PROMOTIONS TO SENIOR LECTURESHIPS
The University Promotions Committee has agreed the following
promotions which are, as always, subject to the formal ratification of
Senate and Council.
Dr Elisabeth Carter (School of Politics, International Relations and Philosophy/RI Social Sciences)
 Dr
Carter is promoted to Senior Lecturer on the basis of excellence in
Research and Enterprise and Learning and Teaching. Her research
interests centre on political parties, electoral institutions and
electoral behaviour. Her book The Extreme Right in Western Europe (2005,
paperback 2011) has been praised by major figures in political science,
and is widely cited, as are her articles in such high-impact journals
as The European Journal of Political Research and West European Politics.
She has collaborated on a number of international research projects and
is also co-convenor of the European Consortium for Political Research's
Standing Group on Extremism and Democracy. Dr Carter has played a major
role in redesigning the School's politics curriculum and Master's
provision, increasing recruitment to the MA in European Politics and
Culture, and introducing innovations in content, teaching methods and
assessment, and in the provision of support for student learning.
Dr Divya Chari (School of Medicine/ RI Science and Technology in Medicine)
 Dr
Divya Chari undertook her undergraduate training at AIIMS in New Delhi
obtaining a first class honours degree in physiology, and subsequently
an MSc in Medical Physiology. Her PhD was in developmental
neurobiology, which she obtained from Oxford University in 2000.
Divya was a research associate at the Cambridge University Centre for
Brain Repair and subsequently a Junior Research Fellow funded by the
Multiple Sclerosis Society. She is currently a member of the
Editorial Board, Journal of Physiology and Pathophysiology.
Divya came to Keele as a Lecturer within the newly established School
of Medicine in 2007. She has made a substantial contribution to
the development of the new curriculum and is currently the coordinator
for medical intercalated degrees, and has had considerable success in
this role. In addition to the New Investigator award that she
received from the BBSRC in 2008, she has been successful in receiving a
constant flow of
project grants over the last few years, to maintain her research output.
Dr Falko Drijfhout, (School of Physical and Geographical Sciences/ RI Environment, Physical Sciences and Applied Mathematics)
 Falko
Drijfhout was educated in the Netherlands, and came to Keele in 2003
after a fellowship at Cornell University in the United States. His
initial appointment was to lead a major EU grant in chemical ecology,
but he transferred to a lectureship here in 2005. He rapidly established
himself both as a gifted and innovative lecturer, teaching across a
wide range of chemistry related topics. He also quickly established
himself as a very successful independent researcher, winning major
Research Council grants totalling over £400k, and publishing in quality
journals (6 peer reviewed papers p.a. over the past 3 years). He
has developed extensive collaborations with industry, and developed new
instrumentation to address challenging ecological and environmental
questions, and his work on parasitic ants and insect pheromones has
attracted significant media interest.
Dr Mike Evans (School of Life Sciences/ RI Science and Technology in Medicine)
 Mike
Evans carried out his BSc in London and his PhD in Bristol, both of
these in the area of physiology. After post-doctoral periods in Paris
(Royal Society European Exchange Fellow) and the United States, he
returned to the UK as a Wellcome Trust Fellow before taking up his
lectureship at Keele in 1996. As a lecturer, Mike has been keenly
involved in developing the Neuroscience course, and has led the design
and launching of the new Human Biology programme, which has quickly
become successful and popular. His research is in the technically
demanding area of the cellular physiology of cochlear hair cells - how
they detect sound over such a wide range of frequencies and intensities.
This work is extremely important in understanding (and treating)
hearing disorders; Mike collaborates widely in this research, and
publications in Nature Neuroscience and other journals are highly cited.
Dr Claire Fox (School of Psychology/ RI Social Sciences)
 Claire
Fox studied Human Psychology for her BSc at Aston University, and went
on to examine children's social development through her PhD (Keele,
2001) on victimisation of junior school pupils. . She carried out a
number of teaching and research roles at Keele and Birmingham until
being appointed as a lecturer here in 2005. A naturally gifted teacher,
she developed innovative ways of improving the student experience, and
this was recognised through a University Learning & Teaching
Excellence Award in 2010. Alongside her teaching, Claire was
establishing herself as a highly regarded researcher, with a steady
stream of peer reviewed publications (23 in total, 16 since her
appointment as a lecturer) which have been highly acclaimed, and this
success has been underpinned by three major grants in 2010 (two ESRC and
one EU, total value >£700k).
