I came to Birkbeck in 2008 as a Lecturer in Film and Modern Media. I led BBK to join the European MA in Film and Media Studies Consortium (IMACS) and consequently developed a Study Abroad Pathway within MA Film and Screen Media. I was responsible for setting up and running a joint BBK-SOAS BA Global Cinemas and Screen Arts. Between 2008-2011 I chaired the Screen Studies Group at the University of London. I was also a Guest Lecturer at the Department of Film, TV & Digital Media, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain (2008 and 2009). As a founding member of the European Network for Cinema and Media Studies (NECS) I co-hosted with KCL 2011 NECS Annual conference in London. I served on the editorial and advisory board of the open access journal NECSUS. Since I became Senior Lecturer in 2014 I have directed the MA FIlm and Screen Media, developed a new pathway (Film Programming and Curating) and have been a Co-Director of Postgraduate Research at FMACS. Since 2018 I have been overseeing BBK’s involvement in the British Council-run Venice Biennale Fellowship. In 2019 I was selected to join AURORA and in 2021 I was appointed Assistant Dean for Business Engagement and Partnerships at the School of Arts.

Before coming to Birkbeck in 2008, I was a lecturer in film studies at the University of Edinburgh (2004-2008) where I was an artistic co-director of Cinema China, a joint project with Beijing Film Academy. Prior I was a Research Fellow in European Cinema at the University of Leeds (2003-2004) and taught at the University of Oxford (2001).