I work in teacher and researcher education. I am interested in student and teacher agency, particularly related to digital and international education. I have training in social theory, qualitative research and data analytics. I supervise doctoral students in learning technology and international education.

I have been a language teacher for twenty five years in South Korea, Bulgaria, Spain, Hungary, Scotland and England. Since 2008, I have taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses at the universities of Liverpool, Bristol and St Andrews.

I am coordinator (joint) of the IATEFL English for Specific Purposes Special Interest Group (ESPSIG). I am a committee member of the TEFL Workers Union. I am a member of the Humans, Machines and Languages SIG of BAAL. I am an external examiner at the University of Glasgow. I am convenor of the International Education Institute ethics committee and I am a member of the University of St Andrews teaching and research ethics committee (UTREC).

I am programme convenor of the MSc in Digital Education.  I supervise Masters dissertations for the MSc Digital Education, MSc TESOL and MSc International Education. I am a doctoral supervisor on the DProf TESOL programme.

I am interested in:

• International education
• Student and teacher agency
• Technology and human agency
• TESOL
• English for Academic Purposes (EAP)
• English for Specific Purposes (ESP)
• Social theory and social ontology
• Technology and language education