Research
Research
Arts and Humanities Research Group (AHRG)
Memberships
FHEA
National Association of Writers in Education
European Association of Creative Writing Programmes
Lapidus International
Association of Writers and Writing Programmes
Research Interests
Contemporary Fiction
Post-humanism
Creative Writing as a Research Method
Therapeutic Writing
Critical Autoethnography
Current research
Pedagogical Study of What we Mean by the Phrase 'Individual Creative Writing Voice'
Unpicking Horrifying Moments of Uneasy Silence: Writing Responses to Gestures of Islamophobia in the UK, A ‘duo autoethnography’
Courageous Writing; Creative Writing for Key Stage 3 Learners to Develop Confidence
Conference Papers
Within the Folds:
How Biomedical Science is Re-defining Concepts of Parenting and Parenthood. Department of Social Sciences, Cardiff University
Found Voices: A Pedagogical Study of What We Mean by the Phrase 'Individual Creative Writing Voice'. EACWP Barcelona.
Profile
joined Cardiff Metropolitan University as a Lecturer in 2013.
My PhD in Creative writing and Critical practice included research into feminism, surrogacy, post-humanism, medical humanities and the wounded researcher. I hold an MA in English and Creative Writing (Distinction) and an MSc in Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes (Distinction) from Metanoia Institute (training programmes in humanistic and integrative counselling and psychotherapy). I have a post graduate Diploma in Dramatherapy and a certificate in Trauma Reduction counselling. I have worked as a Creative Arts Therapist in the NHS, Social Services and privately in mental health, secondary treatment and in schools. My first degree was in English and Drama.
I am a Peer Reviewer for NAWE's journal Writing in Practice
Projects
