I am a sociologist of education and I lecture on the BA (Hons) Education with Psychology and Counselling, and the BA (Hons) Education with Autism, Disability and SEN degrees. My particular research interests are in the field of peace, citizenship and political education.

My passion as a lecturer is to engage students in consideration about the big issues in education and develop their critical thinking skills. As a sociologist of education, I am keen to explore education's place in society, who benefits and who doesn't, and why. I am enthusiastic to consider how education can work for social justice.

My research also falls in this area. My PhD research was on how schools teach about peace and war. My recent research has been on how teachers are navigating the war on Gaza in their schools, and on the militarisation of community spaces. 

Currently, I sit on the national council of the Association for Citizenship Teaching and am on the editorial board of their journal: Teaching Citizenship.