Short Curriculum Vitae
For conference and seminar contributions, see Research. For teaching positions, see Teaching. For my full CV, download here
Education
Victoria University of Wellington, 2002-2010
PhD (History/New Zealand Studies), 2006-2010
‘From Alba to Aotearoa: Profiling New Zealand’s Scots Migrants, 1840-1920’
Bachelor of Arts, History Honours, 2005
Achieved First Class Honours
Bachelor of Arts, Majoring in History and English Literature, 2002-2004
Employment History
March 2018 - December 2022
Full-time mum to my son born March 2018 and daughter born December 2019 (daughter began pre-school in January 2023)
February to October 2022
HIST489 supervisor of Shelly Biswell, 'Morality in Blue: New Zealand Full-Time Police Matrons December 1895 to March 1917’.
September 2021 – Present
Research Assistant to Dr Valerie Wallace, History Programme, Victoria University of Wellington. Creating the web presence for Dr Wallace’s ‘People of Parliament’ project, including the development of an R Shiny App and website.
March 2020 – Present
Research Assistant to Dr Valerie Wallace, History Programme, Victoria University of Wellington. Supervising data collection for Dr Wallace’s ‘Scots Law’ databases
2018 – Present
Teaching Fellow on several contracts, for five different courses. History Programme, Victoria University of Wellington.
March 2015 - March 2018
Post-Doctoral Fellow, History Programme, Victoria University of Wellington
March 2015
Research Assistant to Professor Melanie Nolan, Australian National Centre for Biography, Canberra
February 2015
Research Assistant to Professor Marjory Harper, Aberdeen University, Scotland
October 2014 - January 2016
Contracted to write entries for Oxford References Online Quick References, Oxford University Press
April 2014 - October 2014
Web Advisor, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Loading web content for several Ministry websites across four CMS, creating surveys in SurveyMonkey, creating and sending emails utilising MailChimp and Campaign Monitor, tracking website usage via Google Analytics, and providing advice to business units within the Ministry regarding their online channels.
March 2014 - February 2015
Research Assistant to Steve Behrendt, History Programme, Victoria University of Wellington
February 2014 - December 2014
Research Assistant to Professor Charlotte Macdonald, History Programme, Victoria University of Wellington
March 2014 - August 2014
Research Assistant to Dr Sydney Shep, Wai-te-ata Press, Victoria University of Wellington
September 2011 – August 2013
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Historical Data Unit, History Programme, University of Guelph
January 2012 – August 2013
Sessional Instructor, History Programme, University of Guelph
August 2011 – October 2011
Research Assistant to Professor Kris Inwood, Economics Programme, University of Guelph
March 2010 – August 2011
Research Assistant to Dr Steve Behrendt, History Programme, Victoria University of Wellington
February 2007 – June 2007
Teaching Fellow, History Programme, Victoria University of Wellington
Scholarships and Awards
2022-2023: Whiria Te Mahara New Zealand History Grant for project 'Colonists in Uniform'
2015-2018: Post-Doctoral Fellowship, funded by the Marsden Fund Te Pūtea Rangahau a Marsden, Royal Society of New Zealand project ‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Settler’
2011-2013: Post-Doctoral Fellowship, University of Guelph
2010: The Zander & Durden Families Prize in History for PhD dissertation
2006-2010: PhD Scholarship funded by Royal Society Marsden Fund of New Zealand project ‘New Zealand Scots’
2005: FP Wilson Prize for History for long research essay: ‘Calamity in the Capital: The 1918 Influenza Pandemic in Wellington’
Conference Organisation
Tasks performed included drafting conference programs, publicity, arranging venue bookings, organising and supervising catering, and overseeing AV and IT requirements.
Australasian Irish Studies Conference, Wellington, 9-12 July 2009
Nations, Diasporas, Identities, Wellington, 27-30 March 2008
New Historians, Wellington, 1-2 September 2006
Scots Abroad: The New Zealand Scots in International Perspective, Wellington, 06-08 July 2006
Conference Chairperson
‘Religious histories’, History – Making a Difference, NZHA conference, Canterbury University, 2-4 December 2015
‘Ethnicity and Geographic Mobility’, Historical Inequality and Mobility: New Perspectives in the Digital Era, University of Guelph, 25-27 May 2012
Other Professional Development, Contributions, and Affiliations
Article Peer Review
Thesis examination
Association membership
Professional development
Committees
For conference and seminar contributions, see Research. For teaching positions, see Teaching. For my full CV, download here
Education
Victoria University of Wellington, 2002-2010
PhD (History/New Zealand Studies), 2006-2010
‘From Alba to Aotearoa: Profiling New Zealand’s Scots Migrants, 1840-1920’
Bachelor of Arts, History Honours, 2005
Achieved First Class Honours
Bachelor of Arts, Majoring in History and English Literature, 2002-2004
Employment History
March 2018 - December 2022
Full-time mum to my son born March 2018 and daughter born December 2019 (daughter began pre-school in January 2023)
February to October 2022
HIST489 supervisor of Shelly Biswell, 'Morality in Blue: New Zealand Full-Time Police Matrons December 1895 to March 1917’.
September 2021 – Present
Research Assistant to Dr Valerie Wallace, History Programme, Victoria University of Wellington. Creating the web presence for Dr Wallace’s ‘People of Parliament’ project, including the development of an R Shiny App and website.
