Staff in the Department of Anthropology In this section Academic staff Research Project Teams Professional staff Academic staff Research Project Teams Professional staff Staff list Professor Cris Shore Professor of Social Anthropology c.shore (@gold.ac.uk) Cris’s work engages with issues in political anthropology, European ethnography and the study of organisations, particularly the governance and management of universities. Dr. Emma Abotsi Lecturer e.abotsi (@gold.ac.uk) I work on youth, education, migration and development with a geographical focus on the UK and West Africa. Professor Rebecca Cassidy Professor r.cassidy (@gold.ac.uk) I am a social anthropologist working on horseracing, gambling and fruit. Dr Suzanne Clisby, FRSA Senior Research Fellow s.clisby (@gold.ac.uk) I specialise in Gender Studies, Anthropology and International Development. Dr Helen Cornish Lecturer Programme Convenor: BA History and Anthropology h.cornish (@gold.ac.uk) Anthropology of history; British magical subcultures; museum ethnography Dr Gabriel Dattatreyan Senior Lecturer g.dattatreyan (@gold.ac.uk) Gabriel's primary ethnographic research grapples with self-making and place making in the digital age. Professor Sophie Day MA PhD Professor s.day (@gold.ac.uk) I work on health - or living – as a distributed and a distributive process. 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) I am 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 and Senior Tutor v.goddard (@gold.ac.uk) Victoria has worked in the fields of economic and political anthropology, with an emphasis on gender and class. Dr Elena Gonzalez-Polledo FHEA Senior Lecturer and Head of Department 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 is concerned with questions of gender, kinship and hurricanes in the Caribbean. Dr Jason Hickel Senior Lecturer j.hickel (@gold.ac.uk) Jason works on global inequality and post-development. His ethnographic research focuses on southern Africa. 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 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 contribute to creating new conditions of possibility. Dr Massimiliano Mollona MSc PhD Senior Lecturer, Chair of Learning and Teaching Committee m.mollona (@gold.ac.uk) Filmmaker, writer, curator Mao investigates art, activism and the political economy through the lens of social anthropol 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 Minou Norouzi Visiting Research Fellow mnoro002 (@gold.ac.uk) Minou is a filmmaker, film curator and writer based in London (UK) and Athens (GR). Julia Sauma Lecturer j.sauma (@gold.ac.uk) Julia's work reflects on how collective life is maintained within and against violent relational structures. Professor Emma Tarlo Professor and Director of Research 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. Shireen Walton Lecturer and Senior Tutor shireen.walton (@gold.ac.uk) I am a digital-visual anthropologist, interested in media and social change, migration, and visual and digital cultures Dr Martin Webb Lecturer m.webb (@gold.ac.uk) Active citizenship, ethical politics, transparency and accountability, urban governance, citizen-state interfaces. 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) I am a social anthropologist interested in violence, non-state justice, controversies and staff/student collaboration. Dr Justin Woodman Senior Lecturer and Senior Tutor j.woodman (@gold.ac.uk) Justin’s interests are in speculative fiction, popular culture and racism and extremism within cultures of conspiracy. Dr Chris Wright MA, PhD Senior Lecturer & Exams Officer c.wright (@gold.ac.uk) I am a visual anthropologist and artist and I’m concerned with the politics and aesthetics of representation. Johanna Zetterstrom Sharp Lecturer t.zetterstromsharp (@gold.ac.uk) I am interested in questions relating to present coloniality, future imagining, Pentecostal Christianity and museums. Professor Jean Besson MA PhD Emeritus Professor j.besson (@gold.ac.uk) Jean has researched in the Caribbean, publishing on cultural history, peasantry, land, law and development. Professor Pat Caplan MA PhD Emeritus Professor of Anthropology p.caplan (@gold.ac.uk) A founding member of the department, Pat has researched gender, social inequality and food, health and risk. Professor Brian Morris BEd PhD Emeritus Professor b.morris (@gold.ac.uk) Brian has published on the anthropology of religion, conceptions of the self and on herbalism in Malawi. Dr Frances Pine BA, MPhil Phd Emeritus Reader f.pine (@gold.ac.uk) Frances’ research in eastern Europe has led to work on kinship and gender, place, history and memory, and work. Article
Professor Cris Shore Professor of Social Anthropology c.shore (@gold.ac.uk) Cris’s work engages with issues in political anthropology, European ethnography and the study of organisations, particularly the governance and management of universities.
