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I graduated from University of Central Lancashire (Preston Poly) in 1993 with a traditional psychology degree. Then I completed three years PhD research at Northampton University (then Nene College) with Dr Eunice Fisher. I videoed interaction in university tutorials, and conducted conversation analyses of topic production, topic management, academic identity, and the relevance of gender. I developed these and other interests whilst working at the Institute of Behavioural Sciences (University of Derby, 1997-2000) and University College Worcester (2000-2002). I joined the Department of Social Sciences at Loughborough in October 2002 and was promoted to Reader (2007) and Chair (2009).

I qualified as a member of the Institute of Learning and Teaching (now the Higher Education Academy) in 2001 and as a British Psychological Society Chartered Psychologist in 2000.

I am currently Action Editor of the British Journal of Social Psychology and co-editor of Gender and Language.

In May 2011, I received the inaugural British Psychological Society Social Psychology Section's Mid-Career Award, given to recognize the distinguished achievements and contributions of social psychologists in the ‘mid’ of their career.