My profile

Biography

Academic and professional qualifications

I graduated with a BSc (Hons) in psychology in 2004 and obtained a PhD from the University of Huddersfield in 2012. The doctoral thesis investigated the erotic experience of consensual bondage, discipline, dominance & submission and sadism & masochism (BDSM).

Expert reviewer

Reviewer for:

Community, Work & Family

Psychology & Health

Psychology & Sexuality

Feminism & Psychology

BPS Psychology of Women Section Review

Editorial Board membership

I am co-editor of the British Psychological Society Psychology of Women Review.

Membership of professional associations

I am a Charted Psychologist with the British Psychological Society.

I am an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society.

I am a fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Research outputs

I am interested in qualitative research methods, especially phenomenological psychology and experiential research, and the use of innovative data collection techniques. I have a broad range of inter-disciplinary research interests, and other specialist areas of interest include gender, LGBTQI+ psychology, sexualities, wellbeing and women’s health.