SLD Staff
Director
Christine Robinson
Email: chris.robinson at scotsdictionaries.org.uk
Dr Robinson became the Director of SLD in 2004. She is an Honorary Fellow of the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences in the University of Edinburgh where she taught Scots for many years. She is also a visiting lecturer at the University of the Highlands and Islands Millennium Institute and is the author of Scotspeak, a guide to Scots pronunciation aimed at actors and performers. Other publications include Scottish Wildlife and Wha's Like Us? She also co-authored Scottish Weather with SLD's Eileen Finlayson. These books are available in Black and White's Say it in Scots! series. Dr Robinson is always pleased to give talks on the works of the dictionaries.
Principal Editor
Marace Dareau
Email: dareau.margaret at neuf.fr
Ms Dareau, former Editorial Director of DOST, was the first Director of SLD, in 2002, at the inception of the organisation. She is the co-author with Iseabail Macleod of the chapter on Scottish Lexicography in the Oxford History of English Lexicography. Ms Dareau is now Principal Editor in charge of the revision of the Concise Scots Dictionary, and is also an Editorial Consultant for Faclair na Gàidhlig.
Senior Editor
Pauline Cairns Speitel
Email: pauline.cairns_speitel at scotsdictionaries.org.uk
Ms Speitel began her career in publishing, working with Chambers Publishing in Edinburgh. She moved to the Scottish National Dictionary Association, where she remained for twenty years as lexicographer on all of SNDA's dictionary projects. Ms Speitel works on the revision of the Concise Scots Dictionary, manages the Word Collection, and is also SLD's European Outreach Officer. She has directed lexicographical projects with a range of community groups in Scotland.
Editor
Eileen Finlayson
Email: eileen.finlayson at scotsdictionaries.org.uk
Ms Finlayson brings to SLD twenty-seven years of editorial expertise from working on the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue. She maintains databases for the National Word Collection and SLD's Reading Scheme, manages book acquisitions for the Reading Scheme and sends books out to volunteer readers. She co-authored Scottish Weather with SLD's Chris Robinson.
Editor
Alison Grant
Email: alison.grant at scotsdictionaries.org.uk
Dr Grant has an MA and a PhD from the University of Glasgow, and is currently working on the revision of the Concise Scots Dictionary and the upgrade of the Dictionary of the Scots Language. She has a keen interest in place-names, and is Secretary of the Scottish Place-Name Society.
Assistant Editor
Henry Gratwick
Email: henry.gratwick at scotsdictionaries.org.uk
Mr Gratwick joined SLD in 2009, having graduated from the University of St. Andrews with an MA in English with Linguistics concentrating on Old and Middle English, as well as Older Scots poetry and language. His honours dissertation focused on 17th Century Aberdonian Scots. Mr Gratwick is currently working on the revision of the Concise Scots Dictionary.
Assistant Editor
Ann Ferguson
Email: ann.ferguson at scotsdictionaries.org.uk
Ms Ferguson joined SLD in January 2010, and has an MA and MSc from the University of Edinburgh. She will be working on the upgrade of the Dictionary of the Scots Language, and assists with the maintenance of SLD's websites.
Education and Outreach Officer
Elaine Webster
Email: elaine.webster at scotsdictionaries.org.uk
Ms Webster has an MA in English from Aberdeen University, where she studied Old and Middle English and Scots. She completed her M.Ed. at the University of Edinburgh and has considerable training and teaching experience. She promotes the work of SLD, working with schools and community groups. She is maintaining and developing contacts nationally and internationally.
IT Consultant
Peter Bell
Email: support at scotsdictionaries.org.uk
Mr Bell has recently completed his PhD at the Centre for Speech Technology at the University of Edinburgh, where he continues to work part-time on automatic speech recognition of Gaelic. He is also a member of the department of Linguistics and English Language. Mr Bell is responsible for the management of SLD's IT systems and for the project to upgrade the online version of the Dictionary of the Scots Language.
Administrator
Ruth Martin
Email: ruth.martin at scotsdictionaries.org.uk
Ms Martin joined SLD in July 2009, and her responsibilities include maintaining the membership records.
Board
Convener Professor Christian Kay
Secretary and Treasurer Mr James Lonie
Members
Mr William Aitken
Professor Graham Caie
Professor John Corbett
Mr Matthew Fitt
Professor Richard Johnstone
Dr Margaret A. Mackay
Mr Derrick McClure
Professor Roibeard Ó Maolalaigh
Dr Rhiannon Purdie
Mr Scott Rae
Dr David Robb
Ms Liz Small
Advisory Committee
SLD's Advisory Committee was convened in 2002 to provide us with external sources of advice and assistance in as wide a variety of fields as possible. Our members include academics, lawyers, sheriffs, teachers and professional authors, and we appreciate their support throughout the year.
