About

I am a Senior Lecturer in the Sheffield Creative Industries Institute (SCII) and my interests in research and teaching cross culture and media. A background working in the cultural sector has shaped my interest in culture’s impact on our lives, in cultural policy and governance, and in the increasing role of technology and data in culture.

I am an experienced postgraduate course leader and am currently Course Leader for MA Global Communication and Media and MA Public Relations, and was Course Leader for MA Arts and Cultural Management for an extended period.  I am (from Jan 25) External Examiner for the MA Arts Management Policy and Practice at the University of Manchester.  My teaching similarly spans media and communication theories and debates, digital cultures, and cultural policy and arts management. I regularly supervise MA dissertations across these areas, and I am involved in cross disciplinary projects, including supporting students as researchers. 

My research bridges these areas through the entanglements between cultural data, small cultural organisations, funders and policy, work with City of Doncaster Council as a critical friend to the delivery of their cultural strategy, and as part of a multidisciplinary team working on a three-year £2.1m project on creative health and community assets funded through UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) as part of their mobilising community assets to tackle health inequalities programme.

Teaching

Social Sciences and Arts

MA Global Communication and Media 
MA Arts and Cultural Management

Media and Communication: Theories and Debates
Think Free: Contemporary Issues in Digital Cultures
Context for Culture 
Critical Issues in Culture
Research Methods and Skills for Media, Arts Management and Global Communication 
Dissertation/ Final Project 

Research

• Culture and Creativity Research Institute

- current PhD research into the relationships between cultural data, small cultural organisations, funders and policy. 
- work with City of Doncaster Council as a critical friend to the delivery of their cultural strategy.
- as part of a multidisciplinary team working on a three-year £2.1m project on creative health and community assets funded through UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) as part of their mobilising community assets to tackle health inequalities programme.

Publications

Other activities

I am a Board member for Chrysalis Arts Development (North Yorkshire) and for Regather (Sheffield). 

IRNOS: I co lead, with colleagues, a student research project in Bilbao and Gernika, which explores how place is shaped by historical and contemporary events and culture.