Sophiia DeFaia

Digital Learning Developer

Sophiia is a Digital Learning Developer with a background in student support and expertise in inclusive content. Having worked in Higher Education across many different specialisms, Sophiia settled on inclusive curriculum and content design and uses her knowledge of, and love for research to ensure that students are allowed the best and most accessible opportunities to learn at the University of Portsmouth.

Outside of working with CADI, Sophiia is a Doctoral Research Candidate at Solent University investigating the lived experience of Binge Eating Disorder utilising creative methodologies, and pioneering changes to the way we research lived experience. She's also part of a research group focused on multidisciplinary research in Higher Education, using creative methodologies such as using playdough as a vehicle for qualitative data collection.