My research specialisms include sex trafficking and immigration policy from the late nineteenth century, modern British society and culture, gender history, the history of sexuality, and progressive pedagogies in History. I am happy to supervise students or participate in projects in any of these areas.
My first body of research focuses on the history of sex trafficking in Britain from 1880 through to 1945. I am interested in how ideas of slavery, nation, and empire impacted the representation of trafficking in metropolitan Britain, and what this tells us about British society and politics, particularly surrounding racism, sexual exploitation, and migrants’ rights. Alongside this, I focus on the pedagogy of the history of sex trafficking and migratory sex work more broadly.
I am also engaged in research-led EDI-centered curriculum design at both school- and university level, and have developed a series of learning resources for Key Stage 2 teachers called ‘Our Story’, which supports the implementation of EDI-friendly material to current History curricula.
My current research is in the field of the Medical Humanities and focuses on hypermobility syndromes and their conceptualisation and management in the National Health Service.
For a selection of my past and current academic publications and journalism, click here.
