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Biography

I am a migrant and tertiary education worker at the University of Cumbria and University of Glasgow, and I’m a Doctoral candidate in Education at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.

In brief, I teach academic, digital and research literacies, and I mentor and coach academics in creating blended and fully online courses. I’m also an active academic citizen: I am a co-lead of The University of Glasgow Decolonising the Curriculum Community of Practice, a member of a research ethics committee, and I occasionally review journal articles, too!

My teaching to date has included:

1. teaching English as a foreign language to adults;

2. developing courses for and teaching English for academic purposes;

3. teaching on foundation courses at pre-undergraduate and pre-postgraduate levels;

4. developing and convening a large module for all Year 1 management school students;

5. supervising students undertaking Master’s degrees in education, specifically education studies and TESOL/teaching English to speakers of others languages;

6. teaching modules that cover research methods, the social determinants of health and dissertation to undergraduate paramedic science apprentices, and supervising undergraduate dissertation students.

I have previously worked in learning development, created courses, delivered sessions on academic, digital, and research literacies for undergraduate and postgraduate students, and created and delivered CPD sessions for staff. I have also developed the knowledge and skills of academic and administrative staff to enable them to create blended and fully online courses. I also actively experiment with generative AI and its applications within the context of higher education while supporting the development of student and staff literacy regarding generative AI.

My scholarly interests include decolonizing education (or decolonising if you wish); academic, digital (including generative AI), research and critical media literacies'; and critical pedagogy. My personal interests include photography and travel.

Education & recognition

• Doctoral student in Education - current and ongoing

  • University of Strathclyde (with some coursework at University of Glasgow)

• Fellowship, 2015

  • Advance HE

• MA in Education (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), 2011

  • University of Bath

• MA in Russian, 2008

  • Middlebury College

• Dual BAs in Russian & Spanish, 2005

  • The University of Texas at Arlington