I am a Senior Language Lecturer in the Academic Literacies Centre in the Global Cultures and Languages Hub. In this role, I provide academic literacies support to students in the Academy of Future Education. In addition, I am also the Chair of the University Research Ethics Review Panel. I first started working here at XJTLU when I joined the English Language Centre as a Language Lecturer in EAP in August 2018. However, let me tell you a bit about my journey to get here. I began my academic career as a Classicist specializing in Roman history and Latin language and literature. My particular research interests focus on the role of persuasion in politics, especially in the period of the civil wars following the assassination of Caesar. This was the topic of my PhD thesis which I completed at the University of St Andrews in the UK. Following my PhD, I spent a couple of years teaching Roman history and Latin in Canada (at Thorneloe University) and Ireland (NUI Maynooth). My interests in the use of language, as well as a desire to travel and experience different cultures, led me to make the transition to English language teaching. I completed a CELTA in Toronto in 2013 and then, a few months later, found myself in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. After 5 interesting years teaching English at Prince Sultan University, I decided it was time to see and experience another part of the world and came here to XJTLU. Soon after starting at XJTLU, I became the Academic Lead for PGR Support, which is an area of postgraduate support that was re-launched in March 2019. Since then, our PGR Support services have been transformed, and XJTLU’s PhD and EdD students are now able to access a level and variety of support services that are on a par with, or even better, than what they would have at the University of Liverpool. After several years leading our PGR Support, I then became the SoL's first Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship (2022-2025). In this position, I helped to develop and foster a supportive and inclusive research and scholarship environment for my colleagues in the School. Now, in my new role in the ALC, I am passionate about supporting our postgraduate students in the AoFE and helping them to get the most out of their academic journey here at XJTLU.

My current research interests now focus on researcher development and, in particular, the dynamics of Human-AI collaboration in research. 

Researcher Development

Research Ethics

Generative AI for Research (especially Human-AI Collaboration Dynamics)

Language Lecturer in EAP, Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University, 2018 - Present

Assistant Professor, Prince Sultan University, 2013 - 2018

English Language Instructor, L’Estrie Language School, 2013

Contract Instructor, Carleton University, 2012

Assistant Lecturer, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, 2011 - 2012

Assistant Professor, Thorneloe University, 2010 - 2011

Part-time Tutor and Lecturer, University of St Andrews, 2007 - 2010