Dr Rosie Harding (School of Law/RI Social Sciences)
 Dr
Harding is promoted to Senior Lecturer on the basis of excellence in
Research and Enterprise and Learning and Teaching. Her research focuses
on legal consciousness and lesbian and gay family life. Her widely-cited
publications include Regulating Sexuality: Legal Consciousness in Lesbian and Gay Lives (2010), and peer-reviewed articles in high-quality international journals, such Social & Legal Studies and Sexualities (of which she has edited a special issue), and Feminist Legal Studies.
Dr Harding's commitment to excellence in learning and teaching
encompasses every aspect of education from module and curriculum design
and development through to direct delivery: in contributing to
fundamental curriculum review, she has introduced pioneering innovations
in assessment and use of learning technologies. A particular priority
in her recent work has been enhancement of students' attributes through
facilitation of community engagement as part of assessment in the
elective module Law in Action.
Dr Sue Hunter (School of Health and Rehabilitation/ RI Social Sciences)
 Dr
Sue Hunter qualified as a Chartered Physiotherapist in Manchester and
worked in the NHS for 14 years. Sue initially became involved in
physiotherapy education in 1990 at Teesside University as a visiting
lecturer, and in 1997 became one of the first physiotherapy
Lecturer-Practitioners in the UK, via a post at Keele and North Staffs
CHC Trust. In 2000, Sue was awarded the Bernard Isaacs Memorial
Fellowship from Research into Ageing to undertake a three-year full-time
PhD in the School of Postgraduate Medicine at Keele, focusing on
physical therapy intervention for the hemiplegic upper limb. Sue
moved to a full time lectureship in SHAR in 2003 where she has had
leading roles in developing links with the NHS, curriculum development,
clinical governance and evidence-based practice. She has developed
clinical research locally in collaboration with NHS partners and
colleagues in The Research Institute for Social Sciences. Sue has
attracted grants from Research into Ageing, NHS R&D, Action Medical
Research and The Stroke Association totalling almost £0.5 million, and
has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals.
Dr Luis Lobo-Guerrero (School of Politics, International Relations and Philosophy/RI Social Sciences)
 Dr
Lobo-Guerrero is promoted to Senior Lecturer on the basis of excellence
in Research and Enterprise and Professional, Organisational and
Managerial Activities. Dr Lobo-Guerrero specialises in the area of
security, combining theoretical contributions on the biopolitics of
security with an empirical perspective (on insurance). Insuring Security: Biopolitics, Security and Risk (2010)
is already set to be a landmark contribution to the literature. A
Visiting Fellow at the Department of War Studies, King's College London,
Dr Lobo-Guerrero has secured a number of prestigious grants, and plays a
leading role in the organisation of research networks and
collaborations at Keele, nationally, and internationally: his
Biopolitics of Security network has grown to around 100 members, with
three international seminars held between 2008 and 2010. He also has an
outstanding record in postgraduate research management and organisation.
Dr Sherilyn MacGregor (School of Politics, International Relations and Philosophy/RI Social Sciences)
 Dr
MacGregor is promoted to Senior Lecturer on the basis of excellence in
Research and Enterprise, Learning and Teaching and Professional,
Organisational and Managerial Activities. Her interdisciplinary
research, which explores connections between environmental
sustainability, gender equality and citizenship, is at the forefront of
the field of environmental politics. She is author of Beyond Mothering Earth: Ecological Citizenship and the Politics of Care (2006),
praised as path-breaking and shortlisted for a Canadian Women's Studies
book prize, along with a large number of peer-reviewed articles and
book chapters. A holder of several major grants, and an editor of the
journal Environmental Politics, she is active in research networks in
and beyond Keele, including the Political Studies Association and
European Consortium for Political Research. Dr MacGregor has secured two
Keele Teaching Innovation Awards and in 2009 received an Individual
Award for Learning and Teaching Excellence. In addition to her record of
leadership in research and education, she has made a significant
contribution to wider University activities, notably relating to
recruitment and sustainability.
