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Departmental Management Team

The Departmental Management Team (DMT) supports the Head of Department (HoD) in the development and implementation of the overall strategic, academic and financial plans of the department. 

DMT maintains an overview of the Department’s key areas of activity and makes decisions to ensure that the department operates effectively and succeeds in its strategic goals, securing the ongoing financial sustainability of the department.

Professor

Head of Department

Discipline: Sociology

Research interests:

  • Sociology of health
  • Regulation of bioscience
  • Classical/contemporary social theory

Professor

Deputy Head of Department for Teaching, Learning and Assessment

Discipline: Sociology

Research interests:

  • Death Studies
  • Popular Culture and Celebrity
  • Cultural Criminology
  • Pedagogy (the method and practice of teaching)

Director of Centre for Women's Studies

Discipline: Centre for Women's Studies

Research interests:

  • Contemporary Feminism
  • Gender and Migration
  • Gender Based Violence
  • Feminist Pedagogies
  • Girls' rights

Professor

Director of REF

Chair of Research Committee

Director of Research

Discipline: Sociology

Research interests:

  • Sociology of health and illness
  • Sociology of disability
  • Health inequalities

Senior Lecturer

Chair of Board of Studies

Discipline: Sociology

Research interests:

  • Politics of expertise concerning reproductive and other new life science technologies
  • The construction of human/non-human boundaries
  • The sociological study of the healthcare profession
  • Feminist theory

Reader

Director of Undergraduate Teaching and Learning

Discipline: Sociology

Research interests:

  • Social and cultural history of consumption
  • Gambling
  • Sociological studies of domestic life and experiences

Sarah Couttie-Cunningham

Administration Manager

Discipline: Sociology

Sheila Davitt

Research Facilitator

Discipline: Sociology

Ruan Guy

Management Accountant

Sarah Maynard

Head of Faculty Operations

Lecturer

Director of Postgraduate Learning and Teaching

Discipline: Sociology

Research interests:

  • Culture
  • Music consumption
  • Digital technologies
  • Materiality
  • Popular culture heritage

Discipline: Sociology

Katie Walton

Head of Student Services