Research supervisors
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HUMSS)
Dr Sophie Allen
Philosophy Programme Director and Lecturer in Philosophy
- CBB 2.045
- +44 (0) 1782 733364
- s.r.allen@keele.ac.uk
Dr Santiago Abel Amietta
Lecturer in Criminology
- CBB1.001
- +44 (0) 1782 734064
- s.amietta@keele.ac.uk
Professor David Amigoni
Director of the Keele Institute for Social Inclusion, Professor of Victorian Literature
- CBB1.039
- 01782 733209
- d.amigoni@keele.ac.uk
Dr Ben Anderson
Senior Lecturer in Environmental History
- CBB1.063
- 01782 73 3611
- b.anderson@keele.ac.uk
Dr Neil Archer
Senior Lecturer in Film
Programme Director for Film Studies
- CBB1.051
- 01782 733202
- n.archer@keele.ac.uk
Dr Ian Atherton
Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History
- CBB0.046
- 01782 733205
- i.j.atherton@keele.ac.uk
Dr Alena Audzeyeva
Senior Lecturer
- Smart Innovation Hub, 1.004
- +44 (0) 1782 733271
- a.audzeyeva@keele.ac.uk
Professor Sorin Baiasu
Faculty Postgraduate Research (PGR) Director, Professor of Philosophy
- CBA 2.001
- +44 (0)1782 733591
- s.baiasu@keele.ac.uk
Dr David Ballantyne
Lecturer in American History, Programme Director for Liberal Arts
- CBB1.049
- 01782 734409
- d.t.ballantyne@keele.ac.uk
Dr Mathew Barnard
Lecturer in Education
- CBA0.024
- +44 (0) 1782 734231
- m.barnard@keele.ac.uk
Dr Nick Bentley
Senior Lecturer in English Literature
- CBB2.050
- 01782 733304
- n.bentley@keele.ac.uk
Dr Nick Bentley
Senior Lecturer in English
- CBB2.050
- +44(0)1782 733304
- n.bentley@keele.ac.uk
Dr Rebecca Bowler
Senior Lecturer in Twentieth-Century English Literature
- CBB0.061
- 01782 733017
- r.m.bowler@keele.ac.uk
Dr Rachel Bright
Senior Lecturer in Modern History
- CBB0.060
- 01782 733466
- r.k.bright@keele.ac.uk
Dr Kristen Brill
Senior Lecturer in American History; Programme Director for History
- CBB0.049
- 01782 32201
- k.c.brill@keele.ac.uk
Professor Susan Bruce
Professor of English
- CBB2.060
- 01782 734119
- s.e.bruce@keele.ac.uk
Dr Xuebing (Jack) Cao
Senior Lecturer and Head of the Marketing, Management and Organisation Group
- Smart Innovation Hub, 1.036
- +44 (0)1782 733605
- x.cao@keele.ac.uk
Dr Elisabeth Carter
Senior Lecturer in Politics
- CBA2.009
- +44 (0) 1782 734248
- e.carter@keele.ac.uk
Dr Philip Catney
Senior Lecturer in Politics
Expert in UK Politics, elections, Parliamentary standards, Parliamentary procedure.
