Ms Laura Tolton, Masters in Spanish Linguistics, BA in Spanish, Hispanic Studies and Women's Studies    PhD candidate, IML tutor

	Biography

Laura graduated Summa Cum Laude from St Olaf College (Northfield, Minnesota, USA) with a BA in Spanish, Hispanic Studies and Women’s Studies. She earned her Masters in Spanish Linguistics from Instituto Caro y Cuervo in Bogotá, Colombia.

Laura Tolton’s research interests include (critical) discourse analysis, violence against women, applied linguistics, and Hispanic and Colombian culture. Her PhD research examines semantic strategies and legitimation in internet forums about various incidents of violence against women in the online version of the Colombian newspaper El Tiempo.

	Keywords
	Humanities: Spanish Language/Literature, Social Sciences: Linguistics/Philology, Social Sciences: Feminism, Social Sciences: Sexual Harassment, Social Sciences: Rape/Sexual Abuse, Social Sciences: Domestic Violence, Social Sciences: Women's Studies