Academic

PhD Photography and Forced Displacement: Women as Custodians of Memory, Identity and Knowledge. Funded by North of England Consortium for Arts and Humanities (NECAH), University of Hull (2023).

Honorary Doctorate (D. Litt) awarded by the University of Hull (2012).

Masters by Research in Journalism She Bought Poppies Not Bandages: Moïna Belle Michael’s Appropriation of the ‘Flanders Fields’ Poppy. School of Journalism, University of Lincoln (2018).

Research assistant, project contributor. AHRC (Arts and Humanities Research Council) Challenging the texture of military memorialisation – photography as a tool for remembrance of twentieth century conflicts (2015).

Honorary Research Fellow, Faculty of Arts, Culture and Education, University of Hull (current).

Honorary Research Fellow, The Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation, University of Hull (2018-2021).

Visual Researcher and Project Coordinator, Teesside University (AHRC funded) IAA award for Line Time. Principal Investigator Dr Pippa Oldfield (2024).

Researcher, Teesside University (AHRC funded) IAA award for Tomorrow. Principal Investigator Professor Sarah Perks (2023).