Academic staff profiles

Mrs Kalsoom Akhtar

Lecturer in Primary Education (Mathematics)

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 4858
Email: k.akhtar@bham.ac.uk

Professor Julie Allan

Professor of Equity and Inclusion

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 4853
Email: j.allan.1@bham.ac.uk

Noshaba Anbreen

MA (Education) Learning and Teaching Lead PGCEi Lead

Email: n.anbreen@bham.ac.uk

Ms Vikki Anderson

Teaching Fellow (Language, Literacies & Dyslexia)

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 8820
Email: v.anderson@bham.ac.uk

Professor James Arthur

Director of the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 5596
Email: j.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 7607
Email: s.asquith@bham.ac.uk

Dr Bene Bassetti

Senior Lecturer in Bilingualism and Language Learning

Telephone: +44 (0)121 415 8221
Email: b.bassetti@bham.ac.uk

Dr Sarah Benson

Lecturer and Programme lead for Inclusion and Special Education Needs

Email: s.k.benson@bham.ac.uk

Professor Kalwant Bhopal

Professor of Education and Social Justice
Director of the Centre for Research in Race & Education (CRRE) and BAME Academic Lead

Telephone: +44 (0)121 415 8241
Email: k.bhopal@bham.ac.uk

Dr James Birchwood

Academic and Professional Tutor in Educational and Child Psychology

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 4838
Email: j.f.birchwood@bham.ac.uk

Nick Bozic

Academic and Professional Tutor

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 5959
Email: n.m.bozic@bham.ac.uk

Dr Benjamin Braim

Primary Lecturer

Email: b.s.braim@bham.ac.uk

Karen Brodie

Lecturer in PGCE Primary Education

Email: k.brodie@bham.ac.uk

Dr Helen Carr

Lecturer in Secondary Education (History)

Email: h.carr.2@bham.ac.uk

Dr Elizabeth Chilton

Lecturer in Language, Literacies and Education
Digital Champion for the Department of Education and Social Justice

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 3589
Email: e.h.chilton@bham.ac.uk

Dr Joanne Cliffe

Senior Lecturer
Programme Leader PGDipEd Secondary Physical Education

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 4805
Email: j.e.cliffe@bham.ac.uk

David Coglan

Lecturer in Secondary Mathematics

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 4833
Email: d.j.coglan@bham.ac.uk

Gemma Collins

Senior Lecturer in Geography Education

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 4810
Email: g.r.collins@bham.ac.uk

Daniel Cottle

Lecturer in Secondary Education (Physics)
Director of Secondary Initial Teacher Education

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 4456
Email: d.cottle@bham.ac.uk

Dr Claire E. Crawford

Lecturer

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 3474
Email: c.e.crawford@bham.ac.uk

Dr Laura D’Olimpio

Associate Professor of Philosophy of Education
Director of Postgraduate Research

Telephone: +44 (0)121 415 8148
Email: l.dolimpio@bham.ac.uk

Dr Catherine Darnell

Lecturer

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 6860
Email: c.a.darnell@bham.ac.uk

Dr Donna Dawkins

Senior Lecturer in Secondary Science (Biology) Teacher Education & Professional Education Development
Head of the Department of Teacher Education

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 4404
Email: d.j.dawkins@bham.ac.uk

Dr Laura Day Ashley

Senior Lecturer

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 4827
Email: l.dayashley@bham.ac.uk

Dr Thomas Delahunty

Lecturer

Email: t.delahunty@bham.ac.uk

Professor Colin Diamond

Professor of Educational Leadership

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 8056
Email: c.diamond@bham.ac.uk

Graeme Dobson

Senior Lecturer
Head of Quality Assurance and Enhancement

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 3805
Email: g.j.dobson@bham.ac.uk

Professor Graeme Douglas

Professor of Disability and Special Educational Needs
Co-director VICTAR

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 6736
Email: g.g.a.douglas@bham.ac.uk

Dr Madeleine Findon

Lecturer in Educational Leadership

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 3344
Email: m.a.findon@bham.ac.uk

