Beth graduated from the University of Liverpool with a First Class BA Hons in History. She then went on to work in the third sector in practitioner roles, primarily supporting people experiencing and recovering from modern day slavery and honour-based abuse with safeguarding and mental health.
Following this, she embarked on a MA in Gender Studies at Utrecht University, The Netherlands, graduating with cum laude. On return to the UK, she worked in two roles part time: one as a Research Assistant on the ESRC-funded study Equalise Nightlife Project at Liverpool John Moores University’s Public Health Institute. The project explored marginalised experiences of nightlife and its marketing from a feminist perspective. Beth has co-authored six journal publications linked to the project which can be accessed via her ORCID profile below. The other role was as a Community Support Worker at Lancashire LGBT+ charity, where she provided one-to-one support to a range of LGBTQIA+ people, ran a support group for LGBTQ+ Women and Non-Binary People, and hosted an LGBTQ+ Mental Health Hour interview series online.
Beth is a member of the Substance Use Team at GCU and is doing her PhD entitled ‘Exploring Sober Nightlife Spaces for LGBTQIA+ Communities’. This qualitative research will explore the creation, experience and impacts of sober nightlife LGBTQIA+ spaces in Scotland through an intersectional lens, and therefore seek to challenge the substance-use inequalities that exist for a range of LGBTQIA+ communities.
Beth is particularly passionate about creative research dissemination and intends to integrate this into her PhD too. She is a part of Glasgow’s Kinder, Stronger, Better professional working group on LGBTQIA+ substance-harm reduction, a member of the Gender Equalities Research Network, as well as GCU’s Substance Use and Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus research groups.