Research and Publications

Research projects

Oral History Curator, The Maroon Mile Project, Heart of Midlothian Football Club, (ongoing).

Evolution not Revolution: An Oral History of Women’s Club Golf in Scotland c.1945-1995. PhD Thesis. (2024)

Independent Researcher. Iron Women, Documentary by Purple TV, BBC Alba, (2020).

Not for the likes of us: The extent to which museums and galleries in Dundee are engaging with socially disadvantaged communities. MLitt thesis. (2018)

Publications

Creating a home for the lived experiences of women club golfers in Scotland: two case studies undertaken in collaboration with the R&A World Golf Museum. Co authored with Professor Fiona Skillen and Hannah Fleming. Sport in History Journal, 2023.

Conventional to Comfortable or Respectable to Practical: The evolution of women’s golf clothing in Britain, 1890-1935. Co-authored with Dr Fiona Skillen. Costume Journal, 2022.

Conference papers

The Maroon Mile: More than Football. Co presented with Dr Karen Mailley. Footycon, International Football Conference, Belfast, June 2025.

Women’s Club Golf in Scotland c.1945-1995. Carrick Historical Society Conference, Mabole, April 2025.

Holiday Golf in Scotland c.1890-1990. The Ayrshire Federation of Historical Societies Conference, Irvine, October 2024.

Podcasting as a Platform for Public Engagement: Exploring the benefits of podcasting in engaging new audiences through the Women’s Golf History Podcast. The British Society for Sports History Conference, University of Chichester, August 2024.

An Oral History of Women’s Club Golf in Scotland: A Collaboration with the R&A World Golf Museum. The Oral History Society Conference, Nottingham Trent University, July 2023.

Representations of women golfers in Ladies’ Golf Union photographs 1893- 1945. The British Society for Sports History Conference. De Montfort University, Leicester, August 2022.

Using Oral History to Uncover women’s hidden experiences of playing golf in Scotland c.1945-1995, Institute of Historical Research, online seminar, November 2021.

Sporting tailors have recently been giving attention to special garments for ladies on the links’: Women’s golf clothing 1890-1930. Co presented with Dr Fiona Skillen, Online Conference University of Brighton, September 2021.

The importance of oral history in exploring women’s experiences of playing golf at club level in Scotland c.1945-1995, The British Society of Sports History Conference, London, August 2021.

Uncovering women’s hidden experiences of playing golf at club level in Scotland 1945-1995, the North American Society for Sports History Conference, online, May 2021.