Dr Jessica Wormald (BA MSc PhD MCSFS) was a forensic consultant at J P French Associates until July 2022, where she was involved in over four hundred and fifty cases. She has carried out research into the effects of language contact on the varieties of English spoken in Leicester and Bradford using forensic analysis methods, and more innovative ultrasound and automatic approaches. She is a member of the International Association for Forensic Phonetics and Acoustics (IAFPA) and the British Association of Academic Phoneticians (BAAP). She also manages the research profile of J P French Associates.