I am a Teaching Fellow, and the Director of Communication and Recruitment (Undergraduate), within the Department of Psychology at Royal Holloway, University of London. I teach theoretical, applied and research methods topics across undergraduate and postgraduate Psychology modules. I am passionate about making higher education learning fun, engaging and accessible to students. I am also passionate about students' wellbeing throughout the transition to university and across their university experience. 

My pedagogical research focuses on online communication between students and staff within a higher education setting. I am particularly interested in the link between students' online self-disclosure and their mental health and wellbeing. My pedagogic research also explores how staff communciate online with students and the impact this may have upon student engagement and learning. I am also interested in co-production within a research and applied context. 

I completed my PhD at Royal Holloway, University of London where I explore primary school children's use of social networking sites and the link between this use and their mental health and wellbeing.

I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, co-director of the Environment, Communication, Health: Online and Offline (ECHO-O) Lab, external engagement and outreach lead of the Teaching in Higher Education, Supporting and Inspiring Students (THESIS) Group, member of the RAISE (Researching Advising and Inspiring Student Engagement) Network, a member of the Cyberpsychology and DARTP divisions and a member of the European Association for Developmental Psychology. I am also a commitee member for the Psychological Society Developmental Division.