Staff in the Department of Educational Studies
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Staff list
Dr Yangguang Chen
y.chen (@gold.ac.uk)
Yangguang researches into the field of educational bilingualism, focussing on implications of educational policy.
Dr Sheryl Clark
sheryl.clark (@gold.ac.uk)
Sheryl's research focuses on girlhood, sport, physical culture, youth, schooling and identities.
Dr Emily Corbett
e.corbett (@gold.ac.uk)
Specialist in Children's and YA Literature, with particular interests in twenty-first-century YA.
Una Coyne
u.coyne (@gold.ac.uk)
Una currently teaches on both the Primary PGCE and BA Education, Culture and Society courses.
Dave Dennis
d.dennis (@gold.ac.uk)
Dave is the Course Coordinator for the Secondary Science PGCE having been a classroom practitioner for 32 years.
Sue Dixon
s.j.dixon (@gold.ac.uk)
Sue has an interest in Eating Disorders particularly the role of self help support groups in supporting recovery
Kimberley Foster
Kimberley.Foster (@gold.ac.uk)
Dr Yael Gerson
y.gerson (@gold.ac.uk)
Dr Francis Gilbert
f.gilbert (@gold.ac.uk)
Francis approaches Creative and Life Writing from an educational perspective to understand how it is taught.
Anna Grant
Anna.Grant (@gold.ac.uk)
Anna works on the Primary PGCE and Education, Culture and Society, specialising in Maths and Children’s Literature.
Eve Harding
e.harding (@gold.ac.uk)
Eve has an interest in cognitive and social psychology and, specifically, the contact hypothesis and attitude research.
Victoria Hedlund
victoria.hedlund (@gold.ac.uk)
Dr Julia Hope
j.hope (@gold.ac.uk)
Julia’s research interests are in children’s literature, refugee education and children’s literature about refugees.
Dr Aminul Hoque
a.hoque (@gold.ac.uk)
Aminul's work focusses on issues of multicultural Britain, youth policy, religion, race relations and Islamic feminism.
Dr Natacha Kennedy
n.kennedy (@gold.ac.uk)
Amanda Kipling
a.kipling (@gold.ac.uk)
Amanda researches the healing nature of the arts in schools, which forms the basis of her doctoral study.
Dr Kirstin Lewis
k.lewis (@gold.ac.uk)
Kirstin’s work explores how ‘race’ and social class shape children’s experiences in the education system.
Dr Vally Lytra
v.lytra (@gold.ac.uk)
Vally investigates multilingualism in society and language education in migration and minority contexts
Professor Vicky Macleroy
v.macleroy (@gold.ac.uk)
Vicky’s expertise is in language and literacy with a strong focus on creative practices and digital technologies.
Dr Miranda Matthews
m.matthews (@gold.ac.uk)
Dr. Miranda Matthews is Associate Head of School for Student Experience in Professional Studies Science and Technology
Dr Liz Morrison
l.morrison (@gold.ac.uk)
Liz is Head of the Secondary PGCE programme and teaches Secondary Science.
Dr Sipho Morrison
s.morrison (@gold.ac.uk)
Kerry Murphy
k.murphy (@gold.ac.uk)
George Nicholls
g.nicholls (@gold.ac.uk)
George is a Lecturer on the PGCE Primary programme teaching Science and Music.
Professor Tara Page
t.page (@gold.ac.uk)
Tara Page is an artist researcher teacher who explores the entanglements of practice, pedagogy, place and belonging.
Dr Sarah Pearce
s.pearce (@gold.ac.uk)
Sarah looks at how white teachers understand their racialised positioning and how this impacts on their work.
Jez Pinfold
J.Pinfold (@gold.ac.uk)
Dr Veronica Poku
v.poku (@gold.ac.uk)
Veronica looks at the impact of racism on minoritised teacher trainees and children in primary schools.
Dr Cristina Ros i Solé
cristina.ros (@gold.ac.uk)
Cristina carries out research into embodied approaches to language learning and interculturality
Professor Michael Rosen
(@gold.ac.uk)
Poet and children’s author, Michael’s research areas include processes of naming and the poetics of everyday speech.
Vicki Ryf
V.Ryf (@gold.ac.uk)
Vicki’s research interests centre on creativity and English teaching in the Early years and primary classroom.
Susi Sahmland
S.Sahmland (@gold.ac.uk)
A teacher of German, Spanish and French, Susi’s interests are in primary languages, bi-lingual learners and coaching.
Faris Sanhaji
faris.sanhaji (@gold.ac.uk)
Faris is the Joint Coordinator of the PGCE Secondary Modern Languages Programme
Dr Esther Sayers
esther.sayers (@gold.ac.uk)
Professor Farzana Shain
F.Shain (@gold.ac.uk)
Farzana researches and teaches in the field of sociology of education. She specialises in educational inequalities (with a particular focus on racialised and gendered inequalities) and also education policy and politics.
Camilla Stanger
c.stanger (@gold.ac.uk)
Laura Teague
l.teague (@gold.ac.uk)
Laura’s current research focusses on pedagogy, counter politics and subjectivities.
James Titley
j.titley (@gold.ac.uk)
An experienced KS1 and KS2 teacher, James has interests in coaching and mentoring, social class, social identities.
Neil Walton
n.walton (@gold.ac.uk)
A former teacher of art and design, Neil’s interests are psychoanalytic aesthetics and the history of art education.
Dr Andrew Wilkins
Andrew.Wilkins (@gold.ac.uk)
Andrew Wilkins is a policy sociologist interested in education policy, comparative education and education governance.
Martin Williams
m.williams (@gold.ac.uk)
Martin teaches on the BA Social and Cultural Studies programme.
Dr Thomas Zacharias
t.zacharias (@gold.ac.uk)
Thomas researches into ‘race’ and racism, the production of difference in political discourse and diaspora identities.
Dr Anna Carlile
a.carlile (@gold.ac.uk)
Anna’s areas of research and teaching cluster around social justice and institutional prejudice.
Dr Jim Anderson
j.anderson (@gold.ac.uk)
Jim has a broad interest in language-and-culture education and critical and creative approaches to pedagogy.
Professor Paul Warmington
P.Warmington (@gold.ac.uk)
Paul’s research focuses on critical race studies, education and social justice.
Dr Maggie Pitfield
m.pitfield (@gold.ac.uk)
Maggie’s schools-based research focuses on the contribution of educational drama practices to learning in English.
Dr Yu-Chiao Chung
Yu-Chiao.Chung (@gold.ac.uk)
Professor Dennis Atkinson
d.atkinson (@gold.ac.uk)
Dennis is an internationally published academic whose most recent book focussed on art, equality and learning.
Professor Rosalyn George
r.george (@gold.ac.uk)
Rosalyn's research interests coalesce around issues of social justice and equity in schools and Higher Education.
Professor Eve Gregory
e.gregory (@gold.ac.uk)
Eve's interests are in early childhood bilingualism, family literacy and a sociocultural approach to literacy learning.
Professor Ken Jones
ken.jones (@gold.ac.uk)
Professor Len Platt
l.platt (@gold.ac.uk)
Len’s major interest is in the politics of text and the ways culture performs in politically strategic ways.
Edyta Pankowska
E.Pankowska (@gold.ac.uk)