Academic staff profiles In 'Staff' Key StaffAcademic StaffAssociated Staff Back to 'The School of Education' ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Kalsoom Akhtar Lecturer in Primary Education (Mathematics)Director of Primary ITE Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4858Emailk.akhtar@bham.ac.uk Professor Julie Allan Professor of Equity and Inclusion Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4853Emailj.allan.1@bham.ac.uk Michael Amess Assistant Professor of Secondary Teacher Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4845 Emailm.amess@bham.ac.uk Noshaba Anbreen PGCE Primary with iQTS Lead Emailn.anbreen@bham.ac.uk Ms Vikki Anderson Teaching Fellow (PGCert Dyslexia and Literacy Difficulties) Emailv.anderson@bham.ac.uk Dr Simon Asquith Associate ProfessorProgrammes Director: Postgraduate programmes in Educational Leadership Telephone+44 (0)121 414 7607Emails.asquith@bham.ac.uk Dr Deanne Bell Associate Professor in Race, Education and Social Justice Emaild.m.bell@bham.ac.uk Dr Sarah Benson Associate Professor and Programme lead for Inclusion and Special Education Needs Emails.k.benson@bham.ac.uk Professor Kalwant Bhopal Professor of Education and Social JusticeDirector of the Centre for Research in Race & Education (CRRE) Telephone+44 (0)121 415 8241Emailk.bhopal@bham.ac.uk Dr James Birchwood Academic and Professional Tutor in Educational and Child Psychology Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4838Emailj.f.birchwood@bham.ac.uk Dr Victoria Birmingham Assistant Professor Emailv.a.birmingham@bham.ac.uk Dr Megan Birney Associate Professor Psychology of Education Emailm.e.birney@bham.ac.uk Professor Helen Breadmore Professor of Literacy and Psychology in EducationSchool of Education Deputy Director for Research and Impact Lead Emailh.breadmore@bham.ac.uk Dr Angharad Butler-Rees Research Fellow Emaila.butler-rees@bham.ac.uk Dr Katie Callicott Academic Tutor Emailk.callicott@bham.ac.uk Dr Helen Carr Lecturer in Secondary Education (History and Geography) Emailh.carr.2@bham.ac.uk Dr Juan C Castro Alonso Assistant Professor in Educational Psychology Emailj.castroalonso@bham.ac.uk David Coglan Lecturer in Secondary Mathematics Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4833Emaild.j.coglan@bham.ac.uk Daniel Cottle Associate Professor of Physics Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4456Emaild.cottle@bham.ac.uk Professor Laura Crane Professor of Autism Studies Director of the Autism Centre for Education and Research (ACER) Emaill.crane@bham.ac.uk Dr Laura D’Olimpio Associate Professor of Philosophy of EducationCollege of Social Sciences Director of Postgraduate Research Telephone+44 (0)121 415 8148Emaill.dolimpio@bham.ac.uk Dr Catherine Darnell Lecturer Telephone+44 (0)121 414 6860Emailc.a.darnell@bham.ac.uk Dr Donna Dawkins Senior Lecturer in Secondary Science (Biology) Teacher Education & Professional Education DevelopmentGlobal Engagement Lead for the School of Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4404Emaild.j.dawkins@bham.ac.uk Dr Laura Day Ashley Associate Professor of EducationSustainability Lead for the College of Social Sciences Emaill.dayashley@bham.ac.uk Professor Colin Diamond Professor of Educational Leadership Telephone+44 (0)121 414 8056Emailc.diamond@bham.ac.uk Dr Graeme Dobson Associate Professor Director of Education, School of Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 3805Emailg.j.dobson@bham.ac.uk Professor Graeme Douglas Professor of Disability and Special Educational NeedsCo-director VICTAR Telephone+44 (0)121 414 6736Emailg.g.a.douglas@bham.ac.uk Dr Dawn England Associate Professor Head of Full Time Postgraduate Taught Programmes in the School of Education Emaild.england@bham.ac.uk Michael Fullard Research Fellow Telephone+44 (0)121 415 8239Emailm.fullard@bham.ac.uk Dr Jane Gatley ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow Emailj.o.gatley@bham.ac.uk Professor Reza Gholami Professor of Sociology of Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 2638Emailr.gholami@bham.ac.uk Professor David Gillborn Professor of Critical Race StudiesEditor-in-chief of the journal 'Race Ethnicity and Education' Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4835Emaild.gillborn@bham.ac.uk Dr Sarah Gillborn Assistant Professor in Psychology in