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 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 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 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 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 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 Yaling Hsiao Assistant Professor Emaily.hsiao@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 Telephone+44 (0)121 414 6734Emaild.j.kiwan@bham.ac.uk Professor Ben Kotzee Professor of 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 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 Telephone+44 (0)121 414 3471Emailj.naseem@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 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 Kathryn Spicksley British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow Emailk.a.spicksley@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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Telephone+44 (0)121 414 6734Emaild.j.kiwan@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 Telephone+44 (0)121 414 3471Emailj.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