I am a quantitative sociologist working in the fields of social stratification and the sociology of education. My work has focused on modelling the role of family background on educational attainment with a substantive interest in inequality and disadvantage. I specialise in the secondary analysis of large-scale survey and administrative data. I have methodological interests in a range of statistical techniques including generalised linear and mixed models, latent class analysis and multiple imputation of missing data. In a previous role I researched child development and emotional well-being. I have also published work on research reproducibility.

Prior to coming to Exeter I was a Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh working in the Administrative Data Research Centre - Scotland (2014-17). I gained my PhD in Sociology (2011) and MSc Applied Social Research (2007) from the University of Stirling. My undergraduate degree was MA (Hons) Management (2003) at the University of St Andrews. I have also worked for a number of organisations in the private sector.