Members of staff

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.

Professor Matt O'Leary

Professor of Education, Director of CSPACE & College Academic Lead for REF UoA23 (Education)

Professor Dr Matt O’Leary is Professor of Education at Birmingham City University. His main research interests focus on education policy and practice in further and higher education, particularly in the context of the professional learning of educators and the development of pedagogic practice. Professor O’Leary is one of the...

Dr Karen Patel

Associate Professor in Media

Karen is Associate Professor in Media in the College of English and Media. Karen is Academic Lead for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the College and Co-Lead of the Creative Industries Research Cluster in the Birmingham Centre for Media and Cultural Research. Karen is also Director of the Centre for Equality, Diversity...

Theo Reeves-Evison

Senior Lecturer in Theoretical and Contextual Studies

Dr. Theo Reeves-Evison is a writer, researcher and Senior Lecturer in Theoretical and Contextual Studies, where his research focuses on the critical imbrications of Art, Ecology and Visual Culture. From 2018-22 he was the principal investigator on the Leverhulme funded research project ‘Speculative Natures: Contemporary Art...

Professor Rob Smith

Professor of Education

Rob is a teacher and researcher who supervises students researching a range of doctoral topics relating to education. He also supports staff and students undertaking research in his role within CSPACE. He has extensive experience of writing and publishing collaboratively.

Dr Alex Wade

Senior Research Fellow

Alex's work is at its best where videogames meet society. Using theory to explore these intersections he looks to the histories of games to explore the formation of society during the Cold War and beyond. Of particular interest in his work are concepts of space, time, consumption as a function of production and the role of...

Esther Windsor

Senior Lecturer in Fine Art and Art and Design

Esther is a curator, artist, and writer and has curated at Camerawork Gallery and Darkroom, the ICA, The Photographers’ Gallery, and The Royal British Society of Sculptors. Esther established two art school galleries, the waiting room, University of Wolverhampton and mirror, London College of Printing at London Institute (now...