Experience

Early Career Researcher Freelance Research focuses on early medieval governance, legal culture, and identity formation, with particular emphasis on the Danelaw. Work includes spatial and quantitative analysis, statistical modelling of fragmented datasets, and research on the transmission and preservation of legal manuscripts and texts. Papers presented at the International Medieval Congress and the Theoretical Archaeology Group conferences.	2021 – present
Teaching Assistant University of Bristol Taught seminar, tutorial and practical sessions across archaeological and anthropological theory, practice, and key skills units. Marked undergraduate essays and exams.	2015 – 2019
Proofreader Pen & Sword Books Proofread archaeology non-fiction and historical fiction imprints.	2012 – 2017

Publications & Outputs

Book chapter: A Question of Erratic Loyalty? Danish law and custom within the Danelaw In: Making and Breaking Loyalty in the Anglo-Norman World (Forthcoming)	2026
Book: The Danelaw in Viking Age England: The Distribution, Impact, and Duration of Danish Law Routledge (Published)	2026
Thesis: Boundaries, Law and Governance: The Landscape of the Danelaw Boundary University of Bristol (Completed)	2021

Education

University of Bristol

PhD in Archaeology and Anthropology	2021
MA in Archaeology (Landscape Archaeology)	2014
BA (Hons) Archaeology	2012

Conferences, Lectures & Papers

Theoretical Archaeology Group University of Exeter (Session co-organiser & speaker, Theme: Persistence / Loss)	2026
International Medieval Congress University of Leeds (Speaker, Theme: Temporalities)	2026
Medway Archives Centre Lecture Series Medway Archives Centre, Strood (Speaker)	2026
International Medieval Congress University of Leeds (Speaker, Theme: Worlds of Learning)	2025
Theoretical Archaeology Group Bournemouth University (Speaker, Theme: Evolution?)	2024
International Medieval Congress University of Leeds (Speaker, Theme: Crisis)	2024
Finding Kent’s Vikings University of Kent, Canterbury (Speaker)	2024
Loyalty in the Medieval World University of Lincoln (Speaker)	2024
Status, Rank, or Office? Social Boundaries in England c. 900-1200 Durham University (Speaker)	2023
Medway Archives Centre Lecture Series Medway Archives Centre, Strood (Speaker)	2023
Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies Postgraduate Conference University of Bristol (Co-organiser & session chair, Theme: Medieval Bites - Food, Feasting and Diet)	2019
The Oxford Medieval Graduate Conference Harris Manchester College, Oxford (Speaker, Theme: Animals)	2018
Hertfordshire Anglo-Scandinavian Society Lecture Series Hertfordshire Anglo-Scandinavian Society (Speaker)	2017
Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies Postgraduate Conference University of Bristol (Speaker, Theme: Past Futures: Temporality and Space in the Middle Ages)	2017
Early Medieval Archaeology Student Symposium University of Bristol (Co-organiser & speaker)	2016

Skills

• Experience with various types of archaeological survey.
• Archaeological report production to Chartered Institute for Archaeologists’ (CIfA) standards.
• Fully competent in Microsoft Office suite, Adobe Creative Cloud (including Adobe Illustrator, InDesign and Dreamweaver), Quantum GIS (QGIS), ReflexW, Geoplot, and TerraSurveyor.
• Working knowledge of Python, HTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript, and SQL.
• Developed and built a variety of fluid websites for the media, education, and heritage sectors.

Additional Qualifications & Interests

• Interests include art history and sailing.
• Taken various courses at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London.
• Completed several Royal Yachting Association (RYA) courses and qualifications.