Em_Chiang
@emchiang.bsky.social
Research Fellow in forensic linguistics, casual gamer, reluctant runner. she/her 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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Forensic linguistics: how dark web criminals give themselves away with their language
Unmasking dark web criminals isn’t easy, but researchers are figuring out how to use their own language against them.
theconversation.com
Very happy to be able to share a piece I wrote for The Conversation on how linguistics is helping to combat dark web crime
theconversation.com/forensic-lin...
theconversation.com/forensic-lin...
Very happy to be able to share a piece I wrote for The Conversation on how linguistics is helping to combat dark web crime
theconversation.com/forensic-lin...
theconversation.com/forensic-lin...
Forensic linguistics: how dark web criminals give themselves away with their language
Unmasking dark web criminals isn’t easy, but researchers are figuring out how to use their own language against them.
theconversation.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Very happy to be able to share a piece I wrote for The Conversation on how linguistics is helping to combat dark web crime
theconversation.com/forensic-lin...
theconversation.com/forensic-lin...
⭐ Publication day! ⭐
New paper exploring what corpus linguistics can offer in terms of combating online fraud groups and activities. In a special issue of Applied Corpus Linguistics - Corpus Linguistic Approaches to Tackling Online Crime.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ac...
New paper exploring what corpus linguistics can offer in terms of combating online fraud groups and activities. In a special issue of Applied Corpus Linguistics - Corpus Linguistic Approaches to Tackling Online Crime.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ac...
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October 30, 2025 at 10:29 AM
⭐ Publication day! ⭐
New paper exploring what corpus linguistics can offer in terms of combating online fraud groups and activities. In a special issue of Applied Corpus Linguistics - Corpus Linguistic Approaches to Tackling Online Crime.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ac...
New paper exploring what corpus linguistics can offer in terms of combating online fraud groups and activities. In a special issue of Applied Corpus Linguistics - Corpus Linguistic Approaches to Tackling Online Crime.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ac...
New paper out! 🎉 Knowledge-exchange practices in a dark web money laundering forum: bit.ly/3ULTYon
Linguistic mechanisms of knowledge-exchange in a dark-web money laundering forum
Money laundering facilitates serious crime, enables the expansion of criminal operations, and destabilises economies. Extant scholarship is largely concerned with anti-money laundering approaches, wit...
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August 6, 2025 at 9:05 AM
New paper out! 🎉 Knowledge-exchange practices in a dark web money laundering forum: bit.ly/3ULTYon
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And we're off!
Today with Nicci MacLeod at Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics we've released the first three episodes of our brand new podcast Writing Wrongs
🎙️Follow Writing Wrongs here 👉 podfollow.com/1797795962
#forensiclinguistics
#linguistics
#truecrime
#podcasts
#academicsky
Today with Nicci MacLeod at Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics we've released the first three episodes of our brand new podcast Writing Wrongs
🎙️Follow Writing Wrongs here 👉 podfollow.com/1797795962
#forensiclinguistics
#linguistics
#truecrime
#podcasts
#academicsky
March 7, 2025 at 6:13 AM
And we're off!
Today with Nicci MacLeod at Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics we've released the first three episodes of our brand new podcast Writing Wrongs
🎙️Follow Writing Wrongs here 👉 podfollow.com/1797795962
#forensiclinguistics
#linguistics
#truecrime
#podcasts
#academicsky
Today with Nicci MacLeod at Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics we've released the first three episodes of our brand new podcast Writing Wrongs
🎙️Follow Writing Wrongs here 👉 podfollow.com/1797795962
#forensiclinguistics
#linguistics
#truecrime
#podcasts
#academicsky
Managed to save this guy/gal from my cat but now it won’t leave my shoe 🫤
March 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Managed to save this guy/gal from my cat but now it won’t leave my shoe 🫤
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Very excited to announce what @DrNicciMacLeod.bsky.social and I have been working on for the past few months (with a brilliant production team behind us).
You can subscribe now and listen to our trailer wherever you get your podcasts.
#forensiclinguistics
#linguistics
#truecrime
#academicsky
You can subscribe now and listen to our trailer wherever you get your podcasts.
#forensiclinguistics
#linguistics
#truecrime
#academicsky
February 23, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Very excited to announce what @DrNicciMacLeod.bsky.social and I have been working on for the past few months (with a brilliant production team behind us).
You can subscribe now and listen to our trailer wherever you get your podcasts.
#forensiclinguistics
#linguistics
#truecrime
#academicsky
You can subscribe now and listen to our trailer wherever you get your podcasts.
