I am a Senior Lecturer and Programme Director for the MSc Psychological Science programme in the School of Psychology at Queen's University Belfast. I am a Chartered Psychologist and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). I joined Queen’s University Belfast in 2018 as a Lecturer in Education after completing my PhD at Edge Hill University in 2017. I also serve as co-chair of the British Psychological Society’s Qualitative Methods in Psychology (QMiP) group.  

I contribute to teaching qualitative methods across both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the School of Psychology and supervise students across the MSc Psychological Science programme, as well as doctoral students in the Doctorate in Educational, Child & Adolescent Psychology (DECAP) and PhD candidates. 

My research interests focus on the scholarship of learning and teaching in Higher Education. As a qualitative researcher, I focus particularly on qualitative methodologies, with an emphasis on enhancing the rigour, transparency, and quality of qualitative research. In addition, my work explores student belonging for international students, racial microagressions and more currently GenAI in learning and teaching.

Postgraduate Taught (PGT)
I currently teach and coordinate two modules at postgraduate level:

PSY7117 Data Analysis

PSY7094 Thesis Module, MSc Psychological Science (Conversion)

I also contribute to teaching qualitative research methods at both Master’s Conversion and undergraduate levels:

PSY7093 Methods, Design and Analysis in Psychology

PSY2071 Psychological Methods

Previous Teaching

PSY7063 Qualitative Research Methods, Theory and Application I

PSY7064 Qualitative Research Methods, Theory and Application II

PSY2066 / PSY7091 Core Psychology II (Developmental Psychology)

PSY3133 Cultural Psychology

Programme Director, MSc Psychological Science, School of Psychology, Queen’s University Belfast 

Co-Chair, British Psychological Society (BPS) Qualitative Methods in Psychology (QMiP) Section 

Co-Chair, Student Experience Committee, EPS Faculty, QUB 

Academic Council Representative, School of Psychology, QUB 

Member, Student Experience Committee, QUB 

Member, Open Research Group, Data Access Committee, and Research Ethics Committee, QUB 

Year Lead for Level 2 Students, School of Psychology, QUB (2023–2025) 

Reputation Champion, School of Psychology, QUB (2024–2025) 

Pedagogy Lab Coordinator, School of Psychology, QUB (2023–2024) 

Coordinator, Qualitative Researcher Network (2023–present) 

Adviser of Studies for Undergraduate Students, QUB (2018–2022) 

Honorary Secretary, Committee of Qualitative Methods Section (QMiP), BPS (2023–2024) 

Committee Member, Qualitative Methods Section (QMiP), BPS (2022–present) 

Internationalisation Committee Member, QUB (2022–present) 

Committee Member, British Psychological Society, Northern Ireland Branch (NIBPS) (2019–2023) 

Irish Representative, BPS Division of Academics, Researchers and Teachers in Psychology (2019–2022) 

Member, European Society for Psychological Learning and Teaching (ESPLAT) (2019–2020) 

Member, Centre for Identity and Intergroup Relations