I am a Chartered Psychologist and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. I completed my PhD (2014-2017) at Edge Hill University. In December 2018, I took up the position of Lecturer (Education) at Queen’s University Belfast. I currently teach Qualitative research methods for Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses, Developmental Psychology and Cultural Psychology. 

I am a qualitative researcher with interdisciplinary research interests crossing the fields of Higher education and migration studies. I currently conduct research on qualitative research methods, students' sense of belonging and transitioning to University. 
I am broadly interested in studying migrants and their children, their adjustment processes, belonging and practices of inclusion and exclusion, identity and wellbeing. In my PhD thesis, I have examined the experiences of return migrants and their children following the economic crisis and the ways they reconstruct a sense of belonging upon return. In my research, I use interviews, focus groups and creative methods.

I teach and coordinate two modules at PGT level:

PSY7117 Data Analysis
PSY7094 Thesis Module, MSc Psychological Scienc (Conversion)

I teach Qualitative research methods at Masters Conversion Level and Undergraduate Level

PSY7093 Methods, Design and Analysis in Psychology 
PSY2071 Psychological methods 

In the past: 
PSY7063 Qualitative research methods, theory and application I
PSY7064 Qualitative research methods, theory and application II
PSY2066/ 7091 Core Psychology II [Developmental Psychology]
PSY3133 Cultural Psychology 

Supervision
Thesis supervisor for MSc students in Psychological Science (Conversion)

I co-supervise several students from the Doctorate Programs and PhD programs.

• Programme Director for MSc Psychological Science 2025 - present
• Co-Chair for BPS's Qualitative Methods in Psychology (QMIP) Section 2025- present
• Academic Council - School of Psychology Rep, 2025 - present
• Student Experience Committee Member, QUB 2025 - present
• Open Research Group, Data Access Committee and Research Ethics Committee Memeber, QUB 2025 - present
• Year Lead for Level 2 students 2023 - 2025
• Reputation Champion in the School of Psychology 2024 - 2025
• Pedagogy Lab Coordinator 2023 - 2024
• Qualitative Researcher Network Coordinator 2023 - present
• Adviser of Studies for Undergraduate Students 2018 -2022
• Honorary Secretary at the Committee of Qualitative Methods Section (QMIP) 2023 - 2024
• Committee Member of the Qualitative Methods Section (QMIP) 2022-present. 
• Internationalisation Committee Member 2022-present
• Committee Member of the British Psychology Society, Northern Ireland Branch (NIBPS) 2019-2023
• Irish Representative to BPS-Division of Academics, Researchers and Teachers in Psychology 2019 - 2022
• Member of the European Society for Psychological Learning and Teaching (ESPLAT) 2019 - 2020
• Member of Centre for Identity and Intergroup relations