Criminology and Sociology Staff
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Sharda Murria
Senior Lecturer in Policing & Criminology, Course Leader for Policing
Sharda Murria teaches Criminology and Policing. She has a keen interest in policing and the criminal justice system and is passionate about delivering ‘real world impact’.
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Dr Zaki Nahaboo
Lecturer in Sociology, Course Leader – BA (Hons) Sociology and BA (Hons) Sociology and Criminology
Dr Zaki Nahaboo joined as Lecturer in Sociology in 2019. He previously taught sociology at Liverpool Hope University and INTO City, University of London. He has research and teaching interests in postcolonial studies and international political sociology.
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Dr Ryan O'Connor
Senior Lecturer in Security Studies and Criminology, Course Leader – MA Security Studies
Dr Ryan O'Connor’s main area of research interest is in the foreign policy discourses of the United States. Specifically, he examines the interactions between multiple sites of production, the political elite, the media, and Hollywood films, to display how these interact with one another to (re)produce, sustain, and...
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Dr Aidan O'Sullivan
Lecturer in Criminology
Dr. Aidan O’Sullivan got his first degree, a 1:1 joint-honours in Sociology and Philosophy, from the University College of Cork in the Republic of Ireland in 2006. He would go onto to receive the same mark for his Masters in Sociology at the same institution in 2008.
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Dr Sarah Pemberton
Head of Law, Social and Criminal Justice
Having initially studied Social Policy as an undergraduate Sarah became immersed in the study of the social world, this served as the foundation for an unrelenting interest in social research which she pursues to this day.
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Matthew Phillips
Lecturer in Criminology and Policing
Matthew is a lecturer in Criminology and Policing where he has taught since 2020. Matthew’s area of PhD research concerns cybercrime, in particular cryptocurrency-based money laundering and ransomware on dark web marketplaces.
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Dr Kadian Pow
Lecturer in Sociology and Black Studies
Though the topics have changed, Kadian Pow's experience in education spans 20 years. From prestigious museums to community programming to academia, Kadian has been fortunate to be in education in both the USA and the UK.
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Dr Licheng Qian
Assistant Lecturer in Sociology
Licheng Qian is currently an Assistant Lecturer in Sociology at Birmingham City University (BCU). Prior to joining BCU in 2023, he worked at the University of Macau (2021-2023) and Zhejiang University (2017-2021) as an Assistant Professor and taught at the University of Virginia as a Postgraduate Teaching Assistant and Lecturer...
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Dr Euan Raffle
Lecturer in Security Studies and Criminology
Euan completed his PhD at the University of Leeds in May 2020. His thesis was entitled: Security, Emancipation and Narcotics- State Vigilantism and the War on Drugs in Southeast Asia. He then undertook a White Rose ESRC Postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Leeds, mentored by Professor Adrian Gallagher. He has published...
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Dr Mohammed Rahman
Senior Lecturer in Criminology
Dr Mohammed Rahman is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology in the School of Social Sciences. Previously he was a Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences at Nottingham Trent University.