- CBA2.028
- +44 (0) 1782 733346
- p.j.j.catney@keele.ac.uk
Professor Mary Corcoran
Deputy Director of the Keele Institute for Social Inclusion, Professor of Criminology
- CBB1.035
- +44 (0) 1782 733104
- m.corcoran@keele.ac.uk
Dr Kathleen Cushing
Reader in Medieval History
- CBB0.044
- 01782 733207
- k.g.cushing@keele.ac.uk
Dr Giuseppina D'Oro
Reader in Philosophy
- CBA2.007
- +44 (0) 1782 733350
- g.d'oro@keele.ac.uk
Dr Ranji Devadason
Lecturer in Sociology
- CBC0.027
- +44 (0) 1782 734901
- r.e.devadason@keele.ac.uk
Professor Brian Doherty
Professor of Political Sociology
- CBA2.015
- +44 (0) 1782 734176
- b.j.a.doherty@keele.ac.uk
Dr Paul Forrester
Senior Lecturer in Enterprise
- Smart Innovation Hub, 1.029
- +44 (0)1782 733602
- p.forrester@keele.ac.uk
Dr Sian Edwards
Lecturer in Education
- CBA0.014
- +44 (0) 1782 734290
- s.edwards1@keele.ac.uk
Dr Fabienne Emmerich
Senior Lecturer
- Chancellor's Building, CBC2.019
- +44(0)1782 733139
- f.emmerich@keele.ac.uk
Professor Mark Featherstone
Head of School;
Professor of Social and Political Theory
- CBC0.028
- +44 (0) 1782 734179
- m.a.featherstone@keele.ac.uk
Dr Shirley Geyi Xu
Lecturer in Accounting
- Smart Innovation Hub, 1.010
- +44 (0) 1782 733254
- s.xu@keele.ac.uk
Dr Evi Girling
Senior Lecturer in Criminology
- CBB1.001
- +44 (0) 1782 733851
- e.j.girling@keele.ac.uk
Dr. Xaviera Gonzalez-Wegener
Teaching Fellow in Education
- CBA
- 07407067962
- x.gonzalez-wegener@keele.ac.uk
Dr Clare E Griffiths
Lecturer in Criminology
- CBB1.005
- +44 (0) 1782 733597
- c.e.griffiths@keele.ac.uk
Professor Bülent Gökay
Professor of International Relations
- CBA2.002
- +44 (0) 1782 733512
- b.gokay@keele.ac.uk
Professor Michael Haley
Professor of Property Law
- Chancellor's Building, CBC1.006
- +44(0)1782 733223
- m.a.haley@keele.ac.uk
Dr Marit Hammond
Lecturer in Politics
- CBB2.010
- +44 (0) 1782 733214
- m.boeker@keele.ac.uk
Professor Oliver Harris
Professor of American Literature
- CBB1.053
- 01782 733016
- o.c.g.harris@keele.ac.uk
Dr Aneta Hayes
Dean of Internationalisation, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, Reader in Education
- CBA 1.059
- +44 (0) 1782 733556
- a.m.hayes@keele.ac.uk
Dr Emma Head
Lecturer in Sociology
- CBC0.012
- +44 (0) 1782 733898
- e.l.head@keele.ac.uk
Dr Jonathan Head
Lecturer in Philosophy
- CBA 2.032
- +44 (0) 1782 7 33515
- j.m.head@keele.ac.uk
Dr Akrum Helfaya
Associate Professor
- Smart Innovation Hub, 01.027
- +44 (0) 1782 733432
- a.n.ekara.helfaya@keele.ac.uk
Dr Jon Herbert
Senior Lecturer in Politics
- CBB2.027
- +44 (0) 1782 733539
- j.n.herbert@keele.ac.uk
Dr Siobhan Holohan
Senior Lecturer
- CBC0.025
- +44(0)1782 734230
- s.holohan@keele.ac.uk
Dr John Howlett
Lecturer in Education
- CBC0.026
- +44 (0) 1782 734151
- j.howlett@keele.ac.uk
Dr Jonathan Hughes
Senior Lecturer
- Chancellor's Building, CBC2.004
- +44(0)1782 734078
- j.a.hughes@keele.ac.uk
Dr Peter Jones
Lecturer in Education
- CBA1.063
- +44 (0) 1782 734869
- p.jones2@keele.ac.uk
Dr Stephen H. Jones
Senior Lecturer in Criminology & Sociology
- Chancellor’s Building B 1.019
- s.h.jones1@keele.ac.uk
Professor Anthony Kauders
Professor of Modern History
- CBB2.036
- 01782 73 3197
- a.d.kauders@keele.ac.uk
Dr Tony Kearon
Senior Lecturer in Criminology
- CBB1.031
- +44 (0) 1782 734382
- a.t.kearon@keele.ac.uk
Dr Deborah Kerfoot
Lecturer
- Smart Innovation Hub, 1.033
- +44 (0)1782 733429
- d.kerfoot@keele.ac.uk
Dr Leah Koumentaki
- CBB1.008
- +44 (0)1782 734143
- e.koumentaki@keele.ac.uk
Dr Jane Krishnadas
Senior Lecturer
Expert in Legal aid, family law, justice system, protection for women in the law, supporting vulnerable communities.
