Academic staff profiles In 'Staff' Academic StaffAssociated StaffProfessional Services Staff Back to 'The School of Education' ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Abir Ahmed Lecturer in Education, Arabic Language Emailahmedame@bham.ac.uk Mrs Kalsoom Akhtar Lecturer in Primary Education (Mathematics) 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 Noshaba Anbreen PGCE Secondary Science Education Lecturer Emailn.anbreen@bham.ac.uk Ms Vikki Anderson Teaching Fellow (Language, Literacies & Dyslexia) Telephone+44 (0)121 414 8820Emailv.anderson@bham.ac.uk Professor James Arthur Director of the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues Telephone+44 (0)121 414 5596Emailj.arthur@bham.ac.uk Simon Asquith Senior Lecturer Director of Postgraduate Taught Programmes Telephone+44 (0)121 414 7607Emails.asquith@bham.ac.uk Dr Bene Bassetti Senior Lecturer in Bilingualism and Language Learning Telephone+44 (0)121 415 8221Emailb.bassetti@bham.ac.uk Professor Ann-Marie Bathmaker Professor of Vocational and Higher Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 3467Emaila.m.bathmaker@bham.ac.uk Dr Sarah Benson Programme Director, Inclusion and Special Educational Needs (ISEN), UK & Dubai campuses Emails.k.benson@bham.ac.uk Professor Kalwant Bhopal Professor of Education and Social JusticeDirector of the Centre for Research in Race & Education (CRRE) and BAME Academic Lead 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 Nick Bozic Academic and Professional Tutor Telephone+44 (0)121 414 5959Emailn.m.bozic@bham.ac.uk Dr Benjamin Braim Primary Lecturer Emailb.s.braim@bham.ac.uk Dr Alison Broad Director of Primary Initial Teacher Education Telephone+44 (0)121 415 8191 Emaila.broad@bham.ac.uk Karen Brodie Lecturer in PGCE Primary Education Emailk.brodie@bham.ac.uk Frances Child Head of the Department of Teacher Education Director of Secondary Initial Teacher Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4849Emailf.child@bham.ac.uk Dr Elizabeth Chilton Lecturer in Language, Literacies and EducationDigital Champion for the Department of Education and Social Justice Telephone+44 (0)121 414 3589Emaile.h.chilton@bham.ac.uk Dr Joanne Cliffe Senior LecturerProgramme Leader of the PGDipEd Secondary Physical Education; PGDip Teaching Studies and MA Teaching Studies programmes Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4805Emailj.e.cliffe@bham.ac.uk David Coglan Lecturer in Secondary Mathematics Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4833Emaild.j.coglan@bham.ac.uk Gemma Collins Lecturer in Geography Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4810Emailg.r.collins@bham.ac.uk Dr Adam Cooke Lecturer in Secondary Modern Languages Teacher Education and Professional Education Development Telephone+44 (0)121 414 8565Emaila.m.cooke.1@bham.ac.uk Daniel Cottle Lecturer in Secondary Education (Physics) Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4456Emaild.cottle@bham.ac.uk Dr Claire E. Crawford Lecturer Telephone+44 (0)121 414 3474Emailc.e.crawford@bham.ac.uk Dr Laura D’Olimpio Senior Lecturer in Philosophy of EducationDirector 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 Ian Davison Lecturer Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4808Emaili.w.davison@bham.ac.uk Dr Donna Dawkins Lecturer in Secondary Science (Biology) Teacher Education & Professional Education Development Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4404Emaild.j.dawkins@bham.ac.uk Dr Laura Day Ashley Lecturer Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4827Emaill.dayashley@bham.ac.uk Professor Colin Diamond Professor of Educational Leadership Telephone+44 (0)121 414 8056Emailc.diamond@bham.ac.uk Graeme Dobson Senior Lecturer 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 Madeleine Findon Lecturer in Educational Leadership Telephone+44 (0)121 414 3344Emailm.a.findon@bham.ac.uk Michael Fullard Research Fellow Telephone+44 (0)121 415 8239Emailm.fullard@bham.ac.uk Dr Reza Gholami Senior lecturerHead of Department of Education and Social Justice 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, Director of Research in the School of Education Deputy Director of CRRE Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4835Emaild.gillborn@bham.ac.uk Dr Celia Greenway Reader in EducationDirector of 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 Ian Grosvenor Professor of Urban Education HistoryDirector of the Voices of War & Peace Centre Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4826Emaili.d.grosvenor@bham.ac.uk Professor Karen Guldberg Professor of Autism StudiesDirector of the Autism Centre for Education and Research Telephone+44 (0)121 