Our people
Academic staff and support staff, Emeritus Professors and Honorary Research Fellows and Research students.
Senior leadership team
Professor Siobhan Talbott
Head of School
- CBB 0.059
- +44 (0) 1782 733464
- s.talbott@keele.ac.uk
Dr James Peacock
Director of Research
Director of the David Bruce Centre for the Study of the Americas
- CBB0.057
- +44 (0) 1782 733140
- j.h.peacock@keele.ac.uk
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Dr Rebecca Yearling
School Director of Education; Senior Lecturer in English Literature, Programme Director of English Literature
- CBB2.061
- 01782 734282
- r.yearling@keele.ac.uk
Professor Miroslav Spasov
Director of Internationalisation
- Room F6, The Clockhouse
- 01782 733298
- m.spasov@keele.ac.uk
Academic staff
Dr Rachel Adcock
Reader in English Literature
- CBB2.057
- 01782 733144
- r.c.adcock@keele.ac.uk
Dr Sophie Allen
Lecturer in Philosophy
- CBB 2.045
- +44 (0) 1782 733364
- s.r.allen@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 Santiago Abel Amietta
Lecturer in Criminology
- CBB1.001
- +44 (0) 1782 734064
- s.amietta@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
Deputy Head of School; Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History
- CBB0.046
- 01782 733205
- i.j.atherton@keele.ac.uk
Dr David Ballantyne
Senior 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 Pawas Bisht
Programme Director for MA Global Media & Culture and MA Global Media & Management
Deputy Director of the Institute for Sustainable Futures
- MB0.02
- +44 (0) 1782 733242
- p.bisht@keele.ac.uk
Dr Manuella Blackburn
Reader in Electronic Music and Sound Design
- Clockhouse
- m.blackburn@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
Dean of Internationalisation and Partnerships; Senior Lecturer in American History; Programme Director for History
- CBB0.049
- 01782 32201
- k.c.brill@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
Professor Mark Featherstone
Professor of Social and Political Theory
- CBC0.028
- +44 (0) 1782 734179
- m.a.featherstone@keele.ac.uk
Professor Bülent Gökay
Professor of International Relations
- CBA2.002
- +44 (0) 1782 733512
- b.gokay@keele.ac.uk
Dr Clare E Griffiths
Lecturer in Criminology
- CBB1.005
- +44 (0) 1782 733597
- c.e.griffiths@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 2.001
- +44 (0) 1782 7 33515
- j.m.head@keele.ac.uk
Dr John Howlett
Lecturer in Education
- CBC0.026
- +44 (0) 1782 734151
- j.howlett@keele.ac.uk
Professor Dominic Janes
Professor of Modern History
- CBB1.057
- 01782 733009
- d.janes@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 Aristotle Kallis
Professor of Modern History
- CBB1.040
- 01782 734145
- a.kallis@keele.ac.uk
Dr Leah Koumentaki
Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice
- CBB1.008
- +44 (0)1782 734143
- e.koumentaki@keele.ac.uk
Dr Gemma Loomes
Lecturer in Comparative Politics
- CBA1.038
- +44 (0) 1782 734236
- g.loomes@keele.ac.uk
Dr Moran Mandelbaum
Lecturer in International Relations;
International Relations Programme Director
- CBA1.034
- +44 (0) 1782 733513
- m.mandelbaum@keele.ac.uk
Mandy McAteer
Lecturer in Media
- MB0.09
- +44(0)1782 733499
- m.mcateer@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
Professor Ceri Morgan
Professor of Place-writing and Geohumanities
- CBB0.055
- 01782 734076
- c.m.morgan@keele.ac.uk
Professor Mariangela Palladino
Dean of Research, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor of Postcolonial and Cultural Studies
- CBB2.054
- +44 (0)1782 733397
- m.palladino@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 Douglas Ogilvy Pretsell
Research Fellow on Leverhulme project: Homosexuality in the International Classification of Diseases to 1960
- CBB 1.055
- d.o.pretsell@keele.ac.uk
Professor Nicholas Seager
Professor of English
- CBB1.041
- 01782 733142
- n.p.seager@keele.ac.uk
Dr Shalini Sharma
Senior Lecturer in Modern History
- CBB1.060
- 01782 733206
- s.sharma@keele.ac.uk
Professor Jonathon Shears
Professor of English Literature
- CBB0.053
- 01782 733014
- j.r.shears@keele.ac.uk
Professor Miroslav Spasov
Professor of Composition and Creative Music Technology;
Director of Programmes: Music Production and Sound Design; Music Technology
- Room F6, The Clockhouse
- 01782 733298
- m.spasov@keele.ac.uk
Dr Siobhan Talbott
Reader in Early Modern History
- CBB0.059
- +44 (0) 1782 733464
- s.talbott@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 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
Dr Rachel Wood
Senior Lecturer in Media, Programme Director of Media and Communications
- MB0.02
- +44 (0) 1782 733242
- r.m.wood@keele.ac.uk
Dr Rebecca Yearling
Senior Lecturer in English Literature, Programme Director of English Literature
- CBB2.061
- 01782 734282
- r.yearling@keele.ac.uk
Bowen Zhang
Lecturer in Education
- CBA2.028
- 07367707440
- b.zhang@keele.ac.uk
Support staff
Joanne Clarkson
Research Operations Administrator
- Chancellors - Humanities Office
- j.clarkson@keele.ac.uk
David Craddock
Faculty Operations Manager, Research (School of Law & School of Social Sciences)
- CBA 1.052
- d.t.craddock@keele.ac.uk
John Forsdick
Technical Officer for Creative Industries, Media & Music
- Chancellors Building
- j.c.n.forsdick@keele.ac.uk
Kay McEvoy
FRAME Project Co-Ordinator
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Emeritus Professors and Honorary Fellows
Joseph Andrew
Emeritus Professor
Professor Ian F. A. Bell
Professor
- CBB1.043
- 01782 733012
- i.f.a.bell@keele.ac.uk
Professor Mim Bernard
Professor of Social Gerontology
- CBC0.006
- +44 (0) 1782 734067
- m.bernard@keele.ac.uk
Professor Brian Doherty
Professor of Political Sociology
- +44 (0)1782 734176
- b.j.a.doherty@keele.ac.uk
Mr Paul Everson
Honorary Lecturer
- 01270 623167
- everson6@btinternet.com
Professor John Horton
Emeritus Professor (Politics)
- CBB 2.024
- +44 (0) 1782 733348
- j.horton@keele.ac.uk
Professor Robert Ladrech
Emeritus Professor of European Politics
Expert in French politics, the EU, European party politics, the politics of climate change.
- CBA1.029
- +44 (0) 1782 734316
- r.ladrech@keele.ac.uk
Dr Lena Liapi
Early Modern History
- CBB2.055
- 01782 733882
- e.liapi@keele.ac.uk
Professor Michael Rigby
Emeritus Professor of Health Information Strategy
- 00 353 4548 5858
- m.j.rigby@keele.ac.uk
Michael Vaughan
Emeritus Professor
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Chancellor's Building
Keele University
Staffordshire
ST5 5AA
Tel: +44 (0) 1782 733109
Email: humss.office@keele.ac.uk
Head of School
Professor Siobhan Talbott
Room: CBB0.059 (Chancellor's Building, 'B' Extension)
Tel: +44 (0) 1782 733142
Email: s.talbott@keele.ac.uk
School and college outreach
Tel: +44 (0) 1782 734009
Email: outreach@keele.ac.uk