Michael Fullard

Research Fellow

Telephone: +44 (0)121 415 8239
Email: m.fullard@bham.ac.uk

Dr Reza Gholami

Reader in Sociology of Education
Deputy Director of CRRE

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 2638
Email: r.gholami@bham.ac.uk

Dr Sarah Gillborn

Lecturer in Psychology

Email: s.gillborn@bham.ac.uk

Professor Celia Greenway

Professor in Education
Director of Student Engagement

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 7452 (Student Engagement)/+44 (0)121 415 8218 (School of Education)
Email: c.a.greenway@bham.ac.uk

Professor Karen Guldberg

Professor of Autism Studies
Director of the Autism Centre for Education and Research and Head of Department of Disability, Inclusion and Special Needs (DISN)

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 3470
Email: k.k.guldberg@bham.ac.uk

Dr Julie Hadwin

Senior Lecturer in Psychology

Email: j.hadwin@bham.ac.uk

Professor John Haldane

Professor of Virtue Theory

Email: j.haldane@bham.ac.uk

Neil Hall

Lecturer in Social, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties (SEBD)

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 4841
Email: n.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 4815
Email: s.hall.3@bham.ac.uk

Professor Michael Hand

Professor of Philosophy of Education
University Director of Postgraduate Research

Telephone: +44 (0)121 415 8277
Email: m.hand@bham.ac.uk

Dr Penelope Hannant

Practitioner Tutor (SENCO) : teaching-focused

Email: p.hannant@bham.ac.uk

Dr Tom Harrison

Reader and Programme Director – MA Character Education
Director of Education - Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 4812
Email: t.j.harrison@bham.ac.uk

Rachel Hewett

Birmingham Fellow

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 4394
Email: r.g.hewett@bham.ac.uk

Sally Hobday

Lecturer in Secondary English Education
Departmental Lead for Quality and Assurance

Email: s.hobday@bham.ac.uk

Dr Liz Hodges

Lecturer, Deafblindness and Multisensory Impairment

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 4873
Email: e.m.hodges@bham.ac.uk

Dr Julia Howe

Academic and Professional Tutor, educational psychology

Telephone: 0121 414 4450
Email: j.howe.1@bham.ac.uk

Professor Zhu Hua

Professor of Educational Linguistics
International lead for the School of Education and Director of the Mosaic Group for Research on Multilingualism

Email: h.zhu.3@bham.ac.uk

Linda James

Programme Tutor

Email: l.a.james@bham.ac.uk

Dr Karl Kitching

Reader in Education Policy
Director of Research in the School of Education

Email: k.kitching@bham.ac.uk

Professor Dina Kiwan

Professor in Comparative Education
School International Lead, Head of Department

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 6734
Email: d.j.kiwan@bham.ac.uk

Dr Lila Kossyvaki

Lecturer in Severe Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 3464
Email: a.kossyvaki@bham.ac.uk

Dr Ben Kotzee

Reader in Philosophy of Education

Email: h.b.kotzee@bham.ac.uk

Professor Kristján Kristjánsson

Professor of Character Education and Virtue Ethics
Deputy Director of the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 4877
Email: k.kristjansson@bham.ac.uk

Vera Kubenz

Research Fellow

Email: v.i.kubenz@bham.ac.uk

Dr Andrea MacLeod

Lecturer in Autism

Telephone: +44 (0) 121 415 8442
Email: a.g.macleod@bham.ac.uk

Dr Abir Mahmoud

Lecturer in Arabic Cultural Studies

Email: a.m.e.ahmed@bham.ac.uk

Dr Eleni Mariou

Lecturer in Educational Linguistics

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 8066
Email: e.mariou@bham.ac.uk

Mrs Beth Marley

Lecturer in Primary Education

Telephone: +44 (0)121 415 8397
Email: b.marley@bham.ac.uk

Professor Jane Martin

Professor of Social History of Education
Director, Domus Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Histories of Education and Childhood and Executive Editor of Educational Review