I joined Bournemouth University in 2026 as a Postdoctoral Research Associate on the Leverhulme-funded project Media Representations of Disability, working alongside PI Catalin Brylla, Co-I Dan Jackson, Co-I Geoff Haddock and Co-I Miguel Ramos. The project explores how mainstream media representations can shape audience attitudes towards disability, with a particular focus on reducing stigma and improving social understanding.

My research sits at the intersection of film and media studies, audiovisual translation, and media accessibility. I completed a PhD in Translation Studies at University of Nottingham, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council through the Midlands4Cities Doctoral Training Partnership. My doctoral research examined subtitling in francophone cinema, focusing on the ways subtitles participate in processes of identity construction and power relations.

More broadly, my work explores subtitling, audiovisual translation, accessibility and media representation, with particular interests in how accessibility practices intersect with audience engagement, cultural circulation and inclusive screen cultures... I am especially interested in the growing use and representation of subtitles for d/Deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences and British Sign Language on screen. I hold a Level 1 Signature BSL qualification and am currently working towards Level 2.

Before joining Bournemouth University, I was a Lecturer in Modern Languages at University of Exeter, where I taught world cinema, audiovisual translation and French language. I also worked as a Research Assistant at the University of Nottingham on the AHRC-funded project The Emotional Impact of Creative Subtitles, which used psychophysiological methods, including heart rate and skin conductivity measures, to investigate how different forms of subtitling shape audience emotional responses to audiovisual media.