Kim Embrey , born in 1991, is a secondary school teacher of English, bilingual geography, and ethics in southern Germany. As a historian, she did her doctorate at Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main and is the secretary of the German Association for British Studies. She is an active member of several international academic societies, including the Royal Historical Society, the Britain and the World Society, and the Alcohol and Drugs History Society. Her research interests lie at the intersection of British sociocultural, scientific, and medical history.