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Gise Tomé Lourido

@gisetomelourido.bsky.social

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Associate Professor in Sociophonetics at the University of Leeds. Researching accent bias and related inequities. Promoting interdisciplinary language research as Director of Language@Leeds (she/her).

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Gise Tomé Lourido @gisetomelourido.bsky.social · Apr 17

New blog with Julia Snell @snelljulia.bsky.social published by the Higher Education Policy Institute @hepi-news.bsky.social

💡We encourage Higher Education senior leaders to take proactive steps to tackle accent bias to foster a more inclusive and equitable Higher Education system.

Higher Education Policy Institute @hepi-news.bsky.social · Apr 17

New Post: Tackling accent bias in Higher Education could improve students’ success, sense of belonging, and wellbeing www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/04/17/t...

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White Rose University Consortium @whiteroseuc.bsky.social · Sep 3

For our latest blog, we spoke with Dr Gisela Tomé Lourido at the @universityofleeds.bsky.social @lcsleeds.bsky.social to explore the real impact of accent bias.
whiterose.ac.uk/news/tacklin...

“When we are unaware of our biases, these judgments can reinforce and perpetuate existing inequalities.”

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em 🐊 @emrem.bsky.social · May 4

Hey if you or your language and #linguistics students are looking for some end-of-term de-stressing, I put a couple more pages from my coloring book project up here: tinyurl.com/coloring-gre...

Coloring sheet. Block letters in the middle of the page read “There’s no such thing as ‘lazy’ language.” The text is surrounded by illustrations of snails.

Completed coloring sheet. Block letters read "Every body has an accent," with one word on each line. A forearm palm up shows three tattoos in an homage to American traditional style: A rose; a horseshoe with '[ɡʊd lʌk' written on it, and a heart tattoo with a banner reading "[mɑm mam mʌm mɒm]]". In the space around the arm, a pair of hands meant to represent the ASL sign for "sign" and a mouth. The negative space is filled with stars.

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Gise Tomé Lourido @gisetomelourido.bsky.social · May 2

A very exciting afternoon! I’m so grateful to the Faculty and all my wonderful collaborators - all the tackling accent bias in HE work has been (and continues to be) a huge collaborative effort! Congratulations to Henry, Karen, and all colleagues in @lcsleeds.bsky.social and the Language Centre! 🥳

School of Languages, Cultures and Societies, University of Leeds @lcsleeds.bsky.social · May 1

Celebration time 🎉🎈💐 We have been awarded AHC School of the Year 2025 in the partnership awards! Many congratulations to our winners @gisetomelourido.bsky.social for Equality and Inclusion @henryhbclarke.bsky.social for Feedback & Assesment and our Language Centre for Global Impact! 🥳 🎉 🎈