March 2020 – Present
Research Assistant to Dr Valerie Wallace, History Programme, Victoria University of Wellington. Supervising data collection for Dr Wallace’s ‘Scots Law’ databases
2018 – Present
Teaching Fellow on several contracts, for five different courses. History Programme, Victoria University of Wellington.
March 2015 - March 2018
Post-Doctoral Fellow, History Programme, Victoria University of Wellington
March 2015
Research Assistant to Professor Melanie Nolan, Australian National Centre for Biography, Canberra
February 2015
Research Assistant to Professor Marjory Harper, Aberdeen University, Scotland
October 2014 - January 2016
Contracted to write entries for Oxford References Online Quick References, Oxford University Press
April 2014 - October 2014
Web Advisor, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Loading web content for several Ministry websites across four CMS, creating surveys in SurveyMonkey, creating and sending emails utilising MailChimp and Campaign Monitor, tracking website usage via Google Analytics, and providing advice to business units within the Ministry regarding their online channels.
March 2014 - February 2015
Research Assistant to Steve Behrendt, History Programme, Victoria University of Wellington
February 2014 - December 2014
Research Assistant to Professor Charlotte Macdonald, History Programme, Victoria University of Wellington
March 2014 - August 2014
Research Assistant to Dr Sydney Shep, Wai-te-ata Press, Victoria University of Wellington
September 2011 – August 2013
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Historical Data Unit, History Programme, University of Guelph
January 2012 – August 2013
Sessional Instructor, History Programme, University of Guelph
August 2011 – October 2011
Research Assistant to Professor Kris Inwood, Economics Programme, University of Guelph
March 2010 – August 2011
Research Assistant to Dr Steve Behrendt, History Programme, Victoria University of Wellington
February 2007 – June 2007
Teaching Fellow, History Programme, Victoria University of Wellington
Scholarships and Awards
2022-2023: Whiria Te Mahara New Zealand History Grant for project 'Colonists in Uniform'
2015-2018: Post-Doctoral Fellowship, funded by the Marsden Fund Te Pūtea Rangahau a Marsden, Royal Society of New Zealand project ‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Settler’
2011-2013: Post-Doctoral Fellowship, University of Guelph
2010: The Zander & Durden Families Prize in History for PhD dissertation
2006-2010: PhD Scholarship funded by Royal Society Marsden Fund of New Zealand project ‘New Zealand Scots’
2005: FP Wilson Prize for History for long research essay: ‘Calamity in the Capital: The 1918 Influenza Pandemic in Wellington’
Conference Organisation
Tasks performed included drafting conference programs, publicity, arranging venue bookings, organising and supervising catering, and overseeing AV and IT requirements.
Australasian Irish Studies Conference, Wellington, 9-12 July 2009
Nations, Diasporas, Identities, Wellington, 27-30 March 2008
New Historians, Wellington, 1-2 September 2006
Scots Abroad: The New Zealand Scots in International Perspective, Wellington, 06-08 July 2006
Conference Chairperson
‘Religious histories’, History – Making a Difference, NZHA conference, Canterbury University, 2-4 December 2015
‘Ethnicity and Geographic Mobility’, Historical Inequality and Mobility: New Perspectives in the Digital Era, University of Guelph, 25-27 May 2012
Other Professional Development, Contributions, and Affiliations
Article Peer Review
- New Zealand Journal of History, September 2016, December 2017, August 2018, May 2021, September 2022
- Britain and the World, September 2019
- Records of the Canterbury Museum, May 2019
- Scottish Archives, October 2016
- Scottish Historical Review, October 2015
- Australasian Journal of Victorian Studies, December 2012
- Book Proposal Peer Review
- Routledge, September 2021
- Edinburgh University Press, October 2019
Thesis examination
- External examiner of Natalia McKenzie, ‘A Nursery of Giants': Cymdeithas Dafydd ap Gwilym and the Revival of Welsh Culture, 1864-1914’, MA Thesis, Massey University, January 2018
- Internal examiner of Hannah Clark, ‘Beyond the Wards: Exploring the personal accounts of three New Zealand nurses during the Great War in Egypt’, MA Thesis, VUW, June 2016
Association membership
- New Zealand Historical Association (NZHA), July 2013 to present
- NZHA Council Member 2022-2023
- Professional Historians' Association of New Zealand/Aotearoa (PHANZA), July 2013 to present
Professional development
- Participated in the Te Hāpai programme for staff run by Victoria University of Wellington Human Resources in conjunction with the Office of the DVC Māori. Four sessions spanned an introduction to Te Tiriti o Waitangi, an introduction to te reo Māori, and an introduction to tikanga Māori. 2020-2021
- Participated in ‘Developing Scholarly Habits’ programme for early career academics run by the Victoria University of Wellington Centre for Academic Development, February – October 2016
- Attended week-long course on ‘Geographical Information Systems in the Digital Humanities’ at the Digital Humanities Summer Institute, Victoria, British Columbia, June 2013
- Attended week-long course on ‘Digital Humanities Databases’ at the Digital Humanities Summer Institute, Victoria, British Columbia, June 2012
- Participation in the University of Guelph College of Arts ‘DigiDo’ and ‘DigiCafé’ Digital Humanities series, September 2012 – March 2013
- Participation in the University of Guelph Scottish Studies Roundtable series, September 2011 – March 2012, and September 2012 – March 2013
Committees
- University of Guelph History Department Curriculum Committee, September 2012 – August 2013