Education Emails.gillborn@bham.ac.uk Professor Celia Greenway Professor in EducationDeputy Pro-Vice Chancellor Student Engagement Telephone+44 (0)121 414 7452 (Student Engagement)/+44 (0)121 415 8218 (School of Education)Emailc.a.greenway@bham.ac.uk Professor Karen Guldberg Head of the School of Education and Professor of Autism StudiesDirector of the Autism Centre for Education and Research Telephone+44 (0)121 414 3470Emailk.k.guldberg@bham.ac.uk Dr Anthea Gulliford Programme Director, Applied Educational and Child Psychology DoctorateAssociate Professor Educational Psychology and PGR Lead for DISN Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4880Emaila.gulliford@bham.ac.uk Dr Liz Gulliford Associate Professor Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4813Emaill.z.gulliford@bham.ac.uk Neil Hall Associate Professor, Social, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties (SEBD)Head of Part Time Postgraduate Programmes in the School of Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4841Emailn.hall.1@bham.ac.uk Dr Sarah Hall Reader in Religious Education Director of Postgraduate Taught programmes for the College of Social Sciences Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4815Emails.hall.3@bham.ac.uk Professor Michael Hand Professor of Philosophy of Education Telephone+44 (0)121 415 8277Emailm.hand@bham.ac.uk Dr Penelope Hannant Programme Lead : Dyslexia and Literacy Difficulties Emailp.hannant@bham.ac.uk Professor Tom Harrison Professor of Education and Deputy Pro Vice Chancellor: Education InnovationDirector: Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4812Emailt.j.harrison@bham.ac.uk Dr Rachel Hewett Associate Professor Head of Department of Disability, Inclusion and Special Needs (DISN) Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4394Emailr.g.hewett@bham.ac.uk Dr Ruth Hewett Emailr.hewett@bham.ac.uk Sally Hobday Associate Professor Teacher Development Emails.hobday@bham.ac.uk Dr Saba Hussain Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Education and Social Justice Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4849Emails.hussain.12@bham.ac.uk Linda James Programme Tutor Emaill.a.james@bham.ac.uk Dr Clara Jørgensen Associate Professor Emailc.joergensen@bham.ac.uk Dr Aslı Kandemir Research Fellow Emaila.kandemir@bham.ac.uk Balwant Kaur Assistant Professor of Race, Social Justice and Education Emailb.kaur.11@bham.ac.uk Dr Kamran Khan Associate Professor in Language, Social Justice and Education Emailk.khan.2@bham.ac.uk Professor Karl Kitching Professor of Public EducationDirector of Research in the School of Education Emailk.kitching@bham.ac.uk Professor Dina Kiwan Professor in Comparative EducationCollege of Social Sciences (CoSS) Deputy Director for Research and Knowledge Transfer Professor Ben Kotzee Professor of Philosophy of EducationDeputy Director (Training) Midlands Graduate School ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership Emailh.b.kotzee@bham.ac.uk Professor Kristján Kristjánsson Professor of Character Education and Virtue EthicsDeputy Director of the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4877Emailk.kristjansson@bham.ac.uk Dr Harry Kuchah Kuchah Associate Professor of Language, Social Justice and Education Emailh.k.kuchah@bham.ac.uk Dr Andrea MacLeod Associate Professor in Autism Telephone+44 (0) 121 415 8442Emaila.g.macleod@bham.ac.uk Dr Abir Mahmoud Assistant Professor in Education, History and Culture Emaila.m.e.ahmed@bham.ac.uk Dr Eleni Mariou Assistant Professor in Language Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 8066Emaile.mariou@bham.ac.uk Dr Beth Marley Lecturer in Primary Education Telephone+44 (0)121 415 8397Emailb.marley@bham.ac.uk Professor Jane Martin Professor of Social History of EducationDirector, Domus Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Histories of Education and Childhood and Executive Editor of Educational Review Telephone+44 (0)121 414 7446Emailj.martin@bham.ac.uk Dr Adam Matthews Senior Research Fellow Emaila.matthews.3@bham.ac.uk Professor Ian McGimpsey Professor of Education Telephone Emaili.mcgimpsey.1@bham.ac.uk Dr Shane McLoughlin Lecturer Telephone+44 (0)121 414 7028Emails.mcloughlin@bham.ac.uk Dr Valentina Migliarini Assistant Professor in Education Studies Emailv.migliarini@bham.ac.uk Professor