 From 1996 to 1999 she was Director of Women's Studies at Lancaster University (with Celia Lury).In 1999 she was appointed to a Chair in Sociology at the University of Manchester, where she was Head of Department from 2001 – 2004.Since 2004 she has been Professor of Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London, as Head of Department from 2010-2013.