I joined the University of Sussex in 2013. My research has focused on feminist media studies, celebrity, media and culture, cultural representation, fashion and beauty media, media and nostalgia and popular film and television genres.

I completed my PhD in English Literature at Newcastle University in 2012, where I worked as a part time tutor and research assistant in the schools of English, Media and Cultural Studies and Modern Languages. During my time in Newcastle upon Tyne, I was also a visiting lecturer at Northumbria University. I hold a BA in English Literature, and an MA in Modern and Contemporary Studies, both from Newcastle University. 

I am co-managing editor of REFRAME: https://reframe.sussex.ac.uk/
I am a member of the Feminist Theory Journal advisory board: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/fty