A seasoned academic specializing in sport policy, management, and international development has over 9 years of lecturing experience at a top Scottish university, where they teach courses on sports history, management, policy, and research methods. With a background as a historian, their research focuses on sport and leisure history—current projects include studying surfing in Northern Scotland, the Island Games, and curling history—alongside published works on Scottish association football, Commonwealth Games, and sport migration.
They hold prominent roles in academic communities: a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (since 2021), Special Issues Editor for the International Journal of the History of Sport (since 2021), and former Chair of the British Society of Sports History (2017–2019). They also serve as an External Examiner for multiple sport-related undergraduate programs at another UK university (since 2018) and have experience as a visiting lecturer (e.g., Erasmus+ mobility at the University of Iceland). Academically, they earned a PhD in History from a leading Scottish university (2005–2009) and a BA in History from a U.S. college (2000–2004), blending transatlantic perspectives with deep expertise in sport history and policy.