My non-fiction book, Back Up North, is now available at all the usual places: Amazon, Browns, Waterstones, WHSmith, as well as directly from Scratching Shed Publishing.

Born and raised in the North of England, though often found elsewhere having worked in the UK, El Salvador, Mexico, Myanmar, Spain, Greece, and the US. I'm currently a Research Fellow at the University of Leeds (UK) conducting evaluation in education and politics.

A PhD graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (US), I've taught classes on human rights education, refugee education, and school & society. My doctoral research used participatory and visual methods to think about community-based language education for adults seeking sanctuary in the North of England. I'm interested in pedagogies of care, solidarity, and critical cosmopolitanism - as well as how humour can be a tool in both teaching and research methods.

When not working, you'll find me being creative or trying to befriend passing animals. I enjoy salsa dancing, painting, photography, and creative writing, and my non-academic writing has been published in numerous outlets including The Times Educational Supplement.