Dr Lyndsey Bakewell is a Research Associate who completed her PhD in Theatre History at Loughborough University. Lyndsey has been part of the Storytelling Academy since 2015, having worked on a range of projects in the UK, EU and Internationally. At present, Lyndsey is working on a project in India looking at mental health literacy, while writing new projects about mental health in the UK. Lyndsey’s area of storytelling specialism is in health and social justice. In addition, Lyndsey teaches applied theatre for social change which feeds into her own practice as research.