I have a record of teaching contemporary art theory, art history, curation, anthropology, design history, research methods and educational discourse.  

I am currently a Teaching Fellow in Contemporary Art Theory at Edinburgh College of Art, specifically on the MA in Contemporary Art Theory.

I have previously been an Academic Tutor in the School of Arts and Creative Industries at the University of Sunderland. I have also given guest lectures focused upon the subject of research methodologies in the Arts to MA Design students annually for the six years in the School of Arts and Creative Industries at Sunderland University.

I am an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA).

My research is focused on contemporary art, curation, ethnography, anthropology of professional and expertise. I have been fortunate to conduct participant observation and interviews over extended period with prolific curators, artists and art world figures, through which I have gained incredible insights into the cultural, artistic, and creative professional landscape in the UK and further afield.

I have given lectures at many high-profile conferences. This includes a lecture titled ‘Curation and Art Exhibition: Anthropological Knowledge(s) within an Ethnographic Reflection’ on the panel ‘Curating with an Anthropological Approach, chaired by Emily Pringle (Head of Learning Practice and Research, Tate Learning, Tate Modern), as part of the Royal Anthropological Institute Conference ‘Art, Materiality and Representation’ in partnership with the British Museum and SOAS.

I also delivered a lecture titled 'Knowledge negotiations: Examples from field research with contemporary art curators in the UK' in September 2019 as part of the ASA19 (Association of Social Anthropologists of the UK and Commonwealth) - Anthropological Perspectives on Global Challenges (Conference), University of East Anglia Norwich. Panel: Ethics, power, and consent in ethnographic fieldwork.

I have also worked as conference organiser, which includes the Global Policy North conference 'The Challenge of Brexit for the North', working as part of the Global Policy team based at Durham University in the School of Government and International Affairs (SGIA) and the Global Policy North consortium, producing a conference in a collaboration between Durham University and the University of Leeds, with keynote speakers including Lord Jim O’Neill, previously Chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management and the Rt. Hon. Hilary Benn MP.

Previously I was Public Engagement Officer for the Executive Office at Durham University, through which I was solely responsible for the Durham Global Lecture series, which took place in London, and featured key figures such as Lady Brenda Hale (then President of the Supreme Court), who discussed key challenges in the contemporary world.