#forensiclinguistics
#linguistics
#truecrime
#academicsky
Join us in April for our next CPD event for legal professionals!
We'd like to share our next CPD training course! We'll talk about the types of linguistic evidence admitted to Court in the English and Welsh Legal System
Where? Online
When? Friday, April 11 (12-2pm UK time)
For booking and more information:
www.aston.ac.uk/research/for...
Where? Online
When? Friday, April 11 (12-2pm UK time)
For booking and more information:
www.aston.ac.uk/research/for...
February 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Join us in April for our next CPD event for legal professionals!
Fantastic and not a moment too soon!
Delighted to announce the pre-publication of this paper; it's one I've wanted to write for a while and was really pleased when Madi Hunter decided to give this the impetus and the heavy lifting that it required.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#academicsky
#linguistics
#forensicliguistics
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#academicsky
#linguistics
#forensicliguistics
Is LIWC reliable, efficient, and effective for the analysis of large online datasets in forensic and security contexts?
This article evaluates the reliability, efficiency, and effectiveness of Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC; Boyd et al., 2022) for the analysis …
www.sciencedirect.com
January 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Fantastic and not a moment too soon!
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For our final Thursday seminar of 2024, we have what is sure to be a fascinating talk with William Costello regarding the prediction of harmful attitudes and beliefs in incel communities. Join us this week (4pm GMT)!
Book your free online/in-person tickets here: tinyurl.com/2r8fhfsj
#academicsky
Book your free online/in-person tickets here: tinyurl.com/2r8fhfsj
#academicsky
December 9, 2024 at 9:56 AM
For our final Thursday seminar of 2024, we have what is sure to be a fascinating talk with William Costello regarding the prediction of harmful attitudes and beliefs in incel communities. Join us this week (4pm GMT)!
Book your free online/in-person tickets here: tinyurl.com/2r8fhfsj
#academicsky
Book your free online/in-person tickets here: tinyurl.com/2r8fhfsj
#academicsky
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We are looking for a full-time, temporary teaching-focused Lecturer in Discourse Analysis/Stylistics/Register analysis/forensic linguistics. Details of the job are available here: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai.... Deadline 12th Dec. Please retweet/share!
Lecturer in Discourse Analysis and Stylistics (Teaching-Focused):Oxford Road
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk
December 2, 2024 at 6:21 PM
We are looking for a full-time, temporary teaching-focused Lecturer in Discourse Analysis/Stylistics/Register analysis/forensic linguistics. Details of the job are available here: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai.... Deadline 12th Dec. Please retweet/share!
Our next CPD offering (and the first of 2025) will be on enhanced communication skills for investigative interviewing!
Join us on Friday 24th January 2025 for a one-day course demonstrating how linguistic understanding can support investigative interview practice.
Join us on Friday 24th January 2025 for a one-day course demonstrating how linguistic understanding can support investigative interview practice.
November 26, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Our next CPD offering (and the first of 2025) will be on enhanced communication skills for investigative interviewing!
Join us on Friday 24th January 2025 for a one-day course demonstrating how linguistic understanding can support investigative interview practice.
Join us on Friday 24th January 2025 for a one-day course demonstrating how linguistic understanding can support investigative interview practice.
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Continuing our CPD Training Programme series, here's Forensic Linguistics for A-level English teachers!
Join us on Friday, 29th of November for a one-day course where we will explore how topics in forensic linguistics can be used to support teaching.
You can get your ticket here 👉 shorturl.at/wRNxK
Join us on Friday, 29th of November for a one-day course where we will explore how topics in forensic linguistics can be used to support teaching.
You can get your ticket here 👉 shorturl.at/wRNxK
November 20, 2024 at 9:51 AM
Continuing our CPD Training Programme series, here's Forensic Linguistics for A-level English teachers!
Join us on Friday, 29th of November for a one-day course where we will explore how topics in forensic linguistics can be used to support teaching.
You can get your ticket here 👉 shorturl.at/wRNxK
Join us on Friday, 29th of November for a one-day course where we will explore how topics in forensic linguistics can be used to support teaching.
You can get your ticket here 👉 shorturl.at/wRNxK
Places still available on this one!
Another upcoming course in #Forensiclinguistics from Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics. This time, for A Level English Teachers.
November 16, 2024 at 8:20 AM
Places still available on this one!
It’s nice here. I hope it stays nice.
November 15, 2024 at 11:38 PM
It’s nice here. I hope it stays nice.