Dr. Emma Abotsi Lecturer e.abotsi (@gold.ac.uk) I work on youth, education, migration and development with a geographical focus on the UK and West Africa.
Professor Rebecca Cassidy Professor r.cassidy (@gold.ac.uk) I am a social anthropologist working on horseracing, gambling and fruit.
Dr Suzanne Clisby, FRSA Senior Research Fellow s.clisby (@gold.ac.uk) I specialise in Gender Studies, Anthropology and International Development.
Dr Helen Cornish Lecturer Programme Convenor: BA History and Anthropology h.cornish (@gold.ac.uk) Anthropology of history; British magical subcultures; museum ethnography
Dr Gabriel Dattatreyan Senior Lecturer g.dattatreyan (@gold.ac.uk) Gabriel's primary ethnographic research grapples with self-making and place making in the digital age.
Professor Sophie Day MA PhD Professor s.day (@gold.ac.uk) I work on health - or living – as a distributed and a distributive process.
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) I am 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 and Senior Tutor v.goddard (@gold.ac.uk) Victoria has worked in the fields of economic and political anthropology, with an emphasis on gender and class.
Dr Elena Gonzalez-Polledo FHEA Senior Lecturer and Head of Department 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 is concerned with questions of gender, kinship and hurricanes in the Caribbean.
Dr Jason Hickel Senior Lecturer j.hickel (@gold.ac.uk) Jason works on global inequality and post-development. His ethnographic research focuses on southern Africa.
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 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 contribute to creating new conditions of possibility.
Dr Massimiliano Mollona MSc PhD Senior Lecturer, Chair of Learning and Teaching Committee m.mollona (@gold.ac.uk) Filmmaker, writer, curator Mao investigates art, activism and the political economy through the lens of social anthropol
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 Minou Norouzi Visiting Research Fellow mnoro002 (@gold.ac.uk) Minou is a filmmaker, film curator and writer based in London (UK) and Athens (GR).
Julia Sauma Lecturer j.sauma (@gold.ac.uk) Julia's work reflects on how collective life is maintained within and against violent relational structures.
Professor Emma Tarlo Professor and Director of Research 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. Shireen Walton Lecturer and Senior Tutor shireen.walton (@gold.ac.uk) I am a digital-visual anthropologist, interested in media and social change, migration, and visual and digital cultures
Dr Martin Webb Lecturer m.webb (@gold.ac.uk) Active citizenship, ethical politics, transparency and accountability, urban governance, citizen-state interfaces.
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) I am a social anthropologist interested in violence, non-state justice, controversies and staff/student collaboration.
Dr Justin Woodman Senior Lecturer and Senior Tutor j.woodman (@gold.ac.uk) Justin’s interests are in speculative fiction, popular culture and racism and extremism within cultures of conspiracy.
Dr Chris Wright MA, PhD Senior Lecturer & Exams Officer c.wright (@gold.ac.uk) I am a visual anthropologist and artist and I’m concerned with the politics and aesthetics of representation.
Johanna Zetterstrom Sharp Lecturer t.zetterstromsharp (@gold.ac.uk) I am interested in questions relating to present coloniality, future imagining, Pentecostal Christianity and museums.
Professor Jean Besson MA PhD Emeritus Professor j.besson (@gold.ac.uk) Jean has researched in the Caribbean, publishing on cultural history, peasantry, land, law and development.
Professor Pat Caplan MA PhD Emeritus Professor of Anthropology p.caplan (@gold.ac.uk) A founding member of the department, Pat has researched gender, social inequality and food, health and risk.
Professor Brian Morris BEd PhD Emeritus Professor b.morris (@gold.ac.uk) Brian has published on the anthropology of religion, conceptions of the self and on herbalism in Malawi.
Dr Frances Pine BA, MPhil Phd Emeritus Reader f.pine (@gold.ac.uk) Frances’ research in eastern Europe has led to work on kinship and gender, place, history and memory, and work.