Academic staff profiles In 'Staff' Key StaffAcademic StaffAssociated StaffProfessional Services Staff Back to 'The School of Education' ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 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 MA (Education) Learning and Teaching Lead PGCEi Lead 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 and programme lead for the PGDip Teaching Studies and MA Teaching Studies 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 Dr Sarah Benson Lecturer 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) 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 Helen Breadmore Associate Professor Psychology in Education Emailh.breadmore@bham.ac.uk Karen Brodie Lecturer in PGCE Primary Education Emailk.brodie@bham.ac.uk Dr Helen Carr Lecturer in Secondary Education (History) Emailh.carr.2@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 David Coglan Lecturer in Secondary Mathematics Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4833Emaild.j.coglan@bham.ac.uk Gemma Collins Senior Lecturer in Geography Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4810Emailg.r.collins@bham.ac.uk Daniel Cottle Lecturer in Secondary Education (Physics)Director of Secondary Initial Teacher Education 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 Associate Professor of 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 Donna Dawkins Senior Lecturer in Secondary Science (Biology) Teacher Education & Professional Education DevelopmentHead of the Department of Teacher Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4404Emaild.j.dawkins@bham.ac.uk Dr Laura Day Ashley Senior 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 Dr Graeme Dobson Associate Professor Head of Quality Assurance and Enhancement 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 Jane Gatley ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow Emailj.o.gatley@bham.ac.uk Dr Reza Gholami Reader in Sociology of EducationDeputy Director of CRRE Telephone+44 (0)121 414 2638Emailr.gholami@bham.ac.uk Dr Sarah Gillborn Lecturer in Psychology Emails.gillborn@bham.ac.uk Professor Celia Greenway Professor 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 Karen Guldberg Professor of Autism StudiesDirector of the Autism Centre for Education and Research and Head of Department of Disability, Inclusion and Special Needs (DISN) Telephone+44 (0)121 414 3470Emailk.k.guldberg@bham.ac.uk Ms Anthea Gulliford Senior Lecturer in Educational Psychology Emaila.gulliford@bham.ac.uk Dr Julie Hadwin Senior Lecturer in Psychology Emailj.hadwin@bham.ac.uk Professor John Haldane Professor of Virtue Theory Emailj.haldane@bham.ac.uk Neil Hall Lecturer in Social, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties (SEBD) Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4841Emailn.hall.1@bham.ac.uk Dr Sarah Hall Reader 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 EducationUniversity Director of Postgraduate Research Telephone+44 (0)121 415 8277Emailm.hand@bham.ac.uk Dr Penelope Hannant Practitioner Tutor (SENCO) : teaching-focused Emailp.hannant@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 Lead for Quality and Assurance Emails.hobday@bham.ac.uk Dr Julia Howe Academic and Professional Tutor, educational psychology Telephone0121 414 4450Emailj.howe.1@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 Ms Zlatomira Ilchovska Lecturer Emailz.g.ilchovska@bham.ac.uk Linda James Programme Tutor Emaill.a.james@bham.ac.uk Dr Karl Kitching Reader in Education PolicyDirector of Research in the School of Education Emailk.kitching@bham.ac.uk Professor Dina Kiwan Professor in Comparative EducationSchool International Lead, Head of Department 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 Abir Mahmoud Lecturer in Arabic Cultural Studies Emaila.m.e.ahmed@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 and Executive Editor of Educational Review Telephone+44 (0)121 414 7446Emailj.martin@bham.ac.uk Dr Adam Matthews Lecturer in Education, Technology and Society Emaila.matthews.3@bham.ac.uk Dr Ian McGimpsey Senior Lecturer BA in Education Telephone+44 (0)121 415 8219 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 Dr Tarek Mostafa Senior Lecturer in Education and Public Policy Telephone+44 1 214 143 467Emailt.mostafa@bham.ac.uk Professor Kevin Myers Professor in History and EducationDirector 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 Matt Nixon Lecturer in Secondary Mathematics Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4826Emailm.nixon.3@bham.ac.uk Lord James O'Shaughnessy Senior Research Fellow Emailj.oshaughnessy.1@bham.ac.uk Dr Prithvi Perepa Lecturer in Autism 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 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 Senior Lecturer in Primary/Early Years EducationDirector of Primary Initial Teacher Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4806Emailn.smith.9@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 Anjam Sultana Educational Psychology Tutor Emaila.sultana.1@bham.ac.uk Dr Alison Taysum Senior Lecturer Telephone+44 (0) 121 41 58288Emaila.taysum@bham.ac.uk Dr Emmanouela Terlektsi Senior Lecturer in Deaf Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4876Emailm.e.terlektsi@bham.ac.uk Dr Meng Tian Associate Professor in Educational Leadership School of Education Global Engagement and Internationalisation Lead Telephone+44 (0) 121 414 4864Emailm.tian@bham.ac.uk Dr Ruth Wareham Lecturer in Philosophy of Education Emailr.j.wareham@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 and programme lead for the PGDip Teaching Studies and MA Teaching Studies 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
Dr Sarah Benson Lecturer 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) 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 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
David Coglan Lecturer in Secondary Mathematics Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4833Emaild.j.coglan@bham.ac.uk
Gemma Collins Senior Lecturer in Geography Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4810Emailg.r.collins@bham.ac.uk
Daniel Cottle Lecturer in Secondary Education (Physics)Director of Secondary Initial Teacher Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4456Emaild.cottle@bham.ac.uk
Dr Laura D’Olimpio Associate Professor of Philosophy of EducationDirector 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 DevelopmentHead of the Department of Teacher Education 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
Dr Graeme Dobson Associate Professor Head of Quality Assurance and Enhancement 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
Dr Reza Gholami Reader in Sociology of EducationDeputy Director of CRRE Telephone+44 (0)121 414 2638Emailr.gholami@bham.ac.uk
Professor Celia Greenway Professor 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 Karen Guldberg Professor of Autism StudiesDirector of the Autism Centre for Education and Research and Head of Department of Disability, Inclusion and Special Needs (DISN) Telephone+44 (0)121 414 3470Emailk.k.guldberg@bham.ac.uk
Neil Hall Lecturer in Social, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties (SEBD) Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4841Emailn.hall.1@bham.ac.uk
Dr Sarah Hall Reader 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 EducationUniversity Director of Postgraduate Research 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 Lead for Quality and Assurance Emails.hobday@bham.ac.uk
Dr Julia Howe Academic and Professional Tutor, educational psychology Telephone0121 414 4450Emailj.howe.1@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 Karl Kitching Reader in Education PolicyDirector of Research in the School of Education Emailk.kitching@bham.ac.uk
Professor Dina Kiwan Professor in Comparative EducationSchool International Lead, Head of Department 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 and Executive Editor of Educational Review 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
Dr Tarek Mostafa Senior Lecturer in Education and Public Policy Telephone+44 1 214 143 467Emailt.mostafa@bham.ac.uk
Professor Kevin Myers Professor in History and EducationDirector 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
Matt Nixon Lecturer in Secondary Mathematics Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4826Emailm.nixon.3@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 Senior Lecturer in Primary/Early Years EducationDirector of Primary Initial 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 Senior Lecturer in Deaf Education Telephone+44 (0)121 414 4876Emailm.e.terlektsi@bham.ac.uk
Dr Meng Tian Associate Professor in Educational Leadership School of Education Global Engagement and Internationalisation Lead Telephone+44 (0) 121 414 4864Emailm.tian@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