Academic CV

EDUCATION

Birkbeck, University of London, 2024 - ongoing

PhD Student in Creative Writing/Medical Humanities

Researching the role of humour in medical memoirs written by women

Supervisors: Dr. Grace Halden, Dr. Sarah Marks, and Dr. Wes Brown

Boston University, 2005 - 2007

Master of Science in Journalism

Study Abroad: BU’s London Graduate Journalism Program, arts criticism focus

Research assistant for Dick Lehr’s book The Fence: A Police Cover-up Along Boston’s Racial Divide (2009)

Studied journalism under Pulitzer Prize winner Gerard O’Neill

Case Western Reserve University, 2001 - 2005

Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies
Minors: English and Religious Studies

Studied journalism under Thrity Umrigar

PROFESSIONAL ROLES

Associate Lecturer, Buckinghamshire New University, 2026 - ongoing

College of Creative Art, Technology, and Engineering

Creative Writing Network Lead, CHASE, 2024 - ongoing

Consortium for the Humanities and the Arts Southeast England (CHASE)
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Conference Organizing Committee, King’s College, 2026

Medical Humanities Conference: Is the Pen Mightier Than the Microscope?
Moderated and organized round table discussion, introduced speakers, wrote conference marketing, event photographer

CERTIFICATIONS AND AWARDS

Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, 2026

Professional recognition for teaching excellence in higher education

Birkbeck Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Post Graduate Researcher Support Funding

Funding awarded for Spring 2026 research trip

PRESENTATIONS

The Inevitable Researcher, Or The Fiction of Free Will

Birkbeck’s PGR conference, Imag(in)ing, 11 June 2026

25 Frozen No-Thank-Yous

Wellcome Trust, Health in Our Hands: Bridging lived experiences of health from patient, community, biomedical & artistic perspectives, 25 March 2026

The role of subversive humour in medical memoirs by women

UCL, Gender and Sexuality Studies Work-In-Progress Symposium, 22 May 2025

Read the obits and shop the bargain bins: A case study

King’s College Arts and Humanities, The Unexpected Conference, 1 May 2025

The role of time and gender in medical memoirs by women

CHASE Encounters Conference Autumn 2024 - Temporal Tapestries: Weaving Memory, Time, and Future Visions in Research, Online, 26 – 27 November 2024

The future is female: Women writing themselves into the medical lexicon

Birkbeck’s School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communications, The Futures Conference, 27 June 2024

WRITING WORKSHOPS – PARTICIPANT

Broadly Conceived CHASE DPT retreat at Gladstone Library, 2024

Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop University of Dayton, 2023

City Lit Advanced Non-fiction Writing Workshop, 2023

Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown Summer Memoir Workshop, 2023

Artists’ Recovery Club, 2022 - 2024