About Me

EDUCATION

University of Birmingham:

BA History Medieval and Modern 2000

MA Social Research (Modern and Economic History) 2004

‘Positive consumerism: a study of the fair trade movement in Britain, 1964-1996.’

Ph.D. History 2004-

‘The British Fair Trade Movement, 1960 - 2000: a new form of global citizenship?’

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Positions:

Seminar Tutor, Modern Historical Focus, University of Birmingham 2005-

PRESENTATIONS

‘Fair Trade and Consumer Power.’

Cumberland Lodge and St Paul’s Institute Conference: The Future of Fair Trade, 11 – 13 June 2008.

'Consumer, Volunteer, Activist: Defining the British Fair Trade Movement, 1960 – 2006.'

DANGO Conference, Non-Governmental Organisations and Politics in Contemporary Britain, University of Birmingham, July 2007.

'We don’t want cheap “99” tea at that price!’ : The Co-op and the challenge of ethical

consumerism in the second half of the twentieth century.

The Social History Society 32nd Annual Conference, University of Exeter, March 2007.

‘Christian Consumers?: The Fair Trade Movement in the Twentieth Century Britain.’

NACBS Conference, Boston, November 2006.

‘Ethical Consumerism and the British Fair Trade Movement in the Late Twentieth Century:

assessing the role and significance of Christian NGOs.’

CCBH Annual Conference, University of London, June 2006.

‘The Role of the Co-operative Movement in the Development of Fair Trade in Britain, c. 1960-2000.’ University of Birmingham, History Department, May 2006.

‘Ethical Consumerism and the British Fair Trade Movement in the Late Twentieth Century:

assessing the role and significance of development NGOs.’

University of Birmingham, Centre for the Study of Global Ethics, March 2006.

‘Positive consumerism: a study of the fair trade movement in Britain, 1964-1996.’

University of Birmingham, History Department, May 2004.