414 3470Emailk.k.guldberg@bham.ac.uk Neil Hall Lecturer in Social, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties (SEBD)Deputy Director of Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4841Emailn.hall.1@bham.ac.uk Dr Sarah Hall Senior Lecturer in Religious Education Senior Tutor and Senior Fellow of the HEA Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4815Emails.hall.3@bham.ac.uk Lucinda Hamad Lecturer in Language Literacies and Dyslexia Professor Michael Hand Professor of Philosophy of EducationDeputy Director of the Midlands Graduate School ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership Telephone+44 (0)121 415 8277Emailm.hand@bham.ac.uk Dr Tom Harrison Reader and Programme Director – MA Character EducationDirector of Education - Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4812Emailt.j.harrison@bham.ac.uk Rachel Hewett Birmingham Fellow Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4394Emailr.g.hewett@bham.ac.uk Sally Hobday Lecturer in Secondary English EducationDepartmental Quality Lead Emails.hobday@bham.ac.uk Dr Liz Hodges Lecturer, Deafblindness and Multisensory Impairment Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4873Emaile.m.hodges@bham.ac.uk Dr Julia Howe Academic and Professional Tutor, educational psychology Telephone0121 414 4450Emailj.howe.1@bham.ac.uk Professor Zhu Hua Professor of Educational LinguisticsInternational lead for the School of Education and Director of the Mosaic Group for Research on Multilingualism Emailh.zhu.3@bham.ac.uk Rachael Hunter Research Fellow Telephone+44 (0)121 414 8077Emailr.hunter.2@bham.ac.uk Linda James Programme Tutor Emaill.a.james@bham.ac.uk Dr Clara Jørgensen Research Fellow Telephone+44 (0)121 415 8170Emailc.joergensen@bham.ac.uk Dr Karl Kitching Reader in Education Policyk.kitching@bham.ac.uk Emailk.kitching@bham.ac.uk Professor Dina Kiwan Professor in Comparative EducationSchool International Lead Telephone+44 (0)121 414 6734Emaild.j.kiwan@bham.ac.uk Dr Lila Kossyvaki Lecturer in Severe Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities Telephone+44 (0)121 414 3464Emaila.kossyvaki@bham.ac.uk Dr Ben Kotzee Reader in Philosophy of Education 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 Vera Kubenz Research Fellow Emailv.i.kubenz@bham.ac.uk Dr Andrea MacLeod Lecturer in Autism Telephone+44 (0) 121 415 8442Emaila.g.macleod@bham.ac.uk Dr Luca Mannocchi Research Fellow Telephone+44 (0)121 414 5335Emaill.mannocchi@bham.ac.uk Dr Eleni Mariou Lecturer in Educational Linguistics Telephone+44 (0)121 414 8066Emaile.mariou@bham.ac.uk Mrs 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 Telephone+44 (0)121 414 7446Emailj.martin@bham.ac.uk Dr Ian McGimpsey Senior Lecturer BA in Education Telephone+44 (0)121 415 8219 Emaili.mcgimpsey.1@bham.ac.uk Professor Mike McLinden Programme Lead (Vision Impairment) Telephone+44 (0) 121 414 8055Emailm.t.mclinden@bham.ac.uk Jason Metcalfe Research Associate Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4799Emailj.m.metcalfe@bham.ac.uk Benjamin Miller Research Fellow Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4871Emailb.j.miller.1@bham.ac.uk Sue Morris Director of Professional Training in Educational Psychology Telephone+44(0)121 414 4880Emails.k.morris@bham.ac.uk Dr Kevin Myers Reader in social history and education Director of Education, School of Education Telephone+44 (0) 121 415 8230 Emailk.p.myers@bham.ac.uk Dr Jawiria Naseem Lecturer in Education & Social Justice Telephone+44 (0)121 414 3471Emailj.naseem@bham.ac.uk Mary O'Connor Lecturer in Secondary Mathematics Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4864Emailm.c.oconnor@bham.ac.uk Dr Prithvi Perepa Lecturer in Autism Telephone+44 (0)121 415 8283Emailp.perepa@bham.ac.uk Benjamin Perks Senior Fellow Dr Tom Perry LecturerResearch and Knowledge Transfer Lead Telephone+44 (0)121 414 3475Emailt.w.perry@bham.ac.uk Professor Andrew Peterson Professor of Character and Citizenship Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 6211Emaila.peterson@bham.ac.uk David Pollard Research Fellow Telephone+44 (0)121 414 5631Emaild.pollard@bham.ac.uk Dr Maria Reraki Lecturer in Language, Literacies and Dyslexia Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4832Emailm.reraki@bham.ac.uk Dr Sian Roberts Lecturer in 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 Dr Nicola Smith Lecturer in Primary/Early Years Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4806Emailn.smith.9@bham.ac.uk Dr Colette Soan Regional Tutor to SEBD DE Course Telephone+44 (0)121 414 3472Emailc.a.soan@bham.ac.uk Dr Anita Soni Academic and professional tutor Telephone+44 (0)121 414 