Christopher Millward Professor of Practice in Education Policy Emailc.millward@bham.ac.uk Dr Siya Mngaza Academic and Professional Tutor Emails.d.mngaza@bham.ac.uk Dr Tarek Mostafa Associate Professor in Education and Public PolicyDirector of the BA Education and BA Education and Sociology Programmes Telephone+44 1 214 143 467Emailt.mostafa@bham.ac.uk Professor Kevin Myers Professor in History and Education Telephone+44 (0) 121 415 8230 Emailk.p.myers@bham.ac.uk Dr Jawiria Naseem Associate Professor in Education & Social JusticeDecolonisation and Internationalisation Lead Emailj.naseem@bham.ac.uk Dr Georgia Niolaki Assistant Professor in Neurodiversity Emailg.z.niolaki@bham.ac.uk Matthew Nixon Lecturer in Secondary Mathematics Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4826Emailm.nixon.3@bham.ac.uk Miss Catherine O'Leary Assistant Professor in Primary Education Emailc.m.oleary@bham.ac.uk Dr Jodie Pennacchia Research Fellow Emailj.pennacchia@bham.ac.uk Dr Prithvi Perepa Associate Professor in Autism Studies Telephone+44 (0)121 415 8283Emailp.perepa@bham.ac.uk Benjamin Perks Senior Fellow Dr Francesca Peruzzo Research Fellow Emailf.peruzzo@bham.ac.uk Professor Andrew Peterson Professor of Character and Citizenship Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 6211Emaila.peterson@bham.ac.uk Ms Anna Pilson Lecturer in Education of Children and Young People with Vision Impairments Telephone+44 (0)121 414 6735Emaila.pilson@bham.ac.uk Dr Md Shajedur Rahman Research Fellow Emailm.s.rahman.2@bham.ac.uk Dr Ibtihal Ramadan Research Fellow- Education Equity Initiative Emaili.a.m.ramadan@bham.ac.uk Hester Richardson Lecturer Emailh.richardson.1@bham.ac.uk Dr Sian Roberts Lecturer in Education and Social JusticeDeputy Head of Department for Education and Social Justice Telephone+44 (0)121 414 7401Emails.roberts.2@bham.ac.uk Victoria Saunders Lecturer in Primary Teacher Education Emailv.r.saunders@bham.ac.uk Professor Beng Huat See Professor of Education Research Emailb.h.see.1@bham.ac.uk Dr Nicola Smith Senior Lecturer in Primary/Early Years EducationHead of the Department of Teacher Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4806Emailn.smith.9@bham.ac.uk Tiffany Lachelle Smith Assistant Professor Emailt.l.smith@bham.ac.uk Dr Anita Soni Academic and professional tutor Telephone+44 (0)121 414 3603Emaila.soni@bham.ac.uk Dr Kathryn Spicksley British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow Emailk.a.spicksley@bham.ac.uk Dr. Eleni Stamou Research Fellow Emaile.stamou@bham.ac.uk Dr Nicholas Stock British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow Emailn.j.stock@bham.ac.uk Dr Tonie Stolberg Lecturer in Science and Science EducationWelfare Officer Telephone+44 (0) 121 415 8395Emailt.l.stolberg@bham.ac.uk Dr Anjam Sultana Educational Psychology Tutor Emaila.sultana.1@bham.ac.uk Dr Emmanouela Terlektsi Associate Professor in Deaf Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4876Emailm.e.terlektsi@bham.ac.uk Dr Meng Tian Associate Professor in Educational Leadership Director of Global Engagement for the College of Social Science Emailm.tian@bham.ac.uk Dr Sarah Wall Practitioner Tutor Emails.wall@bham.ac.uk Dr Ruth Wareham Lecturer in Philosophy of Education Emailr.j.wareham@bham.ac.uk Dr Paul Watts Associate Professor Telephone+44 (0)121 414 7631Emailp.m.watts@bham.ac.uk Associate Professor Tracy Whatmore Associate Professor in Primary Education Senior Tutor for the School of Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4818Emailt.whatmore@bham.ac.uk Dr Sandy Wilkinson Lecturer in Science Education (Chemistry)Director of Secondary Initial Teacher Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4825Emails.wilkinson@bham.ac.uk Dr Kirsty Wilson Senior Lecturer in Primary and Early Years Mathematics EducationDepartment Lead for Research Telephone+44 (0) 121 415 8225Emailk.e.wilson@bham.ac.uk Angela Wootten Teaching Fellow in Education (Deafness and Hearing Impairment) Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4448Emaila.wootten@bham.ac.uk Louise Wormwell Assistant Professor Emaill.wormwell@bham.ac.uk Dr Fei Xie Assistant Professor Emailf.xie@bham.ac.uk Sanam Yaqub School Partnerships Strategies Manager Emails.f.yaqub@bham.ac.uk
Kalsoom Akhtar Lecturer in Primary Education (Mathematics)Director of Primary ITE Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4858Emailk.akhtar@bham.ac.uk
