Lecturer (Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics)

Education/training

• PhD "Historical Reflections on Religion, Finance and Economic Development" (Queen's University Belfast)
• MSc Finance (Queen's University Belfast)
• BSc Finance (Queen's University Belfast)
• Postgraduate Diploma in Third Level Learning and Teaching (Dublin Institute of Technology)
• Fellow of the HEA
• Certified Management & Business Educator (Chartered Association of Business Schools)

Research interests

• Rural development 
• Economic and financial history
• Religion and society
• Banking

Teaching

• Financial Institutions and Markets (UG)
• Academic and Professional Skills (UG)
• Money, Banking and Other Financial Institutions (UG)
• Economics (PG)

Awards/funding

• ESRC Business Data for Research, with Thomas Bell, Esmond Birnie and Anne Marie Ward (UU), 2022
• Teagasc Walsh Scholarships Programme, with Emma Jane Dillon and David Meredith (Teagasc) and Anne Marie Ward (UU), 2022
• Early Career Distinguished Researcher Award, Overall University Winner, Ulster University, 2021
• DAERA Directed Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) Research Work Programme, with Simone Angioloni and Denise Lowe (AFBI) and Lynsey Hollywood and Barry Quinn (UU), 2021
• Economic History Society Carnevali Grant, 2021
• Ulster University Seed Funding, 2021
• British Accounting and Finance Association: CDAF Resarch Bursary, 2020

 Academic positions

• Council member of the Economic History Society
• Council member of the Irish Accounting and Finance Association

Supervision

• MSc Dissertations
• PhD x 2

Employment history

• Lecturer in Financial Services, Ulster University, September 2018 to present
• Assistant Lecturer in Economics and Finance, Dublin Institute of Technology, June 2017 to August 2018