Professional Activities
Conference Roles
- Post45 UK 2023 (University of Liverpool, 2023 - 2024)
- BAAS2020 (university of liverpool, 2020)
- Keynote Speaker, OzWallace Conference, Melbourne, Australia, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (RMIT University, 2017)
- Invitation for week-long residency at Tate Exchange, 'Illustrating Futures' collaboration, by Invitation (Tate Liverpool, 2017)
- Invited Speaker, 'What We Talk About When We Talk About David Foster Wallace: Intertexts, Cinema, Form', Research Panel, by Invitation (Universita Ca' Foscari Venezia, Venice, Italy, 2017)
- Invited Speaker, NYU Creative Writing Program Reading Series, Lillian Vernon House, by Invitation (New York University, 2017)
- Keynote Speaker: "Writing Revolutions and Revolutionary Writing" Conference, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (University of Birmingham, 2015)
- Invited Speaker, Seminar on Contemporary American Fiction, by Invitation (Trinity College, Dublin, 2010)
Editorships
- ASAP/J Journal (Invited Co-Editor, 2024)
- David Berman: Contemporaries at Post45 (Co-editor, 2021 - 2022)
- Journal of David Foster Wallace Studies (Associate Editor, 2017 - present)
External Administrative or Committee Roles
- External Examiner for BA English Literature, Invited (University of Sussex, 2020 - 2024)
Internal Administrative or Committee Roles
- Member, RAWP Committee (School / Institute, 2021 - present)
- Director, MA in English Literature (Department, 2021 - present)
- Profile and External Relations Group (Department, 2021 - present)
- Rectuirment, admissions and Outreach Group (Department, 2021 - present)
- Departmental Teaching Group (Department, 2019 - present)
Media Appearances
- Free Thinking, BBC Radio 3 (Invited, February 2024)
- The Exploding Library, BBC Radio 4 (Invited, December 2022)
Organisations I have been associated with
- Tate Liverpool (2017 - present)
- Comics Youth Liverpool (2017 - present)
- FACT Liverpool (2016 - present)
- Being Human Festival (2016 - present)
Professional Body Memberships
- ASAP (Association for the Study of Arts of the Present) (Member, 2020 - present)
- Higher Education Academy (Fellow, 2015 - present)
- Post45 UK (Invited Presenter and Discussant, 2015 - present)
- The Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present (ASAP) (Member, 2015 - present)
- British Association of American Studies (Member, 2011 - present)
Publication Reviews
- Peer Reviewer, Invited (Textual Practice, Pre-publication, 2020 - present)
- Peer Reviewer, Invited (C21 Literature: Journal of 21st Century Writings, Pre-publication, 2019)
Student Recruitment or Widening Participation
Other Administrative or Committee Roles
- Co-Director, Centre for New and International Writing
- Director, Modern and Contemporary MA
- Peer Mentor Co-ordinator, Department of English
- Academic Advisor Co-ordinator, Department of English