Project Team

Professor Donald Meek and Professor William Gillies direct the current project, funded by the Leverhulme Trust, to produce the editorial and textual foundation for the dictionary. There are two full-time members of staff and one part-time consultant.

Marace Dareau, Editorial Consultant Marace Dareau, Editorial Consultant. Marace was Editorial Director of the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (1931-2002) and an editor of the Concise Scots Dictionary (1985). She is currently Principal Editor of Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. She also edited the glossary of the Edinburgh Encyclopaedia of English Language and Linguistics (1994). Marace is Consultant on the editorial manual for the dictionary.
Catriona Mackie, Research Assistant Catriona Mackie, Research Assistant. Catriona is a graduate of Sabhal Mòr Ostaig where she gained an HNC & HND in Gaelic Studies. She has an MSc with distinction from the University of Edinburgh entitled ‘The Thatched Houses of the Hebrides’ and has completed her PhD thesis on traditional housing in the Isle of Lewis. Catriona will produce the text manual for the dictionary.
Lorna Pike, Project Co-ordinator Lorna Pike, Project Co-ordinator. Lorna is an experienced historical lexicographer and former member of the editorial team which completed the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (1931-2002). Her first post in lexicography was as an editor of the Concise Scots Dictionary (1985). She has also worked part-time as a Senior Editor for Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd and part-time as Research Officer for the Feasibility Study for an Institute for the Languages of Scotland. Lorna will produce the editorial manual for the dictionary.