Dr Monica Mookherjee (School of Politics, International Relations and Philosophy/RI Social Sciences)
 Dr
Mookherjee is promoted to Senior Lecturer on the basis of excellence in
Research and Enterprise and Learning and Teaching. Her research,
supported by grants from ESRC and AHRC, questions the perceived conflict
between justice for minority cultures and women's rights. Her major
contribution, Women's Rights as Multicultural Claims (2009), has been positively reviewed. She is the editor of a special issue of Ethnicities (2003) and of Democracy, Religious Pluralism and the Liberal Dilemma of Accommodation (2010 on-line; 2011). Her articles 'Justice as Provisionality' (2001) and 'Autonomy, Force and Cultural Plurality (2008)
have attracted particular attention from high-profile international
scholars, and she has been prominent in the organisation of seminar
series and international conferences. In learning and teaching Dr
Mookherjee has led on curriculum redevelopment, especially for the MA in
Human Rights, Globalisation and Justice and for the undergraduate
political theory provision in SPIRE, introducing innovations in
assessment and feedback. She has actively developed Keele's
international teaching link with Radboud University, Nijmegen,
Netherlands.
Dr Ed Roddy (School of Medicine/ RI Primary Care and Health Sciences)
 Since
his appointment to the ARUK Primary Care Centre as Clinical Lecturer
and Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist in January 2007, Dr Ed Roddy has
played key roles in building and expanding links between the Centre and
our NHS partners, and has made important contributions to the Medical
School in leading the development of a student selected module in
quantitative research methods. Ed has gained national and
international recognition in the field of foot pain and gout, producing
high quality publications, gaining external grant income, and taking
part in international consensus panels drawing up guidelines for the
diagnosis and management of gout. He has set up a new
multi-professional service for patients with gout at the Haywood and in a
range of locations across North Staffordshire. Findings have
highlighted the extent of severely disabling problems these patients
suffer from, and the high frequency of work absenteeism and
psychological distress, and have important implications for future
commissioning of services. At the same time, he has developed
national research collaborations through the NIHR National School for
Primary Care Research, resulting in successful bids for external
funding.
Dr Richard Stephens (School of Psychology/ RI Social Sciences)
 Richard
Stephens took his BSc in Psychology at the University of Westminster,
and his PhD at Birmingham, before carrying out research in various
aspects of occupational psychology. He joined Keele as post-doc in 1999,
becoming a lecturer in 2001, and quickly established himself as a very
successful lecturer, even with topics (such as statistics) that are
traditionally unpopular with students. At masters level, Richard has led
the reorganisation of the Psychological Research Methods programmes,
leading to a huge increase in uptake to over 20 students. His own
research is strongly applied, and has involved collaborations with the
NHS and the Health & Safety Executive; studies have included
research on the effects of playing football, of taking alcohol, and of
swearing. The latter has received intense media attention, and led to an
IgNobel prize in 2010 for high profile research that 'first makes you
laugh, then makes you think'.
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This
successful event offered an opportunity for students to meet with a
range of staff including the Vice-Chancellor, Deputy Vice-Chancellor,
Deans and Directors. Around 70 students attended the event and
staff listened and responded positively to their views, solving issues
where possible and encouraging students to think of solutions where
matters were raised. Relevant staff are taking issues raised
forward for further consideration and resolution where possible.
The
Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre hosts the Keele hub of the
West Midlands Research Design Service. This service provides advice to
researchers, clinicians and patients who want to submit grant
applications to National Institute for Health funding schemes. The Keele
team leads on advising about Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in
research. 
Dr
Jamie Pringle, Engineering and Environmental Geosciences, has won £500
in a reality TV-style competition for scientists. He shared joint first
place in his category in the online science outreach event, I'm a Scientist, Get me out of Here!.
