Staff in STaCS
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Staff list
Prof. Christopher Baker
c.baker (@gold.ac.uk)
Religions; beliefs; postsecularity; social policy; activism; urban regeneration; co-production; corporate governance.
Dawn Batcup
pas01db (@gold.ac.uk)
With thirty years of experience in the NHS, Dawn has developed specialist skills to engage challenging behaviour.
Marina Benini
m.benini (@gold.ac.uk)
Marina is a Dance Movement Psychotherapist with children with special needs and adults with mental health conditions.
Prof. Claudia Bernard
c.bernard (@gold.ac.uk)
Claudia’s interests are social work with children and families, gender-based violence, and critical race theory.
Lynne Brown
L.Brown (@gold.ac.uk)
Lynne's general areas of interest are sexuality, gender, and the psychological effects of life threatening diseases.
Dr Brian Callan
b.callan (@gold.ac.uk)
Brian’s research often focusses on community, civil society, political engagement and social movements.
Kristen Catchpole
k.catchpole (@gold.ac.uk)
Kristen is a practising Art Psychotherapist, specialising in working with children and families.
Dr Keren Cohen
k.cohen (@gold.ac.uk)
Keren’s academic background is in clinical psychology, with an emphasis on trauma and well-being.
Sue Curtis
s.curtis (@gold.ac.uk)
Sue explores ideas around movement and body mapping within the context of Ignatian spirituality and silent retreats.
Prof. Adam Dinham
a.dinham (@gold.ac.uk)
Adam’s work focusses on faith-based social action, faith-related social policy, and religion in professional practice.
Louise Doherty
l.doherty (@gold.ac.uk)
An experienced community worker, Louise concentrates on using the arts as a tool within transformational youth work.
Rebecca Donnellan
R.Donnellan (@gold.ac.uk)
Graham Dowdall
g.dowdall (@gold.ac.uk)
Graham combines a practice as a performer, workshop leader, trainer and tutor in the field of community music.
Prof. Windy Dryden
w.dryden (@gold.ac.uk)
Windy is one of the leading trainers and practitioners of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) in the UK.
Michaela Dunn
M.Dunn (@gold.ac.uk)
Anna Fairtlough
a.fairtlough (@gold.ac.uk)
Anna researches practice development and learning, equalities in professional education, and social work with parents.
Samantha Farag
s.farag (@gold.ac.uk)
Samantha’s academic background is in cognitive behavioural and counselling psychology.
Joan Fletcher
j.fletcher (@gold.ac.uk)
Joan works in areas of difference and diversity, internalised oppression, and group work with survivors of sexual abuse.
Tracey French
t.french (@gold.ac.uk)
Tracey works with adolescents and families as a Registered Dance Movement Psychotherapist and Clinical Supervisor.
Caroline Frizell
c.frizell (@gold.ac.uk)
With a professional dance background, Caroline has a keen interest in working in community settings.
Jennifer Gibbons Morecroft
J.GibbonsMorecroft (@gold.ac.uk)
Dr. Andrea Gilroy
a.gilroy (@gold.ac.uk)
Andrea has a national and international profile as an art therapy educator and researcher.
Keith Goodman
K.Goodman (@gold.ac.uk)
Keith’s practice focus is with children and families as a social worker and has research interests in child protection.
Dr. Roger Green
r.green (@gold.ac.uk)
Roger’s projects include a comparative study of urban caste discrimination amongst young people in India and the UK.
Christopher Hauke
c.hauke (@gold.ac.uk)
Christopher researches collective psyche and popular culture, and unconscious process in film-making.
Ms. Sharon Jennings
s.jennings (@gold.ac.uk)
Sharon has over 15 years’ experience as a social work practitioner, specialising in family support and child protection.
Mr. Kevin Jones
k.jones (@gold.ac.uk)
An art psychotherapist, Kevin has interests in difference, sexuality and the relationship of art to psychoanalysis.
Tali Lernau
T.Lernau (@gold.ac.uk)
Tali's areas of interest include the effects of trauma and its relation to severe mental conditions.
Andrew Linton
a.linton (@gold.ac.uk)
Christella Lucas
c.lucas (@gold.ac.uk)
Christella is a registered and practising Art Psychotherapist and Clinical Supervisor, with a Diploma in Art Therapy Supervision.
Suzanne Martin
suzanne.martin (@gold.ac.uk)
Professor Marjorie Mayo
m.mayo (@gold.ac.uk)
Marjorie is interested in community education and development, community cohesion and social solidarity.
Akilah Moseley
a.moseley (@gold.ac.uk)
Part time lecturer and tutor on the BA Social Work Programme. Interests are Practice Skills and Development, Coaching, Mentoring and Leadership.
Dr Maya Mukamel
m.mukamel (@gold.ac.uk)
Maya has a special interest in human rights and social justice work and advocacy by mental health practitioners.
Brenda Naso
b.naso (@gold.ac.uk)
Brenda Naso is a Dance Movement Psychotherapist with an interest in embodied processes, somatic practices and trauma as a psychophysical experience.
Dr Chrysanthi Nigianni
C.Nigianni (@gold.ac.uk)
Chrysanthi has written on feminist philosophy, sexuality, queer theory, continental philosophy, cinema, and ethics.
Helen Omand
h.omand (@gold.ac.uk)
Helen Omand is an HCPC registered art psychotherapist with experience working with children and adults.
Ms. Rachel Parry Hughes
r.hughes (@gold.ac.uk)
Rachel Parry Hughes is a Lecturer in Social Work and teaches on adult safeguarding, dementia and ageing, and disability
Kate Phillips
K.Phillips (@gold.ac.uk)
Limore Racin
l.racine (@gold.ac.uk)
As an applied psychologist, Limore’s work focuses on mental health, culture, trauma and public health.
Sophie Roberts
s.roberts (@gold.ac.uk)
Having qualified in 2008, Sophie worked as an Art Psychotherapist within a large NHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Multidisciplinary team.
Dr Marina Rova
m.rova (@gold.ac.uk)
Dr Marina Rova is a registered Dance Movement Psychotherapist (ADMP UK), a Lecturer on the MA Dance Movement Psychotherapy programme (Social, Therapeutic and Cultural Studies) and an interdisciplinary researcher.
Susan Rudnik
s.rudnik (@gold.ac.uk)
Qualifying in 2006, Susan has worked as an Art Psychotherapist with young people in the NHS, schools and private practice.
Dr. Kalbir Shukra
k.shukra (@gold.ac.uk)
Kalbir’s interests include minority social movements, youth participation, black politics and anti-racism.
Adi Staempfli
a.staempfli (@gold.ac.uk)
Dr. Mark Taylor
M.Taylor (@gold.ac.uk)
Mark has experience working with child mental health, adults with learning disabilities, and child protection.
Dr. Naomi Thompson
Naomi.Thompson (@gold.ac.uk)
Naomi is a sociologist of youth and religion with specialisms covering young people, youth work, religion and crime.
Dan Timariu
d.timariu (@gold.ac.uk)
Dan’s research interests include reflective practice, multi-agency working, adult learning, evaluation of impact.
Dr Atlas Torbati
atlas.torbati (@gold.ac.uk)
Andy Turner
aturn008 (@gold.ac.uk)
Andy has over thirty years’ experience in community and youth work as a practitioner, activist, trainer and manager.
Susan Westman
s.westman (@gold.ac.uk)
Susan specialises in social policy, applied social science, community development and issues of social justice.
Mr. David Woodger
d.woodger (@gold.ac.uk)
With thirty years’ experience in community development, David works with young people on issues of race and adoption.