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Doctoral Researcher, Sheffield Hallam University

I am a Sport Psychology PhD student and graduate teaching associate at Sheffield Hallam University within the Sport and Physical Activity Research Centre (SPARC). My current research interests include well-being, welfare, and morality within professional sports contexts, with a particular focus on male football.

My present research aims to utilise novel qualitative methods to illuminate how professional football coaches experience and make sense of well-being. These methods include interpretative phenomenological analysis, video docuseries, and photo-elicitation. My PhD has a specific focus on how socio-contextual and temporal interactions shape a person's well-being.

I also have an MSc in Sport and Exercise Psychology, where I explored morality within professional football contexts.

Before starting my full-time PhD scholarship, I was a Higher Education Teaching Associate who taught across many sports science and coaching degree programmes.

Experience

  • 2021–present
    PhD Student and Graduate Teaching Associate, Sheffield Hallam University

Education

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    Sheffield Hallam University, Working towards a PhD in Sport and Exercise Psychology
  • 2019 
    Sheffield Hallam University, MSc in Sport and Exercise Psychology
  • 2016 
    University of Huddersfield, PGCE in Life-Long Learning
  • 2015 
    University of Hull, BSc in Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Publications

  • 2023
    You wouldn’t let your phone run out of battery: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of male professional football coaches’ well-being, Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health
  • 2023
    Using video docuseries to explore male professional football head coaches’ well-being experiences throughout a season, Psychology of Sport & Exercise
  • 2023
    Fighting the system: Psychology consultants’ experiences of working with cases of maltreatment in sport, Journal of Applied Sport Psychology
  • 2021
    Coaches’ Experiences of Morality in English Professional Football Environments: Recommendations for Creating a Moral Atmosphere, International Sport Coaching Journal