People
Meet the people who make up our Drama & Film department.
Head of subject
Academic staff
Dr Henry Ajumeze
Lecturer in Theatre Studies
Dr Silvia Angeli
Lecturer in Film Studies
Dr Cara Berger
Lecturer in Theatre and Performance
Prof Stephen Scott-Bottoms
Professor of Contemporary Theatre and Performance
Dr David Butler
Senior Lecturer in Screen Studies
Dr David Calder
Senior Lecturer in Theatre and Performance Studies
Dr Rachel Clements
Lecturer in Drama, Theatre and Performance
Dr MaoHui Deng
Lecturer in Film Studies
Dr Kate Dorney
Senior Lecturer in Drama, Theatre and Performance
Dr Sophie Everest
Lecturer in Film Practice
Prof Maggie Gale
Chair in Drama, Vice-Dean for Research (Humanities)
Prof Cathy Gelbin
Professor of Film and German Studies
Prof Jenny Hughes
Professor in Drama
Dr Alison Jeffers
Senior Lecturer in Applied Theatre and Contemporary Performance
Dr Victoria Lowe
Senior Lecturer in Drama and Screen Studies
Dr Simon Parry
Senior Lecturer in Drama and Arts Management
Dr Johannes Sjoberg
Lecturer in Screen Studies
Dr Andy Smith
Lecturer in Theatre Practice
Prof James Thompson
Professor of Applied and Social Theatre
Dr Darren Waldron
Senior Lecturer in French Studies and European Screen Studies
Dr Robert Watts
Lecturer in Television and Creative Industries
Dr Sarah Weston
Lecturer in Theatre Studies
Postdoctoral Researchers
- Dr Hayley Bradley
- Dr Gemma Edwards
- Dr Kate Maguire-Rosier
- Dr Réka Polonyi
- Dr. Angela Whitecross
Simon Industrial Fellows
- Stella Barnes
Honorary Research Fellows
- Ruth Daniel - CEO of In Place of War
- Keisha Thompson - Creative Director of Contact Theatre
Emeritus professors
- Prof Vivien Gardner - Emerita Professor
- Prof Tony Jackson - Emeritus Professor of Educational Theatre
- Prof David Mayer - Emeritus Professor