Dr Katie Howard

Before joining the School of Education, I worked as Academic Lead in Psychology at Exeter, focusing my teaching on mental health in educational settings and the trailblazer Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHP) training programme. Prior to this, I completed a PhD in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics at the University of Cambridge, investigating the interaction between autism and bilingualism as part of the MEITS project . My research sought to illuminate the school experiences of bilingual children on the autism spectrum. It also aimed to delineate the perspectives of parents and educational practitioners, adopting a multi-informant, phenomenological approach. I also bring professional experience outside academia as a secondary school teacher in Modern Foreign Languages, a mentor for students with disabilities and mental health difficulties, and a translation trainee at the European Parliament. Drawing on these varied experiences, my teaching at the School of Education focuses on mental health, developmental conditions and language education.