I am a qualitative researcher with a special interest in narrative research methods and the study of sensitive topics. My PhD explores the context and experiences of a hidden population of women who use illicit drugs in Scotland, using auto-ethnographic and narrative methods to analyse drug storytelling practices through an intersectional lens. I adopt a reflexive and situated approach to qualitative research on marginalised populations and explicitly utilise my own experiences of marginality and stigmatisation to build trusting and empathic relationships with research participants.

I am currently responsible for delivering 'Criminology Foundations' and 'Crime and Inequality' on the undergraduate Criminology and Criminal justice programme.

As a first generation scholar I am passionate about widening access to higher education and inspiring students from non-traditional backgrounds to achieve their potential.

With a background in researching sensitive topics and stigmatised identities in the subject of women who use illicit drugs, my primary research focus is now exploring the long term impacts of violence against women and how structural disadvantage shapes lived experience and recovery.

I am passionate about developing creative research methods to address social and epistemic injustice and I work collaboarively to develop trauma informed pedagogy and methodology to support teaching and research in criminal justice related disciplines.

As a first generation scholar I also use critical autoethnography to interrogate inclusion and marginalisation within the spaces of higher education.