Kendall is Projects and Research Development Manager at the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Middle East Centre. She joined the Centre in September 2020 and is responsible for the management of all the research projects run by the Centre, including those part of the , the Kuwait Programme and the PeaceRep Iraq Programme. She also manages the Centre's team of professional service staff for the projects and programmes. She leads on fundraising and research development as well as Centre finances.
Kendall has a Joint Master’s in Medieval History and English from the University of St Andrews and a Master’s in Turkish Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). She focussed on the religious landscape in medieval Persia and the impacts of nationalism on Turkey’s early education policies, respectively. She also studied Arabic at the American University in Beirut (AUB).
Before joining the Centre, she worked at the Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL), the British Institute for Persian Studies (BIPS) and the British Institute in Eastern Africa (BIEA). She has also spent time working in the US for different education and art non-profits.