Professor Julie Allan Professor of Equity and Inclusion Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4853Emailj.allan.1@bham.ac.uk
Michael Amess Assistant Professor of Secondary Teacher Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4845 Emailm.amess@bham.ac.uk
Ms Vikki Anderson Teaching Fellow (PGCert Dyslexia and Literacy Difficulties) Emailv.anderson@bham.ac.uk
Dr Simon Asquith Associate ProfessorProgrammes Director: Postgraduate programmes in Educational Leadership Telephone+44 (0)121 414 7607Emails.asquith@bham.ac.uk
Dr Sarah Benson Associate Professor and Programme lead for Inclusion and Special Education Needs Emails.k.benson@bham.ac.uk
Professor Kalwant Bhopal Professor of Education and Social JusticeDirector of the Centre for Research in Race & Education (CRRE) Telephone+44 (0)121 415 8241Emailk.bhopal@bham.ac.uk
Dr James Birchwood Academic and Professional Tutor in Educational and Child Psychology Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4838Emailj.f.birchwood@bham.ac.uk
Professor Helen Breadmore Professor of Literacy and Psychology in EducationSchool of Education Deputy Director for Research and Impact Lead Emailh.breadmore@bham.ac.uk
David Coglan Lecturer in Secondary Mathematics Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4833Emaild.j.coglan@bham.ac.uk
Daniel Cottle Associate Professor of Physics Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4456Emaild.cottle@bham.ac.uk
Professor Laura Crane Professor of Autism Studies Director of the Autism Centre for Education and Research (ACER) Emaill.crane@bham.ac.uk
Dr Laura D’Olimpio Associate Professor of Philosophy of EducationCollege of Social Sciences Director of Postgraduate Research Telephone+44 (0)121 415 8148Emaill.dolimpio@bham.ac.uk
Dr Donna Dawkins Senior Lecturer in Secondary Science (Biology) Teacher Education & Professional Education DevelopmentGlobal Engagement Lead for the School of Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4404Emaild.j.dawkins@bham.ac.uk
Dr Laura Day Ashley Associate Professor of EducationSustainability Lead for the College of Social Sciences Emaill.dayashley@bham.ac.uk
Professor Colin Diamond Professor of Educational Leadership Telephone+44 (0)121 414 8056Emailc.diamond@bham.ac.uk
Dr Graeme Dobson Associate Professor Director of Education, School of Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 3805Emailg.j.dobson@bham.ac.uk
Professor Graeme Douglas Professor of Disability and Special Educational NeedsCo-director VICTAR Telephone+44 (0)121 414 6736Emailg.g.a.douglas@bham.ac.uk
Dr Dawn England Associate Professor Head of Full Time Postgraduate Taught Programmes in the School of Education Emaild.england@bham.ac.uk
Professor Reza Gholami Professor of Sociology of Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 2638Emailr.gholami@bham.ac.uk
Professor David Gillborn Professor of Critical Race StudiesEditor-in-chief of the journal 'Race Ethnicity and Education' Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4835Emaild.gillborn@bham.ac.uk
Professor Celia Greenway Professor in EducationDeputy Pro-Vice Chancellor Student Engagement Telephone+44 (0)121 414 7452 (Student Engagement)/+44 (0)121 415 8218 (School of Education)Emailc.a.greenway@bham.ac.uk
Professor Karen Guldberg Head of the School of Education and Professor of Autism StudiesDirector of the Autism Centre for Education and Research Telephone+44 (0)121 414 3470Emailk.k.guldberg@bham.ac.uk
Dr Anthea Gulliford Programme Director, Applied Educational and Child Psychology DoctorateAssociate Professor Educational Psychology and PGR Lead for DISN Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4880Emaila.gulliford@bham.ac.uk
Neil Hall Associate Professor, Social, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties (SEBD)Head of Part Time Postgraduate Programmes in the School of Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4841Emailn.hall.1@bham.ac.uk
Dr Sarah Hall Reader in Religious Education Director of Postgraduate Taught programmes for the College of Social Sciences Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4815Emails.hall.3@bham.ac.uk
Professor Michael Hand Professor of Philosophy of Education Telephone+44 (0)121 415 8277Emailm.hand@bham.ac.uk
