I am a Lecturer in the School of Education at Manchester Metropolitan University My research is animated by an enduring interest in place, affect, and meaning-making (particularly in relation to sound) in early childhood and primary education. I am also interested in music composition as a speculative research praxis. I draw from queer-feminist theories of the materiality of ability and disability, anti-colonisation, and race.
My current and past research projects include:
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Neuroqueer(ing) Noise: my PhD research-creation study.
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Oblique Curiosities: a music research-creation duo.
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Research Mobilities in Primary Literacy Education: an ESRC-funded project exploring how teachers access literacy research.
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The (Neuro)Queering Education Network at Manchester Metropolitan University.
I am a composer and sound designer. My work includes Filmworker, My Big Break, and The Liverpool Shakespeare Festival. I am one-half of glitch-folk research-creation band Oblique Curiosities.