Professional Activities
Alongside my teaching and scholarship activities, I am the Academic Director of Continuing Education for the University, and Academic Lead for Recruitment, Admissions and Widening Participation for the Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology.
Conference Roles
- What is Scholarship? at 16th Learning and Teaching Conference: Recognising and Sharing Teaching Excellence (The University of Liverpool, 2018)
- Back to the Future: A collaboration between Egyptologists and Physicists (with Dr Helen Vaughan, Science and Engineering) at 15th Annual Learning and Teaching Conference: Recognising and Sharing Teaching Excellence (University of Liverpool, 2017)
- Students as Researchers (with aPVC Education (HSS), Kris Spelman Miller) at 15th Annual Learning and Teaching Conference: Recognising and Sharing Teaching Excellence (The University of Liverpool, 2017)
- TBC at Wirral Ancient Egypt Society, by Invitation (2020)
- 'Being an ideal official in a less than ideal world' at Southampton Ancient Egypt Society, by Invitation (Southampton, 2019)
- 'Pharaohs and Warlords' at Southport University Extension Society, by Invitation (Southport, 2019)
Editorships
- Journal of Egyptian Archaeology (Editorial Assistant, 2006 - 2013)
Examination Roles
- Swansea University, External Examiner of UG & PG programmes: Swansea University (2016 - 2021)
- Glasgow University, External Examiner of UG & PG programmes: Glasgow University (2016 - 2019)
- Swansea University, PhD Examination: External Examiner (2019)
- University of Liverpool, PhD Examination: Internal Examiner (2019)
- University of Manchester, PhD Examination: External Examiner (2018)
- University of Liverpool, PhD Examination: Internal Examiner (2018)
- University of Liverpool, PhD Examination: Internal Examiner (2016)
- University of Birmingham, MRes Examiner: External Examiner (MPhil, 2016)
Expert Opinions
- University of Liverpool Podcast #43: 'The bright side of ancient Egypt's ‘dark age'', Invited (University of Liverpool, 2018)
External Administrative or Committee Roles
- Delegation to Institute for the History of Ancient Civilizations (IHAC) at the Northeast Normal University (NENU), Changchun, Invited (Northeast Normal University, 2019)
Internal Administrative or Committee Roles
- Research Ethics Approvals (School / Institute, 2020)
- Research Ethics Approvals (School / Institute, 2019)
- Academic Director of Continuing Education (University, 2018 - 2020)
- ACE Outreach and Engagement Lead (School / Institute, 2018 - 2020)
- Academic Lead for Faculty Athena SWAN bid (Faculty, 2018 - 2019)
- Academic Lead for Recruitment, Admissions and Widening Participation (Faculty, 2015 - 2018)
- Liverpool Research Apprenticeship Scheme (LRA) (Faculty, 2017 - 2018)
Media Appearances
- The Hunt for Cleopatra's Tomb, Arrow TV for Channel 5 and others (international co-production) (Invited, July 2020)
- Tutankhamun: Life, Death and Legacy, Voltage TV for Channel 5 (Invited, 2019)
- Egypt's Unexplained Files, 360 Media Productions for Discovery Channel (Invited, 2019)
- Immortal Egypt with Joann Fletcher, Series 1 Episode 3: Zenith, Lion TV for BBC (Invited, 2016)
- Raiders of the Lost Past: The Book of Thoth, World Media Rights for Yesterday (Invited, 2013)
Organisations I have been associated with
- Tate Liverpool (ACE-Garstang Museum-Tate Exchange 'Surreal Egyptology/egyptian Surrealism' project) (2017)
Professional Body Memberships
- International Association of Egyptologists (Member, 2016 - present)
Publication Reviews
- Reviewer: Manchester University Press Book Proposal, Invited (Manchester University Press, Pre-publication, 2019)
- Reviewer: Cambridge Archaeological Journal Paper Review, Invited (Cambridge Archaeological Journal, Pre-publication, 2018)
- Reviewer: Bloomsbury Academic Book Proposal, Invited (Bloomsbury Academic, Pre-publication, 2018)
- Pre-publication endorser, Invited (Bloomsbury Publishing, Post-publication, 2016)
- Reviewer: Journal of Egyptian Archaeology Paper Review, Invited (Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Pre-publication, 2015)