Kat is a DPhil candidate and Researcher at the Department of Education, University of Oxford. Her research interests centre on second-language learning, cognitive and linguistic processing, and the use of artificial intelligence in language education.
In her doctoral research, she investigates how AI-mediated multimodal input influences vocabulary learning across languages with differing orthographic transparency. Her broader academic interests include the neuro-cognitive foundations of language learning and the interaction between linguistic, cognitive, and social factors in education, complemented by a strong interest in data analysis and statistical modelling.
Kat is currently assisting Dr Woore and Dr Ramezanzadeh on Phase 2 of the Learning and Teaching Arabic as an Additional Language (AL2) project by carrying out systematic reviews of experimental/quasi-experimental studies on AL2 instruction and learning of vocabulary, and grammar. In her previous role she was working as a Researcher for a project led by Dr Ariel Lindorff that examines methodological rigour in studies of educational equity, with a particular focus on socioeconomic status.
She is also a part of the Nation-Wonnacott Language Learning Lab in Oxford’s Department of Education, an interdisciplinary research group conducting experimental work on language learning mechanisms including statistical learning, second/foreign language acquisition (across speech, vocabulary, and grammar), language learning technologies, and literacy development in children and adults.