I am a Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice and have a wide range of experience in Higher Education.  In addition to teaching and research, I have experience in professional services with management of a centralised Admissions team (domestic and Non-EU), as well as 5 years' experience as an Education Guidance Adviser and working within the Creative & Academic Development Team.  I have been involved in multiple successful projects across the University with a focus on student success, progression and retention, and academic development and is now using this experience to inform teaching within the BA (Hons) Criminal Justice programme at the University of  the West of Scotland.

I am a PhD candidate funded and supported by ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) and SGSS (Scottish Graduate School of Social Science) via a competitive studentship.  My PhD is a mixed methods approach to exploring how young people understand and negotiate sexual consent, and how this is learned via formal sexual health curriculum and public pedagogy.  My research interests are in gender based violence, rape, victimology, sexuality and discourse analysis.

I am currently teaching and co-ordinating modules in Victimology and Deconstructing Crime and Criminality, as well as supervision of honours and masters level dissertations.

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), Admissions, Progression & Retention