Kate Huddlestone is an associate professor in the Department of General Linguistics at Stellenbosch University, where she has been a member of staff since 2003. She holds a PhD in Linguistics from Utrecht University and is a NRF C2 rated researcher. Alongside her academic post she serves as managing editor for Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus (SPiL Plus) and as chairperson of the Southern African Linguistics and Applied Linguistics Society (SALALS), and she chairs the Higher Degrees and Research committee in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. She is also a board member of the National Institute for the Deaf and a facilitator in the PanSALB SASL Research Consortium.