Dr. Lorena Jessop

Biography

Lorena Jessop is a lecturer at Queen's University specializing in language acquisition, laboratory phonetics, sociolinguistics, and anthropological linguistics. Her research focuses on providing pedagogical recommendations for teaching pronunciation based on empirical research. She explores various aspects of language learning and has conducted significant studies into the phonetics and phonology of English, Spanish, and French. Additionally, Professor Jessop has a keen interest in the phenomenon of 'uptalk'—where statements sound like questions—and has also researched latrinalia, or washroom graffiti. Her teaching expertise includes courses such as Introduction to Linguistics, Language Power, Phonetics, and Language Acquisition and Learning. She draws on her extensive educational background, including a Ph.D. (ABD) in Language Education from the University of Toronto's Ontario Institute for Studies in Education and a Master's degree in Linguistics from the University of California, Davis, along with graduate work in anthropological linguistics and a Bachelor's degree from the University of British Columbia.

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