April McMahon

April Mary Scott McMahon FRSE FBA FLSW (born 30 April 1964) is a British linguist and Vice President for Teaching, Learning and Students at the University of Manchester.[2]

April McMahon FRSE FBA FLSW
Born	April Mary Scott McMahon 30 April 1964
Spouse(s)	Robert McMahon ​ (m. 1984)​ [1]
Children	two sons, one daughter[1]
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh (MA, PhD)
Thesis	Constraining lexical phonology : evidence from English vowels (1989)
Academic work
Discipline	Linguistics
Institutions	University of Manchester University of Kent University of Edinburgh University of Aberystwyth University of Cambridge

Early life and education

McMahon was born on 30 April 1964.[1] She was educated at the University of Edinburgh where she was awarded a PhD in 1989 on phonology.[3]

Career

Previously, McMahon served as Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) at the University of Kent. She was also Forbes Professor of English Language at the University of Edinburgh from 2005 to 2011, and Vice-Chancellor of Aberystwyth University from 2011 to 2016[1][4][5][6][7] She was also a lecturer at the University of Cambridge.[2] Her salary at Aberystwyth was £237,000 and she left with an extra payment of £102,000.[8] Her publications as first author or co-author / editor include:

• Understanding Language Change[9]
• Change, Chance, and Optimality[10]
• Lexical Phonology and the History of English[11]
• An Introduction to English Phonology[12]
• Language Classification by Numbers[13]
• The Handbook of English Linguistics[14]
• Analysing Variation in English[15]
• McMahon, April; McMahon, Robert (2013). Evolutionary Linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511989391. ISBN 978-0521814508.

Awards and honours

In 2003, McMahon was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE).[16] In 2005, she was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.[17][18] In 2012, she was elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales (FLSW).[19]

Personal life

McMahon married Robert McMahon in 1984 and has two sons and one daughter.[1]

References

1. Anon (2017). "McMahon, Prof. April Mary Scott". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U45825. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
2. Anon (2019). "Senior Leadership Team Appointments: Professor April McMahon to be Vice President for Teaching, Learning and Students". staffnet.manchester.ac.uk. The University of Manchester.
3. McMahon, April Mary Scott (1989). Constraining lexical phonology : evidence from English vowels. jisc.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Edinburgh. OCLC 612625254. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.236336.
4. Havergal, Chris (December 7, 2015). "April McMahon to step down as Aberystwyth Vice Chancellor". timeshighereducation.com. Times Higher Education.
5. "Aberystwyth Vice Chancellor faces chorus of digital disapproval". timeshighereducation.com. Times Higher Education. 2014-05-22.
6. Leach, Abi (February 19, 2015). "April McMahon takes a £9,000 pay cut to stay in her job". thetab.com. The Tab.
7. Anon (December 4, 2015). "Aberystwyth University's Prof April McMahon to step down". bbc.co.uk. London: BBC News.
8. Servini, Nick (2017). "Hikes in university vice-chancellor payments revealed". bbc.co.uk. London: BBC News.
9. McMahon, April M. S. (1994). Understanding Language Change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521441193.
10. McMahon, April (2000). Change, Chance, and Optimality. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0198241249.
11. McMahon, April (2000). Lexical Phonology and the History of English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521472807.
12. McMahon, April (2002). An Introduction to English Phonology. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-0748612512.
13. McMahon, April; McMahon, Robert (2005). Language Classification by Numbers. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199279012.
14. Aarts, Bas; McMahon, April, eds. (2006). The Handbook of English Linguistics. Malden, MA: Blackwell. ISBN 978-1405113823.
15. Maguire, Warren; McMahon, April, eds. (2011). Analysing Variation in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521898669.
16. Anon (2003). "Professor April Mary Scott McMahon FBA, FRSE, FLSW". rse.org.uk. Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
17. "Fellows Elected 2005". britac.ac.uk. British Academy. Archived from the original on 12 May 2006. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
18. "Professor April McMahon". britac.ac.uk. British Academy. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
19. "Professor April McMahon". learnedsociety.wales. Learned Society of Wales. Retrieved 28 January 2017.