Currently I am employed as a Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences at La Trobe University, and teaching ‘Deviance, Criminality and Social Control’, ‘Social Theories of Deviance’ as well as ‘Gender and Sexuality: Contemporary Debates’ and ‘Qualitative Research Methods’.

My research interests include; violence against women, violence prevention, justice policy, gender and sexuality, youth, and qualitative research methods.  I have a number of refereed publications and have presented at national and international conferences.

Current research projects include young people’s experiences of pressured and unwanted sex, as well as technology-facilitated sexual violence, and my book ‘Sex, Power and Consent: Youth Culture and the Unwritten Rules’ which discusses these issues is available from Cambridge University Press.