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My research takes an interdisciplinary approach to education, social justice and human flourishing. I engage with contemporary theories across these domains, looking towards 'education for social wellbeing'. Currently, I am the Institutional Research Culture Lead at the University of Roehampton. 

In 2021, I am Principal Investigator on five actively funded projects: (i) Sugarless Green (a health education intervention research programme), which is funded by Research England, QR Strategic Priorities Fund (ii) Gardening & Gums (a knowledge exchange health communication project about oral care, funded by The Cathedrals Group), (iii) The Potato Teeth Project (a third arm of the health education intervention on gardening and oral care) funded by Southlands Methodist Trust, and (iv) Reading for Cultural Meaning (a literary project funded by UKLA Literacy Association). Since November 2019, in addition to the grants above, I was awarded three British Academy Grants (UK-Australia Knowledge Frontiers Forum, Brisbane, 2019), and secured an additional cross-institutional research bid of £40,000 from The Cathedrals Group for a  knowledge exchange project, 'Communiversity'. 

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Currently, I am the Director for Advance HE's Diversifying Leadership Programme' which aims to generate a leadership mindset for academic and professional staff from black and ethnic minority backgrounds across UK Higher Education institutions. In 2021 I was successful in winning two election campaigns firstly to the University Senate to serve as an Academic Representative at the University of Roehampton, and secondly as BERA Convenor of the Comparative and International Education Special Interest Group (SIG). In 2020 I was shortlisted out of 450 members of teaching staff across the university for the Academic Lecturer of the Year award by the Roehampton Students' Union (RSU). Presently, I am also a Senior Lecturer at the School of Education.