instructional design; evaluation Sole trader, Exeter, 01/10/2011– consultant academic • interactive teaching; instructional design; evaluation; (under; post)graduate supervision PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED LECTURES Workshop, ‘Situational Revision for Dangerous, Sensitive, and/or High-risk Interactions’, 27/11/2018 Workshop, ‘Linguistic, Paralinguistic, and Extralinguistic Awareness in Supportive Encounters’, 20/11/2018 Workshop, 'Decoding Multichannel Communication in Therapeutic Relationships’, 13/11/2018 Workshop, 'Intercultural and Intracultural Negotiation', 22/05/2018 Presentation, 'Formal Thought Disorder, Creativity, and Figurative Language', Digital Semantics Symposium, 18/10/2017
EDUCATION PhD Manchester Metropolitan University, Psycholinguistics 2017– MA Falmouth University, Professional Writing 2017 BA Falmouth University, (comb. hons.) English with Creative Writing 2014 PRESENT APPOINTMENT Sole trader; Manchester; 01/01/2017– consultant psycholinguist • communications training and continual professional development o interpersonal; pathological; organisational; instructional; special educational; general academic • impression management; facework; negotiation; persuasion, influence, and compliance o project management; mentoring; coaching; correspondence; literature; relations • discourse, conversation, corpus, multi-channel, and statistical analyses o orthographic; FACS; BAP; Jefferson; Du Bois; phonemic; phonetic; quantitative; qualitative PRESENT CONTRACTS YMCA Manchester, Manchester; 15/08/2018–01/11/2018 project coordinator, ‘mental health champions’, Youth and Community Service • project management YMCA Manchester, Manchester; 15/08/2018–01/11/2018 CPD developer and facilitator, Youth and Community Service • interactive teaching; instructional design; evaluation RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester; chief investigator, ‘Creativity: Schizophrenia’s “Missing Link”?’ 2017– advisors: Professor Dawn Archer, Dr Gerasimos Chatzidamianos, Dr Samuel Larner, and Dr Phillip de Warren-Penny • project management; quantitative research; instructional design; applied psycholinguistics; (post)graduate supervision TEACHING EXPERIENCE YMCA Manchester, Manchester; 13/08/2018–03/09/2018 course designer and facilitator, ‘DICE-6’, Youth and Community Service • interactive teaching; instructional design; evaluation Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester; 22/05/2018– sessional lecturer, Department of Languages, Information, and Communications • interactive teaching; instructional design; evaluation Exeter Learning Academy, Exeter, 04/2017–08/2017 instructional designer • interactive teaching; instructional design; evaluation Devon Partnership NHS Trust, Exeter, 06/2015–12/2016 interpersonal communications tutor • interactive teaching; instructional design; evaluation Sole trader, Exeter, 01/10/2011– consultant academic • interactive teaching; instructional design; evaluation; (under; post)graduate supervision PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED LECTURES Workshop, ‘Situational Revision for Dangerous, Sensitive, and/or High-risk Interactions’, 27/11/2018 Workshop, ‘Linguistic, Paralinguistic, and Extralinguistic Awareness in Supportive Encounters’, 20/11/2018 Workshop, 'Decoding Multichannel Communication in Therapeutic Relationships’, 13/11/2018 Workshop, 'Intercultural and Intracultural Negotiation', 22/05/2018 Presentation, 'Formal Thought Disorder, Creativity, and Figurative Language', Digital Semantics Symposium, 18/10/2017 PROFESSIONAL TRAINING Award in Education and Training, Level 3; Highfield ABC, 09/10/2018 First Aid in the Workplace, Level 3; Highfield ABC, 03/10/2018 Paediatric First Aid, Level 3; Highfield ABC, 05/10/2018 Good Clinical Practice (primary care), National Institute for Health Research, 24/04/2018 Good Clinical Practice (secondary care), National Institute for Health Research, 24/04/2018 Advanced-Level Apprenticeship in Health and Social Care, IQ Level 3; Skills for Care and Development; 08/03/2017 HRA Researcher Training, Health Research Authority, Manchester Metropolitan University, 24/02/2017 MMU Research Integrity, Health Research Authority, Manchester Metropolitan University, 24/02/2017 Diploma in Health and Social Care, IQ Level 3; Skills to Group Ltd.; 31/01/2017 Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression, Level 2 (instructor); Ethical Care, Control, and Restraint; 24/06/2016 Certificate in Preparing to Work in Adult Social Care, Skills to Group Ltd., 21/04/2016 Good Clinical Practice (primary care), National Institute for Health Research, 05/02/2016 Good Clinical Practice (secondary care), National Institute for Health Research, 05/02/2016 Facial Action Coding System, coder certification; Paul Ekman International Plc.; 20/11/2015 Care Certificate, Devon Partnership NHS Trust, 06/07/2015 Micro Expression Training, eMETT 3. 0; Paul Ekman International Plc.; 10/04/2015 Subtle Expression Training, eSETT 3. 0; Paul Ekman International Plc.; 04/04/2015 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Editor Hive: The Postgraduate Journal of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2018 Abstract reviewer Provoking Discourse, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2017 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Association for Psychological Science, 2018– Society for Editors and Proofreaders, 2018– AWARDS Elizabeth and Gordon Bloor Award 2007 PUBLICATIONS Books D., O., Some Poems, Lulu, 2013. D., O., Sentiments, Erbacce Press, 2011. D., O., Coffee and Cigarettes, Erbacce Press, 2007. Journal Publications D., O., The Annual, 2016–2017. D., O., LIPHAR, vol. 3, 2014. D., O., Coldbathstreet, vol. 1, 2013. D., O., Forward Press Regional Anthology, 2011; 2012; 2013; 2014. D., O., Myths of the Near Future: Compendium I, Vol. 1, 2008. LANGUAGES English: native linguistic proficiency; professional (post-native) proficiencies: linguistic, paralinguistic, and extralinguistic REFERENCES Professor Dawn Archer Department of Languages, Information, and Communications | Manchester Metropolitan University | T: tel: *** 7 | e-M: ***@*** Dr Gerasimos Chatzidamianos Department of Psychology | Manchester Metropolitan University | T: tel: *** 8 | e-M: ***@*** Dr Samuel Larner Department of Languages, Information, and Communications | Manchester Metropolitan University | T: tel: *** 2 | e-M: ***@***
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Oliver D.
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