3603Emaila.soni@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 Wendy Symes LecturerDirector of undergraduate programmes in the School of Education Telephone+44 (0)121 415 8292Emailw.symes@bham.ac.uk Thomas Taylor Research Fellow Telephone+44 (0)121 414 7604Emailt.taylor.2@bham.ac.uk Dr Emmanouela Terlektsi Senior Lecturer in Deaf Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4876Emailm.e.terlektsi@bham.ac.uk Professor Candace Vogler Professor of Virtue Theory Telephonec.a.vogler.1@bham.ac.uk Paul Watts Lecturer Telephone+44 (0)121 414 7631Emailp.m.watts@bham.ac.uk Dr Tracy Whatmore Senior LecturerDeputy Head of the Department of Teacher Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4818Emailt.whatmore@bham.ac.uk Dr Sandy Wilkinson Lecturer in Science Education (Chemistry) Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4825Emails.wilkinson@bham.ac.uk Dr Huw Williams Tutor in Educational Psychology Telephone+44 (0) 121 414 4453Emailh.williams@bham.ac.uk Dr Kirsty Wilson Senior Lecturer in Primary and Early Years Mathematics Education 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 Sanam Yaqub School Partnerships Strategies Manager Emails.f.yaqub@bham.ac.uk Professor Deborah Youdell Head of the School of Education Professor of Sociology of Education Telephone+44 (0) 121 414 4840Emaild.youdell@bham.ac.uk
Mrs Kalsoom Akhtar Lecturer in Primary Education (Mathematics) 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
Ms Vikki Anderson Teaching Fellow (Language, Literacies & Dyslexia) Telephone+44 (0)121 414 8820Emailv.anderson@bham.ac.uk
Professor James Arthur Director of the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues Telephone+44 (0)121 414 5596Emailj.arthur@bham.ac.uk
Simon Asquith Senior Lecturer Director of Postgraduate Taught Programmes Telephone+44 (0)121 414 7607Emails.asquith@bham.ac.uk
Dr Bene Bassetti Senior Lecturer in Bilingualism and Language Learning Telephone+44 (0)121 415 8221Emailb.bassetti@bham.ac.uk
Professor Ann-Marie Bathmaker Professor of Vocational and Higher Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 3467Emaila.m.bathmaker@bham.ac.uk
Dr Sarah Benson Programme Director, Inclusion and Special Educational Needs (ISEN), UK & Dubai campuses Emails.k.benson@bham.ac.uk
Professor Kalwant Bhopal Professor of Education and Social JusticeDirector of the Centre for Research in Race & Education (CRRE) and BAME Academic Lead 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 Alison Broad Director of Primary Initial Teacher Education Telephone+44 (0)121 415 8191 Emaila.broad@bham.ac.uk
Frances Child Head of the Department of Teacher Education Director of Secondary Initial Teacher Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4849Emailf.child@bham.ac.uk
Dr Elizabeth Chilton Lecturer in Language, Literacies and EducationDigital Champion for the Department of Education and Social Justice Telephone+44 (0)121 414 3589Emaile.h.chilton@bham.ac.uk
Dr Joanne Cliffe Senior LecturerProgramme Leader of the PGDipEd Secondary Physical Education; PGDip Teaching Studies and MA Teaching Studies programmes Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4805Emailj.e.cliffe@bham.ac.uk
David Coglan Lecturer in Secondary Mathematics Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4833Emaild.j.coglan@bham.ac.uk
Gemma Collins Lecturer in Geography Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4810Emailg.r.collins@bham.ac.uk
Dr Adam Cooke Lecturer in Secondary Modern Languages Teacher Education and Professional Education Development Telephone+44 (0)121 414 8565Emaila.m.cooke.1@bham.ac.uk
Daniel Cottle Lecturer in Secondary Education (Physics) Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4456Emaild.cottle@bham.ac.uk
Dr Laura D’Olimpio Senior Lecturer in Philosophy of EducationDirector of Postgraduate Research Telephone+44 (0)121 415 8148Emaill.dolimpio@bham.ac.uk
Dr Donna Dawkins Lecturer in Secondary Science (Biology) Teacher Education & Professional Education Development Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4404Emaild.j.dawkins@bham.ac.uk
Professor Colin Diamond Professor of Educational Leadership Telephone+44 (0)121 414 8056Emailc.diamond@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 Madeleine Findon Lecturer in Educational Leadership Telephone+44 (0)121 414 3344Emailm.a.findon@bham.ac.uk
Dr Reza Gholami Senior lecturerHead of Department of Education and Social Justice 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, Director of Research in the School of Education Deputy Director of CRRE Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4835Emaild.gillborn@bham.ac.uk
