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, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
- CBA1.025
- +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
Dr Rebecca Yearling
School Director of Education; Senior Lecturer in 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
Andrew Peter Baggett
MA Associate Tutor Programme Leader (BFSU)
- BFSU, International Building, Floor 8
- 00861781389230
- a.baggett@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 C 0.008
- 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
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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 Business, Law, Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor of Postcolonial and Cultural Studies
- CBB2.054
- +44 (0)1782 733397
- m.palladino@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
Faculty Dean of Education and Student Experience
- 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
Dr Kathryn Simpson
Senior Lecturer in Politics & Economics of the European Union
- HUMSS/Chancellors Building
- k.simpson@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 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 (Law, Humanities and Social Sciences, Research)
- 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
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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
CBA1.017
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: CBA1.025
Tel: +44 (0) 1782 733464
Email: s.talbott@keele.ac.uk
School and college outreach
Tel: +44 (0) 1782 734009
Email: outreach@keele.ac.uk
