Julia Kolkmann
Senior Lecturer

Profile

Biography

Julia Kolkmann is a Senior Lecturer in Linguistics. She joined the department in 2015, after completing her undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the University of Manchester. Her research is at the interface between grammar and pragmatics, with a particular interest in the linguistic underdeterminacy of various types of noun phrase (e.g. Obama's government, the Obama government and the government of Obama). Julia teaches modules in semantics, pragmatics, academic skills and research methods, and has recently implemented problem-based learning (PBL) in the first-year curriculum. 

Career

• Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, University of York (2023 - present)
• Lecturer in Linguistics, University of York (2020 - 2023)
• Associate Lecturer in Linguistics, University of York (2015 - 2020)
• Teaching Assistant, University of Manchester (2012 - 2015)
• Teaching Assistant, Universität Paderborn (2008 - 2009) 

Education

• 2012-2016: PhD in English Language, University of Manchester
• 2011-2012: MA in Linguistics, University of Manchester
• 2009-2011: BA (Hons) in English Language, University of Manchester
• 2007-2009: Undergraduate study in English and American Literature and Culture and English Linguistics, Universität Paderborn

Departmental roles

• GTA Coordinator
• Outreach Coordinator

Teaching

Undergraduate

• Understanding Language in the Real World
• Introduction to Pragmatics
• Foundations of Meaning

Postgraduate

• Research Training Seminar