Overview
I have been a Senior Lecturer at the Arts University Bournemouth since 2014. Prior to that, I lectured at Kent University and Salford University. While my background is as a film scholar more generally, at the AUB my teaching has focused on animation. I convene the whole theroetical provision for the Animation Production course, with units in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd year.
Qualifications
Qualifications
- PhD Film Studies (University of Kent) (2013)
- MA Documentary and Television Production (University of Salford) (2004)
- BA (Joint Hons) Music and Live Arts (Manchest Metropolitan University) (2001)
Teaching Qualification
- FHEA Fellowship
- Supervising Research Degrees (University of the Arts London)
- PGCHE
Teaching
I currently teach undergraduate modules on animation history and aesthetics, animation studies more broadly (topics include racial representation, audiences, and animated documentaries), storytelling, and philosophy of aesthetics.
Prior to this, I have taught topics such as European Cinema at Salford University, and units on New Hollywood, Animation and Film Sound at Kent University.
Research
Research Interests and Projects
I have published on topics such as animation aesthetics, film cognition, evolutionary theories of art, avant-garde film, narratology and film sound. I am the author of Lessons in Perception: The Avant-Garde Filmmaker as Practical Psychologist (2018), and also the coeditor of Cognitive Media Theory (2014) and Experimental Animation: From Analogue to Digital (2019).
Research Supervision
I would particularly welcome applicants with an interest in any of the following:
- Experimental film and animation
- Cognitive film theory
- Screen narration and storytelling
- Animation aesthetics
- Film sound
- Analytic Philosophy and Film
Professional Engagement
In 2021, I received funding (£1,306) from ASIFA Hollywood Educators Forum to produce an upcoming book in colour with additional images.
Memberships
Advance HE Membership
- Fellow (FHEA)