Research area interests:

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I. Arts-Practice Research & Methodologies
Transformative, and subversive research-based arts practices.

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• Transdisciplinary Arts-Practice Based Research

• Heuristic Inquiry & Multimodal Artistic Expressions

• De-colonial & Subversive Methodologies in Arts Research

• Embodied Approaches in the Arts

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II. Aural Diversity & Sensory Agency
Sound, sensory perception, and neurodivergent auditory experiences

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• Aural Diversity & Neurodivergent Auditory Realities

• Interconnection, Consciousness & Sonic Agency

• Jungian Auditory Archetypes: Symbolism, Active Imagination ​​

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III. Phenomenology & Consciousness
Perception, embodiment, and aesthetic experience

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• Embodied Sound and Music Phenomenology

• Creative Consciousness in Arts Creation

• Transcendence & Immanence in Artistic Creation

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IV. Mysticism, Spirituality & Embodiment in Artistic Practice

Creative practice as a conduit into inner experience and the sacred.

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• The Numinous & Divine in Autistic Auditory Perception

• Creative Practice as a Path of Unknowing & Illumination

• Art as Unintentional Prayer: Devotion in the Flow of Creation

• Jungian Mysticism: Individuation, the Sacred Self & Archetypes​​​​​

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V. Music 
Music and embodiment to express auditory realities and affective experiences.

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• Embodied Music Phenomenology

• Improvisation as Method of Neurodivergent Hearing

• Composition in Expressing Autistic Musicians' Auditory Realities 

• Music as Affective Embodied Experience

• The Sublime & Divine in Musical Expression & Creation

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VI. Poetic Inquiry
The symbolic, poetic, and psychoanalytic to understanding myth, sound, and the unconscious.

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• Reflexive Autoethnography in Autistic Auditory Experience

• Heuristic Poetic Inquiry as Method and Jungian Individuation

• Folklore, Mythology & the Unconscious

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VII. Film 
Documentary film for representing unheard voices and transcendent experiences.

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• Film (Documentary): Observational (CV), Direct, Essayist, Poetic Forms

• Film as Resistance: Lived Realities of the Unheard​​​​​​​

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VIII. Therapeutic Arts Practice & Psychotherapy
Arts-based therapeutic practices that support healing, expression and individuation.

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• Child Intermodal Psychotherapeutic Counselling Through the Arts

• Person-Centred Arts Therapy: Carl Rogers, Creativity & Actualising

• Expressive Arts Therapy: Neuroplasticity, Music & Attachment Theory

• Jungian Arts-Based Healing​​​​​

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XI. Identity, Intersectionality & Decolonial Praxis

Reclaiming narratives and empowering identities through artistic practices.

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• Reclaiming Narrative Authority Through Subversive Creative Practice

• Excluded, Silenced, Unheard & Underexplored Communities 

• The Theatrical Self: Goffman’s Metaphor and the Performance of Identity

• Care-Experienced Artists: Creative Identity, Formation & Belonging

• Racial & Cultural Identities through Artistic Expression

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SCHOLARSHIPS​

 

• PhD Studentship- The Leverhulme Trust Aural Diversity Doctoral Research (LAURA)

• BAFTA Reuben Scholarship- MA Filmmaking (Screen Documentaries) Goldsmiths, University of London.

• Honorary MA Radio Student status, granted by Emeritus Professor Tim Crook, Goldsmiths, University of London.

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EDUCATION

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Oct 2024 -2027: 

University of Salford, Acoustics/School of Arts, Media, PhD, (Music/Film/Arts)

Leverhulme Trust Aural Diversity Research Doc Hub (LAURA)​

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Lead Supervisor: Ursula Hurley 

Co-Supervisor: Pavel Prokopič 

External Advisor: John Drever

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Research Project: Sonic Selfhood: Reclaiming Music Scores- Neurodivergent Musicians' Auditory Identity Through 
Transdisciplinary Arts-Based Research Practice'

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This project uses transdisciplinary arts practice research to generate multilayered insight into 
how autistic musicians interpret, and articulate their aural experiences through their instruments, drawing 
on embodied phenomenology to render sensory perception as artistic expression

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JAN 2022 – JAN 2024:

University of Greenwich, Level 7 PGCE (Further Education)

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Research Project: ‘Conflicts in Neurodivergent Learning in Educational Institutions’:

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Explored systemic conflicts between institutional practices, work culture and policies promoting neurodivergent learning, highlighting issues such as autistic tokenism, spatial design and internal politics and funding in (FE) colleges hindering support for autistic learners and staff, emphasising the impact of institutional cultural barriers on policy implementation.

 

SEP 2018 – AUG 2020

Goldsmiths College, University of London, BAFTA Reuben Scholarship,

MA (Masters) in Filmmaking (Screen Documentaries) (First term in TV Journalism)

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Research Project: "Silence"

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A documentary exploration of why British Black heterosexual men are ignored over their experiences of mental health, abuse and suicide. It explores how society willfully overlooks these experiences, perpetuating a cycle of silence and invisibility through socially pressured masculinities.

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SEP 2018 – AUG 2020

Goldsmiths College, University of London, Honorary MA Radio student

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Granted by Emeritus Professor Tim Crook, Goldsmiths, University of London

 

SEP 2016 – JUN 2017:

University of Cambridge, PGCert, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapeutic Counselling

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Research Project: "Does Metaphor Help Us Understand What A Child's Emotional World Of Parental Mental Illness Through Art?: A Case Study Of Non-Directive Sessions With A Young Carer"

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Explored how child clients aged five who were primary carers to parents battling mental illness communicated their emotional experiences through artistic expression. The case study involved non-directive counselling sessions and employed interpretative analysis of metaphors and symbolic representations present in the child's artwork to gain further insights into how children internalise and process the complexities of their caregiving roles and how this impacts their emotional landscape in relation to parental mental health challenges and their lived realities.   

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Sep 2009 – JUNE 2012

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Goldsmiths College, University of London, BA Sociology

 

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CPD

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SEP – NOV 2023:  TEFL UK, Advanced 150 hr Certificate in Teaching English In A Foreign Language

MAY – JUNE 2023: TQUK, Level 2 Certificate in Special Educational Needs and Disability

 

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

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With over five years of experience, I have taught a diverse range of subjects including Music, Social Sciences, Media, PSHE, and Humanities. My instructional style is primarily rooted in constructivist and humanistic methodologies, emphasising student-centred learning, critical thinking, and personal growth. However, I occasionally integrate behaviourist strategies for deadlines and structured learning outcomes. 

 

I have taught across diverse educational environments, including secondary schools, alternative education provisions, and Further Education (FE) colleges.  I have experience working with neurodivergent (SEND) learners and individuals with Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD). This has developed my skills in adaptive teaching and creating inclusive learning environments.

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I have been a Course Leader and lecturer for several courses, including Access to Psychology, Access to Psychology & Education, Access to Social Sciences and Humanities, UAL Diplomas in Creative, Performing, and Production Arts Department, BTEC Health & Social Care, GCSE courses in Religious Studies, Art, Music, History, and the Level 2 Vocal Artist RSL Diploma.  My diverse subject specialisms and adaptable pedagogical approach enable me to effectively engage and support a wide range of learners in different educational contexts.​​​​​​

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