I have over 15 years of experience in development led and research archaeological projects and for the past three years I have been teaching at Staffordshire University, supporting undergraduate and post-graduate modules across multiple schools. The projects I have been involved in include a multitude of sites from different historic periods, in different regions of the UK. My specialist subjects include urban, medieval and industrial archaeology, community based projects and forensic archaeology. In recent years this has extended to involve the archaeology of a particular individual (William Shakespeare) and sites of Genocide and the Holocaust across Europe. I am a qualified teacher and I regularly work with school groups at all levels and on community led projects.
My expertise includes urban, medieval and industrial archaeology, community based projects and forensic archaeology. I have worked on a large number of forensic research projects, including sites of the Holocaust in Germany, Ukraine and Poland. Using non-invasive geophysical techniques, I have developed my specialism in the search and recovery of buried remains on sites of the recent past.
Experience
2020–present
Lecturer in Archaeology, Staffordshire University
2015–2020
Project Archaeologist, Staffordshire University
2013–2015
Class Teacher , at Benson Community School, Hockley
2011–2012
Archaeologist and Heritage Project Officer, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
2007–2011
Senior Project Archaeologist, University of Birmingham
2003–2007
Archaeological Field Officer, Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust
Education
2014
National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL), Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
2013
University of Birmingham, PGDipEd (PGCE Advanced) in General Primary
2002
University of Cardiff, Wales, Ancient History and Archaeology
Publications
2019
An evaluation of community led archaeology projects funded through the Heritage Lottery Fund: Two Case Studies, Journal of Community Archaeology and Heritage
2019
William Shakespeare’s New Place; investing in, or inheriting a legacy?, Post-Medieval Archaeology
2016
Finding Shakespeare’s New Place: An archaeological biography. , Manchester University Press
2013
The Homes of our Metal Manufactures. Messrs R.W.Winfield and Co’s Cambridge Street Works & Rolling Mills, Birmingham’ Archaeological Excavations at the Library of Birmingham, Cambridge Street, British Archaeological Reports
2013
A Cycle of Recession and Recovery AD 1200-1900: Archaeological Investigations at Much Park Street, Coventry, British Archaeological Reports
2012
‘Derby: The Western Suburbs. The Archaeology of the Connecting Derby Inner Ring Road.’, British Archaeological Reports
2010
‘Detritus or artefact? Examining archaeological approaches to the presentation of nineteenth and twentieth century industrial workshops.’ In Footprints of Industry. Papers for the 300th anniversary conference at Coalbrookdale, 3-7 June 2009, British Archaeological Reports