I have been at Glasgow University since 2023, presently working as a Lecturer in Political and International Studies.  My ESRC-funded Doctorate in Political Science and International Studies (POLSIS) at the University of Birmingham studied the manner in which gay male identity in Britain has moved from being based around protest to assimilation in the post-Thatcher paradigm, using popular gay men’s magazines of the time (Gay Times and Attitude) as empirical data.

I worked at the Universities of Birmingham, Bath, and Durham as a Teaching Fellow, as well as an Associate Lectureship at the University of Exeter. I have also held a Lectureship in Politics at Solihull College on the 2+2 Social Studies degree pathway organised by the University of Warwick’s Centre for Lifelong Learning. I attained the PGCAP in 2023 from Durham University, instilling me with a clear knowledge of pedagogy, and am careful to stay up to date with this – being a member of the Innovative Pedagogy hub at Glasgow University.

Prior to joining the University of Glasgow, I worked as a Research Fellow on a funded inter-disciplinary research project within the University of Birmingham’s School of Education, focusing on improving facilities for students with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD). A journal article on the project’s findings has been published by Advances in Autism, and a book chapter on the topic is to be published by Kohlhammer later this year. More recently, I have published a journal article identifying the benefits of a participatory research methodology in Good Autism Practice. I have also worked with Widening Participation teams at Exeter, Glasgow, and Durham, in the latter’s case through the Sutton Trust. I am currently co-designing a research project aimed at supporting Chinese students studying Politics and International Studies at the University of Glasgow.

Research groups

• International Relations
• Elections, Public Opinion & Parties