I am a Senior Lecturer in Academic Development at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). I provide advice and support in relation to academic development, as well as being responsible for suite of Veterinary Medical Education Division workshops (~70+) and annual teaching symposia; co-lead the R(D)SVS HEA teaching accreditation mentoring programme; and the management of the R(D)SVS suite of MOOCs. In addition, I’m a member of the School’s Animal Welfare Centre (which incorporates The Jeanne Marchig International Centre for Animal Welfare Education), where I develop digital education resources and engage in animal welfare research.

I supervise research projects for both undergraduate and MSc students, as well as lecture on a range of topics including: e-professsionalism, animals and society (religion, death and grief), and social media related to various contexts (planetary health, One Health, and animal welfare); as well as research ethics (including AI). 

I sit on a number of Committees, as well as being the Convenor of the Human Ethical Review Committee (HERC); Chair of the Staff Development (SupportEdu) Committee; and is Co-Chair (Education) of the Career Development Committee. 

My research focuses on academic development; AI in the curriculum; social media (in different contexts); animal welfare; anthrozoology; digital religion; and research ethics.

I am interested in social media usage and the possible implications for teaching and learning; as well as animal welfare, online ethics, and digital religion.

• Principal Investigator for the PTAS funded 'Managing Your Digital Footprint' project (2014-2015).

• Co-investigator for the PTAS funded project "A live pulse": Yik Yak for Understanding Teaching, Learning and Assessment at Edinburgh (2016-2017).

• Principal Investigator for the PTAS funded project 'Developing a research methods, data analysis and statistics course (RMDAS): engaging students in curriculum development' (2018-2019)

• Co-Investigator for the PTAS funded project 'Exploring and engaging with student perceptions of digital citizenship' (2021-2022)

• MSc & SRC Dissertation Supervisor
• Lecturer undergraduate - professionalism, social media, and AI (2015>)
• Lecturer for online MSc programmes - research ethics and online research; social media, policy,and One Health; e-professionalism; animal welfare (2015>)
• Developed and taught on the Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice, 'Online Learning Environments' course - Institute for Academic Development (2015-2016).
• Guest tutor on the MSc Digital Education (Introduction to Digital Environments for Learning course) - School of Education, HSS (2014-2016).

• Convenor of the Human Ethical Review Committee (HERC) at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
• Chair - Staff/Tutor/Demonstrator Development Committee (SupportEDU)
• Co-Convenor - Career Development Committee (Easter Bush Campus)
• EMREC- Global Health Working Group
• PGT and BVM&S Learning and Teaching Committees
• Easter Bush Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee
• Quality Assurance Committee - R(D)SVS
• Resource List Group - R(D)SVS representative
• Edinburgh Teaching Award (EdTA) Mentor and Assessor