Professor Tom Harrison Professor of Education and Deputy Pro Vice Chancellor: Education InnovationDirector: Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4812Emailt.j.harrison@bham.ac.uk
Dr Rachel Hewett Associate Professor Head of Department of Disability, Inclusion and Special Needs (DISN) Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4394Emailr.g.hewett@bham.ac.uk
Dr Saba Hussain Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Education and Social Justice Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4849Emails.hussain.12@bham.ac.uk
Dr Kamran Khan Associate Professor in Language, Social Justice and Education Emailk.khan.2@bham.ac.uk
Professor Karl Kitching Professor of Public EducationDirector of Research in the School of Education Emailk.kitching@bham.ac.uk
Professor Dina Kiwan Professor in Comparative EducationCollege of Social Sciences (CoSS) Deputy Director for Research and Knowledge Transfer
Professor Ben Kotzee Professor of Philosophy of EducationDeputy Director (Training) Midlands Graduate School ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership Emailh.b.kotzee@bham.ac.uk
Professor Kristján Kristjánsson Professor of Character Education and Virtue EthicsDeputy Director of the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4877Emailk.kristjansson@bham.ac.uk
Dr Harry Kuchah Kuchah Associate Professor of Language, Social Justice and Education Emailh.k.kuchah@bham.ac.uk
Dr Andrea MacLeod Associate Professor in Autism Telephone+44 (0) 121 415 8442Emaila.g.macleod@bham.ac.uk
Dr Eleni Mariou Assistant Professor in Language Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 8066Emaile.mariou@bham.ac.uk
Professor Jane Martin Professor of Social History of EducationDirector, Domus Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Histories of Education and Childhood and Executive Editor of Educational Review Telephone+44 (0)121 414 7446Emailj.martin@bham.ac.uk
Dr Tarek Mostafa Associate Professor in Education and Public PolicyDirector of the BA Education and BA Education and Sociology Programmes Telephone+44 1 214 143 467Emailt.mostafa@bham.ac.uk
Professor Kevin Myers Professor in History and Education Telephone+44 (0) 121 415 8230 Emailk.p.myers@bham.ac.uk
Dr Jawiria Naseem Associate Professor in Education & Social JusticeDecolonisation and Internationalisation Lead Emailj.naseem@bham.ac.uk
Matthew Nixon Lecturer in Secondary Mathematics Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4826Emailm.nixon.3@bham.ac.uk
Dr Prithvi Perepa Associate Professor in Autism Studies Telephone+44 (0)121 415 8283Emailp.perepa@bham.ac.uk
Professor Andrew Peterson Professor of Character and Citizenship Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 6211Emaila.peterson@bham.ac.uk
Ms Anna Pilson Lecturer in Education of Children and Young People with Vision Impairments Telephone+44 (0)121 414 6735Emaila.pilson@bham.ac.uk
Dr Sian Roberts Lecturer in Education and Social JusticeDeputy Head of Department for Education and Social Justice Telephone+44 (0)121 414 7401Emails.roberts.2@bham.ac.uk
Dr Nicola Smith Senior Lecturer in Primary/Early Years EducationHead of the Department of Teacher Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4806Emailn.smith.9@bham.ac.uk
Dr Tonie Stolberg Lecturer in Science and Science EducationWelfare Officer Telephone+44 (0) 121 415 8395Emailt.l.stolberg@bham.ac.uk
Dr Emmanouela Terlektsi Associate Professor in Deaf Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4876Emailm.e.terlektsi@bham.ac.uk
Dr Meng Tian Associate Professor in Educational Leadership Director of Global Engagement for the College of Social Science Emailm.tian@bham.ac.uk
Associate Professor Tracy Whatmore Associate Professor in Primary Education Senior Tutor for the School of Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4818Emailt.whatmore@bham.ac.uk
Dr Sandy Wilkinson Lecturer in Science Education (Chemistry)Director of Secondary Initial Teacher Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4825Emails.wilkinson@bham.ac.uk
Dr Kirsty Wilson Senior Lecturer in Primary and Early Years Mathematics EducationDepartment Lead for Research Telephone+44 (0) 121 415 8225Emailk.e.wilson@bham.ac.uk
Angela Wootten Teaching Fellow in Education (Deafness and Hearing Impairment) Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4448Emaila.wootten@bham.ac.uk