Education

Doctoral Degree: PhD English Literature
Place of Study: University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow, National Library of Scotland, 2020-2024
Thesis Title: 'Making the Past Readable: A Study of Handwritten Text Recognition’s Impact on Libraries and Their Users'

Postgraduate Degree: MA (Distinction) Archival Studies and Heritage Formation
Place of Study: Leiden University, 2019-2020
Thesis Summary: 'English Pilgrims in Leiden (1609-1620). Locating and Challenging Heritage Discourses of Religious Exiles'

Undergraduate Degree: BA (Honours, 1st Class) History
Place of Study: King’s College London, 2016-2019; George Washington University, Washington D.C., 2017

Thesis Summary: 'Simone de Beauvoir in the context of Existentialism. A study of the Le Deuxieme Sexe'
Teaching Fellowship: Recognising Excellence in Teaching (RET), Associate Fellow
Place of Study: University of Glasgow, 2024

Professional Activities

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Teaching

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• External Academic Supervisor, Digital Humanities Institute, University of Sheffield (2021 - )

• Graduate Teaching Assistant, Digital Media and Information Studies BA, Intro to Digital Curation MA, Digital Cultural Heritage MA; Museum Studies MA, University of Glasgow (2021 - 2024)​

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Research and Consulting 

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• Researcher, National Library of Scotland (2020 - )

• Researcher, READ-COOP (Transkribus) (2020 - 2024)

• Researcher, Towards a National Collection (TaNC) (2023)

• Researcher, Centre for Research Collections (CRC), University of Edinburgh (2021)

• Advisor on HTR Systems to Library of Congress, National Library of Hungary, University College London, University of Copenhagen, University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow, University of Lancaster, University of Leicester, University of Newcastle, University of Sheffield, Simon Fraser University, Virginia Tech (2020 - )​

 

Affiliations

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• Alumni Affiliate, Kluge Center, Library of Congress (2024 - )

• Alumni Affiliate, Centre for Technomoral Futures, University of Edinburgh (2023 - )

• Alumni Affiliate, Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of Edinburgh (2022 - )

• Alumni Affiliate, Centre for Data, Culture and Society (CDCS), University of Edinburgh (2020 - )​

• Member, National Library of Scotland AI Steering Group (2025 - 2026)

• Member, JiSC / Programming Historian, ENABLAR Project (2025 - )

• Member, GLAM Labs (2025 - )

• Member, BA Early Career Network (2025 - )

• Member, Digital Scholarship Working Group, Association of European Research Libraries (2022 - )

• Member, Alliance of Digital Humanities Organisations (ADHO) (2020 - )​

• Reviewer, Archival Science; LIBER Quarterly, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), DHQ, ACM Journal of Computing and Cultural Heritage, Digital Humanities Conference (2022 - )​

• Archival Intern, Greenpeace International and International Institute of Social History (IISG), Amsterdam (2020 - 2021)

• People’s Landscape Research Intern, National Trust (Surrey Landscapes Portfolio) (2018 - 2019)

       Trustee, Congregational Federation (2014 - 2016)

Funded Research
 

• P-I, Recognising Text, Recognising Processes - eXplainable Automated Text Recognition for Scottish Spiritualist Newspapers, National Librarian’s Fellow in Digital Scholarship, 2025-2026 (National Library of Scotland).

• Co-I, Using Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR) on The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (1846-1894), Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) International Placement Scheme, 2024 (Library of Congress and University of Edinburgh).

• PhD Researcher, Adopting Transkribus at the National Library of Scotland, AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award, 2020-2024 (University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow, National Library of Scotland; READ-COOP)

• MA Researcher, The English Pilgrims in Leiden, Dewi Rowlands Bursary, Unaffiliated Congregational Churches Charities (UCCC) (Leiden University).

Prizes
 

• Travel Bursary for UK - Ireland DH Association, Southampton (2026) (£200)

• Fair Data and Software Award, University of Sheffield (2026) (£200)

• National Librarian’s Fellow in Digital Scholarship (2025) (£7,500)

• AHRC International Placement Award (2024) (£7,500)

• Travel Bursary for Sabeel-Kairos Conference, Bethlehem, West Bank (Church of Scotland, United Reformed Church) (2023) (£1,500)

• Travel Bursary for DH23, Graz, Austria (Alliance of Digital Humanities Organisations (ADHO)) (2023) (£700)

• Dewi Rowlands Bursary, (Unaffiliated Congregational Churches Charities (UCCC)) (2019) (£5,000)

• Travel Bursary for International Congregational Fellowship (ICF) Conference, Stellenbosch, South Africa (Congregational Federation) (2015) (£800).

Invited Talks and Training

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• Using Digital Humanities Methods to Unlock Archival Collections, Scottish Council on Archives (21 May 2026)

• Automation and Digital Transcription, University of Sheffield, Digital Cultural Heritage MA Guest Lecture (27 March 2026)

• Should Historians Increasingly Code? Tapton High School, University of Sheffield (26 March 2026)

• Library Labs, Data Foundry, and Handwritten Text Recognition, University of Glasgow, Library Studies MA Guest Lecture (20 Nov 2025)

• eXplainable Automatic Text Recognition, AI Steering Group, National Library of Scotland (18 Nov 2025)

• BRAID Responsible AI & Cultural Heritage Panel, Senate House (6 Nov 2025)

• ‘Not All Transcription is Created Equal’, Transkribus Members Meeting (20 Oct 2025)

• Making the Past Readable - Advancing AI Transcription Approaches for Library Collections, University of Nottingham (5 Feb 2026)

• HTR and the Data Foundry, National Library of Hungary (24 Sept 2025)

• ​Navigating Journal Publishing for Interdisciplinary Research, University of Sheffield (15 June 2025)

• Experimenting with AI-enabled Transcription, Archives and Records Council Wales, Aberystwyth University (09 June 2025)

• HTR Training, Oxford Text Archive, Centre for Data, Culture & Society, University of Edinburgh (24 Feb 2025)

• The Impact of HTR Technologies on Libraries, CILIP Scotland (13 Oct 2023)

• HTR Training, Centre for Data, Culture & Society, University of Edinburgh (10 May 2022, 11 Apr 2023)

• HTR Training, Intro to Digital Curation MA, University of Glasgow (5 Mar 2022; 1 Mar 2023; 28 Feb 2024; 19 Mar 2025)

• Public HTR Training, National Library of Scotland (15 Jan 2023; 31 Jan 2023)

• HTR Training, National Library of Scotland (8 Nov 2022; 22 Nov 2022, 30 Nov 2022, 14 Feb 2023)

• HTR Training, JUMPSTART DH Workshop, University of Newcastle (25 May 2022)

• HTR Training, Lyell Notebooks and EDITOR Project, Centre for Research Collections, University of Edinburgh (14 Jan 2021)

• The English Pilgrims in Leiden, International Congregational Fellowship Conference (17 July 2019)

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Conference Organisation

 

• GLAM Labs Futures, National Library of Scotland, 25-26 June, 2026.