- Chancellor's Building, CBC1.026
- +44(0)1782 733160
- j.h.krishnadas@keele.ac.uk
Dr Thanamas Kungwal
Lecturer in Accounting
- Smart Innovation Hub, 1.023
- + 44 (0)1782 734264
- t.kungwal@keele.ac.uk
Dr Rebecca Leach
Senior Lecturer in Sociology
- CBA0.017
- +44 (0) 1782 733359
- r.leach@keele.ac.uk
Dr Gemma Loomes
Lecturer in Comparative Politics
- CBA1.038
- +44 (0) 1782 734236
- g.loomes@keele.ac.uk
Professor Timothy Lustig
Director of the Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- CBA1.60
- +44 (0) 1782 733011
- t.j.lustig@keele.ac.uk
Dr Moran Mandelbaum
Lecturer in International Relations;
On research leave until 15/01/2023
- CBA1.034
- +44 (0) 1782 733513
- m.mandelbaum@keele.ac.uk
Professor Lydia Martens
Professor of Sociology
- CBC0.030
- +44 (0) 1782 734125
- l.d.martens@keele.ac.uk
Dr Lara McMurtry
Reader in Law
- CBC 1.008
- +44(0)1782 733225
- l.mcmurtry@keele.ac.uk
Dr David McWilliam
Lecturer in Film Studies
- CBB2.053
- 01782 734575
- d.mcwilliam@keele.ac.uk
Dr David McWilliam
Lecturer in Film Studies and English Literature
- CBB2.053
- 01782 734575
- d.mcwilliam@keele.ac.uk
Dr Fiorella Montero-Diaz
Senior Lecturer in Ethnomusicology, Deputy Director of the David Bruce Centre for the Study of the Americas
- Room F2, The Clockhouse
- +44 (0)1782 734595
- r.montero.diaz@keele.ac.uk
Dr Monica Mookherjee
Senior Lecturer in Politics
- CBA1.026
- +44 (0) 1782 733213
- m.mookherjee@keele.ac.uk
Professor Ceri Morgan
Professor of Place-writing and Geohumanities
- CBB0.055
- 01782 734076
- c.m.morgan@keele.ac.uk
Professor Yossi Nehushtan
Professor of Law and Philosophy
- Chancellor's Building, CBC2.004B
- +44(0)1782 733862
- y.nehushtan@keele.ac.uk
Dr Jane Parish
Senior Lecturer
- CBC0.011
- +44(0)1782 734232
- j.a.e.parish@keele.ac.uk
Dr Jane Parish
Senior Lecturer in Sociology
- CBC0.011
- +44 (0) 1782 734232
- j.a.e.parish@keele.ac.uk
Dr Jon Parker
Senior Lecturer in Politics
Expert in US Politics, the US justice system, US domestic policy, the Presidency, American elections.
