- Digital Storytelling and Education
- Themes in Literature Analysis
- American Literature and Culture
- African history and culture studies
- American and British Literature Analysis
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
- African studies and sociopolitical issues
- Persona Design and Applications
- Education Systems and Policy
- ICT in Developing Communities
- Music History and Culture
- Military, Security, and Education Studies
- Digital Communication and Language
- Multilingual Education and Policy
- Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
Newcastle University
2014-2017
We detail the design of Department Hidden Stories (DoHS), a mobile-based game to support playful digital storytelling among primary school children in public libraries. Through process iterative collaboration with library staff and children's writers we designed DoHS potential for through interactions books. A deployment two classes 8 10 years olds as part their regular visits revealed insights related how balance expectations child-at-play requirement further develop creative reading...
Dazzle camouflage (Razzle Dazzle) used by the UK and US Navy during WW1 and, to a lesser extent, WW2, has emerged as an illuminating visual metaphor view creative responses of some women military veterans (post)deployment identities. My piece, "Start Hare", - ‘nursery noir’ story-within-a-story is extract from my novel for young adults that responds bright colours, fractured design, use counter-shading characterises Razzle camouflage.