I am a Lecturer in History at the University of Strathclyde. I have been Co-Director of the Scottish Oral History Centre since 2022. My research interest focus on the social and cultural history of twentieth century housing, labour and gender in post-war Scotland. My work examines the impact of gender, consumerism and class on social relations and wellbeing. I am currently working on a monograph of my thesis research under contract with Edinburgh University Press. I am experienced in oral history, material cultures, visual sources and heritage sector. My most recent publication is with Professor Arthur McIvor from our project The Lost Villages of East Ayrshire, Memory, Mining and Heritage: Voices from Ayrshire Communite (2024).

I have worked on heritage projects with Scottish Women’s Aid, National Autistic Society and Glasgow Women’s Library. I am currently the Convenor of Women’s History Scotland

I am currently teaching on the following courses:

Level 1 History

Level 3/4 Hidden Histories: stories of the marginalisated in 20th century Britain

Level 3/4 Sex, Medicine and Society in Britain and Ireland

PGT: Storytelling, Memory and Heritage

I am modern British historian with an expertise in oral history, material culture, gender and work, domesticity, female suffrage and feminism, and health history

Fellow of HEA

PGCert, Teaching & Learning 

PhD History, University of Glasgow

MSc Social History, University of Glasgow/ University of Strathclyde

MA History (1st Class, Honours)