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LORENZO LANE
PROFILE
A First Class Oxford graduate who is creative, a good communicator and adapts
well to challenging environments, possessing an education which combines both
the Arts and the Sciences.
EDUCATION
[2013-Present]
PhD, Sociology, University of Edinburgh
Thesis Title: Role of Metaphor in Building the Mathematical Mind
Supervised by Professor. Donald Mackenzie
[2011-2013]
MA (A+, Distinction), Linguistic Anthropology, University of British Columbia
Thesis Title: Analysing the Eye with a View to the Past: Exploring
Image and Imagination in a 19th century North-west Coast Diary
Supervised by Professor. Patrick Moore
[2007-2010]
BA (Hons), First class, Archaeology and Anthropology, St John’s College, Oxford
University
Thesis Title: Technologies of Communication and Exchange: Negotiating
Change in Melanesia
Supervised by Professor. Paul Dresch
[2005-2007]
Brynmawr School, Brynmawr, Blaenau Gwent
‘A’ Levels: Chemistry (A), Biology (A), Geography (A); ‘AS’ Level: Physics (A)
GCSE Level: 9A*s and 1 A.
HONOURS AND AW ARDS
[2014 - ]
EUSA Teaching Awards nomination of “Best Post-Graduate Tutor” (TBA)
[2013-16]
Graduate School of Social and Political Scholarship, University of Edinburgh
[2013]
Greenest City Scholarship, City of Vancouver
[2012-13]
Graduate Award, University of British Columbia
[2011-12]
Entrance Scholarship, University of British Columbia
[2010]
Book Prize, St. John’s College, University of Oxford
[2008]
Casberd Scholarship, St. John’s College, University of Oxford
TEACHING/ WORK EXPERIENCE
[2013]
Teaching Assistant, Sociology 1a, University of Edinburgh
Tutoring for 3 tutorial groups of 10 students; duties include leading group
discussions, designing classes and marking exams and essays. Nominated
for EUSA teaching award under category “Best Postgraduate tutor”
[2013]
Researcher, Sustainability Department, City of Vancouver
Part of the Greenest City 2020 research team working in tandem with UBC
sustainability and the municipal government in Vancouver; developing
strategies of promoting growth within the “Reuse” and “Recycle” sector.
[2011-13]
Teaching Assistant, University of British Columbia
Teaching: Anthropology 1a – Introduction to Anthropology, Linguistic
Anthropology 2a for two years in a row.
Teaching 3 groups of 20-30 students each, duties include designing
classes, running tutorials and group discussion, marking, developing
student skills etc.
[2011]
Journalistic/ Publishing Experience
Internships at Little Brown books (Publisher), Media Wales, Gwent Gazette,
Merthyr Express, Rhymney Valley Express and South Wales Argus.
EXPERIENCE IN WRITING/ PUBLICATIONS
Lane, L. (2013) Analysing the eye with a view to the past: Exploring Image and Imagination in
19th Century Northwest Coast Diaries. Vancouver: Circle. https://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/44791
Lane, L. (2013) Understanding the Scope of Reuse in Vancouver. Vancouver: Greenest City Scholars
Project Library. http://sustain.ubc.ca/greenest-city-scholars-projects-library
Lane, L. (2012) Archaeologies and Architectures of the invisible: Recovering, Reproducing and
Representing the duality of epigenetic disease states (in AS and PWS sufferers). Unpublished paper.
Lane, L. (2012) Beauty beyond words: Exploring the aesthetics of mathematics and language
ideologies of prestige in modern mathematical discourse. Conference paper.