Dr Leech is currently teaching masters and PhD level courses in research, statistics and measurement. Her area of research is promoting new developments and better understandings in applied qualitative, quantitative and mixed methodologies. To date, she has published more than 35 articles in referred journals and two books: SPSS for Basic Statistics: Use and Interpretation and SPSS for Intermediate Statistics: Use and Interpretation, both published by Taylor and Francis. Dr Leech has made more than 30 presentations at regional, national and international conferences.