Victoria Howard

Contact

• workRoom C46 Trent Building
  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• Victoria.Howard1@nottingham.ac.uk

Expertise Summary

BA(hons), 2003 MA(Cantab), University of Cambridge 2007

MA, University of Nottingham 2016

PhD, University of Nottingham 2020

I have expertise in professional communication with a particular interest in equality, diversity and inclusion in workplaces such as Higher Education Institutions and professional services firms. I have worked at a Research Fellow on a number of linguistics and sociolinguistics projects at University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University, including investigations of healthcare messaging, public health campaigns, recruitment language and workplace communication during the Covid-19 pandemic. I have also provided consultancy services to SMEs and collaborated with colleagues to produce training courses for students and staff on street harassment and consent.

Prior to completing my MA and PhD, I worked as a Solicitor for a City law firm and for an international financial services firm, and taught law for the Open University.

Research Summary

I am currently undertaking a 30-month project (March 2023 - September 2025) as Knowledge Transfer Partnership Associate with Browne Jacobson LLP. My role is Diversity and Inclusion Specialist.

Recent Publications

• LOUISE MULLANY and VICTORIA HOWARD, 2023. Discourse, Gender and Professional Communication. In: MICHAEL HANDFORD and JAMES PAUL GEE, eds., The Routledge Handbook of Discourse Analysis 2nd. Routledge. 231-243 (In Press.)
• NATALIE BRABER and VICTORIA HOWARD, 2023. Safeguarding language as intangible cultural heritage International Journal of Intangible Heritage. 18, (In Press.)
• VICTORIA HOWARD, 2022. Gender, politics and national identity stereotypes. In: LOUISE MULLANY and STEPHANIE SCHNURR, eds., Globalisation, Geopolitics, and Gender in Professional Communication Routledge. 188-212
• LOUISE MULLANY, LORETTA TRICKETT and VICTORIA HOWARD, 2021. Informing legal change: The language of misogyny hate crime, gender and enhancing protection through criminal law. In: IRENE ZEMPI and JO SMITH, eds., Misogyny as Hate Crime Routledge. 269-287

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• LOUISE MULLANY and VICTORIA HOWARD, 2023. Discourse, Gender and Professional Communication. In: MICHAEL HANDFORD and JAMES PAUL GEE, eds., The Routledge Handbook of Discourse Analysis 2nd. Routledge. 231-243 (In Press.)
• NATALIE BRABER and VICTORIA HOWARD, 2023. Safeguarding language as intangible cultural heritage International Journal of Intangible Heritage. 18, (In Press.)
• VICTORIA HOWARD, 2022. Gender, politics and national identity stereotypes. In: LOUISE MULLANY and STEPHANIE SCHNURR, eds., Globalisation, Geopolitics, and Gender in Professional Communication Routledge. 188-212
• LOUISE MULLANY, LORETTA TRICKETT and VICTORIA HOWARD, 2021. Informing legal change: The language of misogyny hate crime, gender and enhancing protection through criminal law. In: IRENE ZEMPI and JO SMITH, eds., Misogyny as Hate Crime Routledge. 269-287