about me
Originally from the liminal space between North Yorkshire and Teesside in North East England. I have somehow managed to transform an annoying childhood habit of always asking ‘but why?’ into something resembling the foundations of a career. Though no longer an annoying child my intellectual curiosity remains and has brought me to the Bay Area of California, where I am currently a PhD student and Berkeley Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley.
Primarily a historian, I bring a diverse background including experience gained through undergraduate studies in law and two graduate degrees in philosophy, economics, politics and sociology to my research approach. This is complemented by ‘real world’ experience that has seen me work with the International Labour Organisation, the BBC, UNHRC as well as leading national and grassroots disability and minority rights organisation in the UK and Cambodia.
Ever ambitious, I am currently trying to unlock the secret of writing shorter sentences.