Anthropology staff

Professor Cris Shore

Professor of Social Anthropology and Head of Department
c.shore (@gold.ac.uk)

Cris Shore’s work engages with issues in political anthropology, European ethnography and the study of organisations, particularly the governance and management of universities.

Lalaie Ameeriar's research engages with anthropological theories of globalization and the state, transnational feminism, critical race theory, human rights and humanitarianism, with particular emphasis on transnational Muslim cultures.

Rebecca Cassidy

Professor
r.cassidy (@gold.ac.uk)

Rebecca’s work on gambling and horseracing explores class, kinship, gender, risk, money and work.

Dr Suzanne Clisby

Senior Research Fellow
s.clisby (@gold.ac.uk)

Suzane is a Senior Research Fellow in Anthropology and the co-director of the Global Challenges Research Fund Global Gender and Cultures of Equality (GlobalGRACE) Project.

Dr Helen Cornish

Lecturer Programme Convenor: BA History and Anthropology
h.cornish (@gold.ac.uk)

Helen Cornish is interested in the anthropology of history and the past, British Witchcraft and Paganism, and regional British ethnography, in particular Cornwall.

Gabriel Dattatreyan

Lecturer
g.dattatreyan (@gold.ac.uk)

Gabriel is interested in how smart phones and social media shape how young migrants recall, imagine, and inhabit multiple geographies.

Professor Sophie Day MA PhD

Professor
s.day (@gold.ac.uk)

Sophie is a social anthropologist working largely in health, currently on 'personalisation' in medicine and with reference to Ladakhi houses.

Professor Simon Dein

Visiting Professor
s.dein (@gold.ac.uk)

Simon researches religious healing in Pentecostalism, mental health and Islam, prophecy and Jewish Millennialism

Dr Henrike Donner

Reader, PGR Admissions
h.donner (@gold.ac.uk)

Henrike is an urban anthropologist with research interests in gender and kinship, class and urban politics.

Dr Alice Elliot

Lecturer
a.elliot (@gold.ac.uk)

Alice works in North Africa and Europe on Mediterranean migrations, Islam and hope, kinship and gender.

Professor Victoria Goddard BSc PhD

Professor
v.goddard (@gold.ac.uk)

Victoria has worked in the fields of economic and political anthropology, with an emphasis on gender and class.

Elena Gonzalez-Polledo FHEA

Lecturer and Chair of the LTC Committee
e.gonzalez-polledo (@gold.ac.uk)

Elena is a social anthropologist whose work often pushes boundaries between traditional academic disciplines.

Dr Adom Philogene Heron

Lecturer
a.heron (@gold.ac.uk)

Adom's work concerns questions of gender, kinship, the life-course and hurricanes in the Caribbean.

Dr Jason Hickel

Lecturer
j.hickel (@gold.ac.uk)

Jason specialises in development, finance, democracy, violence, and global political economy.

Dr Mark Johnson

Professor, Chair of Ethics Committee
m.johnson (@gold.ac.uk)

Mark’s interests are on the issues of gender/sexuality, landscape and material culture, migration and transnationalism.

Dr Vicky Johnson

Senior Research Fellow
V.Johnson (@gold.ac.uk)

Vicky’s key focus of research and publication is in the field of children and young people’s participation.

Dr Charlotte Joy

Lecturer
c.joy (@gold.ac.uk)

Charlotte’s research focuses on international approaches to the protection of African cultural heritage

Dr Ricardo Leizaola PhD

Lecturer/ Visual Resources Officer
r.leizaola (@gold.ac.uk)

Ricardo is a documentary filmmaker and anthropologist specialising in visual anthropology and ethnobotany.

Dave Lewis

Visting Research Fellow
ans01dl (@gold.ac.uk)

Connecting the practices of ethnography and photography, Dave explores the social conditions of belonging.

Claire Loussouarn

Visiting Tutor
c.loussouarn (@gold.ac.uk)

Claire’s interests are slow cinema, the intersections of reality and fiction, the dialogue of moving images and bodies.

Dr Isaac Marrero-Guillamón

Lecturer
i.marrero (@gold.ac.uk)

Isaac is interested in how activism and aesthetic practices may contribute to creating new conditions of possibility for collectives.

Dr Massimiliano Mollona MSc PhD

Senior Lecturer, Chair of Learning and Teaching Committee
m.mollona (@gold.ac.uk)

Massimiliano’s background in economics and anthropology has informed his research on art, activism and political economy.

Dr Nici Nelson MA PhD

Honorary Research Fellow
n.nelson (@gold.ac.uk)

Nici has published on urban anthropology, gender and development and approaches to development.

Dr Gabriela Nicolescu

Associate Lecturer
g.nicolescu (@gold.ac.uk)

Gabriela is interested in what visual and material culture perspectives can bring to migration studies.

Professor Emma Tarlo

Professor, Director of Research and Head of Department (until December 2018)
e.tarlo (@gold.ac.uk)

Emma specialises in the anthropology of material culture with reference to dress, fashion, textiles, the body and hair.

Dr Pauline von Hellermann

Senior Lecturer, Leverhulme Major Research Fellow (2018-21)
p.vonhellermann (@gold.ac.uk)

Combining historical and political ecology perspectives, Pauline researches the landscapes and politics in Africa.

Dr Martin Webb

Lecturer and Exams Officer
m.webb (@gold.ac.uk)

Martin engages with active citizenship, ethical politics, transparency and accountability and urban governance.

Dr Martyn Wemyss

Lecturer
m.wemyss (@gold.ac.uk)

Martyn is interested in the relationship between law and time, aesthetics of justice and the material lives of norms.

Dr Gavin Weston

Lecturer and Undergraduate Admissions Tutor
g.weston (@gold.ac.uk)

Gavin is interested in vigilantism and the anthropology of violence, the intersections between anthropology and popular culture, and student/staff collaborative research.