Dr Traille obtained her PhD from the Institute of Education University of London, UK. She has extensive teaching experience having worked in inner city high schools for a decade then taught at Newbold College of Higher Education in Berkshire for 13 years before joining KSU in 2008. Kay has taught a wide variety of history courses specializing in controversial issues in history. Her research interests have focused on what different ethnic groups particularly British African Caribbean Students and their mothers think history is for.