Dr Celia Greenway Reader in EducationDirector of 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 Ian Grosvenor Professor of Urban Education HistoryDirector of the Voices of War & Peace Centre Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4826Emaili.d.grosvenor@bham.ac.uk
Professor Karen Guldberg Professor of Autism StudiesDirector of the Autism Centre for Education and Research Telephone+44 (0)121 414 3470Emailk.k.guldberg@bham.ac.uk
Neil Hall Lecturer in Social, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties (SEBD)Deputy Director of Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4841Emailn.hall.1@bham.ac.uk
Dr Sarah Hall Senior Lecturer in Religious Education Senior Tutor and Senior Fellow of the HEA Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4815Emails.hall.3@bham.ac.uk
Professor Michael Hand Professor of Philosophy of EducationDeputy Director of the Midlands Graduate School ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership Telephone+44 (0)121 415 8277Emailm.hand@bham.ac.uk
Dr Tom Harrison Reader and Programme Director – MA Character EducationDirector of Education - Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4812Emailt.j.harrison@bham.ac.uk
Sally Hobday Lecturer in Secondary English EducationDepartmental Quality Lead Emails.hobday@bham.ac.uk
Dr Liz Hodges Lecturer, Deafblindness and Multisensory Impairment Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4873Emaile.m.hodges@bham.ac.uk
Dr Julia Howe Academic and Professional Tutor, educational psychology Telephone0121 414 4450Emailj.howe.1@bham.ac.uk
Professor Zhu Hua Professor of Educational LinguisticsInternational lead for the School of Education and Director of the Mosaic Group for Research on Multilingualism Emailh.zhu.3@bham.ac.uk
Professor Dina Kiwan Professor in Comparative EducationSchool International Lead Telephone+44 (0)121 414 6734Emaild.j.kiwan@bham.ac.uk
Dr Lila Kossyvaki Lecturer in Severe Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities Telephone+44 (0)121 414 3464Emaila.kossyvaki@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 Eleni Mariou Lecturer in Educational Linguistics 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 Telephone+44 (0)121 414 7446Emailj.martin@bham.ac.uk
Dr Ian McGimpsey Senior Lecturer BA in Education Telephone+44 (0)121 415 8219 Emaili.mcgimpsey.1@bham.ac.uk
Professor Mike McLinden Programme Lead (Vision Impairment) Telephone+44 (0) 121 414 8055Emailm.t.mclinden@bham.ac.uk
Sue Morris Director of Professional Training in Educational Psychology Telephone+44(0)121 414 4880Emails.k.morris@bham.ac.uk
Dr Kevin Myers Reader in social history and education Director of Education, School of Education Telephone+44 (0) 121 415 8230 Emailk.p.myers@bham.ac.uk
Dr Jawiria Naseem Lecturer in Education & Social Justice Telephone+44 (0)121 414 3471Emailj.naseem@bham.ac.uk
Mary O'Connor Lecturer in Secondary Mathematics Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4864Emailm.c.oconnor@bham.ac.uk
Dr Tom Perry LecturerResearch and Knowledge Transfer Lead Telephone+44 (0)121 414 3475Emailt.w.perry@bham.ac.uk
Professor Andrew Peterson Professor of Character and Citizenship Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 6211Emaila.peterson@bham.ac.uk
Dr Maria Reraki Lecturer in Language, Literacies and Dyslexia Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4832Emailm.reraki@bham.ac.uk
Dr Sian Roberts Lecturer in Education and Social Justice Telephone+44 (0)121 414 7401Emails.roberts.2@bham.ac.uk
Dr Nicola Smith Lecturer in Primary/Early Years Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4806Emailn.smith.9@bham.ac.uk
Dr Colette Soan Regional Tutor to SEBD DE Course Telephone+44 (0)121 414 3472Emailc.a.soan@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 Wendy Symes LecturerDirector of undergraduate programmes in the School of Education Telephone+44 (0)121 415 8292Emailw.symes@bham.ac.uk
Dr Emmanouela Terlektsi Senior Lecturer in Deaf Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4876Emailm.e.terlektsi@bham.ac.uk
Dr Tracy Whatmore Senior LecturerDeputy Head of the Department of Teacher Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4818Emailt.whatmore@bham.ac.uk
Dr Sandy Wilkinson Lecturer in Science Education (Chemistry) Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4825Emails.wilkinson@bham.ac.uk
Dr Huw Williams Tutor in Educational Psychology Telephone+44 (0) 121 414 4453Emailh.williams@bham.ac.uk
Dr Kirsty Wilson Senior Lecturer in Primary and Early Years Mathematics Education 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
Professor Deborah Youdell Head of the School of Education Professor of Sociology of Education Telephone+44 (0) 121 414 4840Emaild.youdell@bham.ac.uk