- CBB 2.029
- +44 (0) 1782 733547
- j.parker@keele.ac.uk
Professor Helen Parr
Professor of Modern and Contemporary History (International Relations)
- CBA1.025
- +44 (0) 1782 733216
- h.parr@keele.ac.uk
Dr James Peacock
Reader in American Literature
Director of the David Bruce Centre for the Study of the Americas
- CBB0.057
- +44 (0) 1782 733140
- j.h.peacock@keele.ac.uk
Professor Elizabeth Poole
Professor of Media and Communications
- MB0.05
- +44(0)1782 734968
- e.a.poole@keele.ac.uk
Dr Laura Pritchard-Jones
Deputy Head of the School of Law
- Chancellor's Building, CBC1.033
- +44(0)1782 733861
- l.g.pritchard-jones@keele.ac.uk
Dr Rebecca Richards
Lecturer in International Relations
- CBB 2.017
- +44 (0) 1782 7 33211
- r.richards@keele.ac.uk
Dr Colin Rigby
Reader and CPD Lead
- Smart Innovation Hub, UG.016
- +44 (0)1782 733456
- c.a.rigby@keele.ac.uk
Dr Barry Ryan
Senior Lecturer in International Relations
- CBA 1.036
- +44 (0) 1782 733354
- b.j.ryan@keele.ac.uk
Professor Nicholas Seager
Head of the School of Humanities, Professor of English
- CBB1.041
- 01782 733142
- n.p.seager@keele.ac.uk
Dr Afshin Shahi
Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer)
Middle East Politics & International Relations
Dr Shalini Sharma
Senior Lecturer in Modern History
- CBB1.060
- 01782 733206
- s.sharma@keele.ac.uk
Dr James Sheard
Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, Programme Director of Creative Writing
- CBB2.056
- 01782 733302
- j.r.j.sheard@keele.ac.uk
Dr Jonathon Shears
Reader in English Literature
- CBB0.053
- 01782 733014
- j.r.shears@keele.ac.uk
Mr Naveed S Sheikh
Lecturer in International Relations
Expert in International Relations, politics of the Middle East, political violence, terrorism, history of the Middle East, the Cold War.
- CBB 2.019
- +44 (0) 1782 733400
- n.sheikh@keele.ac.uk
Dr Shiva Sikdar
Senior Lecturer
- Smart Innovation Hub, 1.007
- +44 (0) 1782 734372
- s.sikdar@keele.ac.uk
Dr Siobhan Talbott
Reader in Early Modern History
- CBB0.059
- +44 (0) 1782 733464
- s.talbott@keele.ac.uk
Professor James Tartaglia
Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy
- CBB 2.014
- +44 (0) 1782 734315
- j.tartaglia@keele.ac.uk
Dr Teresa Oultram
School Deputy Director
- Smart Innovation Hub, UG.022
- +44 (0)1782 733422
- t.oultram@keele.ac.uk
Professor Alannah Tomkins
Professor of Early Modern History
- CBB1.055
- 01782 733465
- a.e.tomkins@keele.ac.uk
Dr Nigel Tringham
Victoria History of Staffordshire
- CBB0.061
- 01782 733282
- n.j.tringham@keele.ac.uk
Dr Christopher Tsoukis
Senior Lecturer in Economics
- Smart Innovation Hub, 1.009
- +44 (0) 1782 733101
- c.tsoukis@keele.ac.uk
Professor John Vogler
Professor of International Relations
- CBB2.008
- +44 (0) 1782 733353
- j.vogler@keele.ac.uk
Dr Heidi Wang-Kaeding
Lecturer in International Relations
Expert in How the rise of China is shaping the region/wider world; global environmental governance; economic statecraft in East Asia; and the role of emotions in international politics.
- CBA1.030
- 01782 733217
- h.wang-kaeding@keele.ac.uk
Dr Carola Weissmeyer
Lecturer in HRM and Industrial Relations, and KBS Student Experience and Advancement Lead (SEAL)
- Smart Innovation Hub, 1.034
- +44 (0)1782 733603
- c.weissmeyer@keele.ac.uk
Dr Helen Wells
Senior Lecturer in Criminology
Expert in Mobile phone use while driving, roads policing.
- CBB1.017
- +44 (0) 1782 733748
- h.m.wells@keele.ac.uk
Professor Anthony Wrigley
Professor of Ethics
- Chancellor’s Building, CBC2.013
- +44(0)1782 733143
- a.wrigley@keele.ac.uk
Dr Matthew Wyman
Senior Lecturer in Politics
- CBA 2.003
- +44 (0 ) 1782 733756
- m.d.wyman@keele.ac.uk