Biography

Biography

I have researched and taught in the area of online human behaviour for 18 years, looking into the design, usability and impact of digital products as well as uses of the information that they collect. I have worked at Keele since 2014 in the School of Computer Science and Mathematics, holding the roles of Programme Director and Director of Education. My work has received funding of around £1.67 million equivalent from funders such as the AHRC, EPSRC, HEFCE, OfS and KTP and I have an established national profile in Education, recognised through Senior Fellowship of the HEA.

I have previously worked as a Principal Lecturer at the University of Greenwich, and a Researcher at City University, London.

Qualifications

PhD Computer Science, Keele University
MSc I.T., Keele University
BSc (Hons) Biological Sciences, King's College London
SFHEA Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

External recognition

Examining
  • External Examiner at Harper Adams University - MSc Data Science for Global Agriculture, Food and Environment. (2021-2025)
  • External Assessor at Middlesex University - MSc User Experience Design (2021)
  • External Examiner at Department of Computer Science, Brunel University – BSc Computer Science (2019-2023)
  • External Assessor at School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Bangor University (2019)
  • External Adviser at University of Greenwich – Postgraduate Computing Programmes (2018)
  • External Examiner at Glasgow Caledonian University - BSc Computer Games: Indie Development (2014-2018)
  • External Adviser at University of Worcester – MComp (2016)
  • PhD Internal Examiner (3 Vivas, 2017 - current)
Journals
  • Guest Editor and Editorial Board Member for Compass: The Journal of Learning and Teaching (from 2010)
  • Reviewer for International Journal of Medical Informatics, Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR), Cognitive Systems Research, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, JMIR Serious Games, Expert Systems: The Journal of Knowledge Engineering, Methods of Information in Medicine, Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Ecological Informatics.
Conferences
  • Programme Chair for BCS HCI 2020 Conference (postponed to 2022).
  • Organising Committee member for One-day symposium on Ethnicities, Counter-publics, Appropriation and Social Media 2017, APT 2012-2018, ACM Digital Health 2015-2016, eHealth 2009-2011
  • TPC and Reviewer for IEEE Globecom: Workshop on the Social Collaborative Internet, e-Health 2013-2015, IADIS International Conference e-Health 2012-2020, Employer Engagement in a Digital Age 2012, COGNITIVE 2009.
  • Poster/Demo Chair for ACM Digital Health 2016 at WWW2016, ACM Digital Health 2015 at WWW2015.
  • Poster Chair for eHealth 2011, eHealth 2010
  • Reviewer for British HCI 2018-2021, BCS International Software Quality Management (SQM) and INSPIRE conferences

School of Computer Science and Mathematics
Keele University
Staffordshire
ST5 5AA