Jennifer Hay

Jennifer Bohun Hay FRSNZ is a New Zealand linguist who specialises in sociolinguistics, laboratory phonology, and the history of New Zealand English. As of 2020 she is a full professor at the University of Canterbury.[1]

Jennifer Hay

FRSNZ
Alma materWeinberg College of Arts and Sciences
AwardsRutherford Discovery Fellowship, James Cook Research Fellowship
Scientific career
Fieldsphonetics, sociolinguistics, laboratory phonology, New Zealand English
InstitutionsUniversity of Canterbury

Academic career

After an MA from Victoria University of Wellington, and PhD titled Causes and Consequences of Word Structure at Northwestern University in Illinois in 2000, Hay moved to the University of Canterbury, rising to full professor.[1]

Hay's research has revealed that a New Zealand dialect took only a single generation to emerge.[2] She has explored how speech perception and production is influenced by past experiences and current context, including environmental factors.[2]

Hay is the director of the New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain and Behaviour, a multi-disciplinary research centre based at the University of Canterbury.[2][3]

In 2017, Hay was featured in the Royal Society Te Apārangi's 150 women in 150 words project.[2]

Awards

Hay received a Rutherford Discovery Fellowship in 2011,[4] a James Cook Research Fellowship in 2015,[5] and was made a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi in 2015.[6]

Selected articles

Authored books

References
  1. "UC Research Profile – University of Canterbury – New Zealand". The University of Canterbury. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  2. "Jennifer Hay". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  3. "Jennifer Hay". The University of Canterbury. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  4. "Otago scientist wins Rutherford Medal". NBR. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  5. "List of recipients". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  6. "G-I". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 25 December 2020.


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