Education

• PhD, Linguistics, Simon Fraser University

Biography

Dr. Fadden’s research is in the area of language and law, especially forensic discourse analysis. She has held Senior Lecturer and Assistant Professor positions in the Department of Linguistics at Simon Fraser University, where she was also the First Nations Languages Coordinator. She is a steering committee member of the West Coast Roundtable on Language and Law, and she has run a forensic consulting practice since 2008, carrying out linguistic analyses for legal counsel in civil and criminal proceedings. Lorna is trading in her academic career as she attends law school at Thompson Rivers University.