Members of staff

Dr Yemisi Akinbobola

Senior Lecturer

Yemisi holds a PhD in Media and Cultural Studies from Birmingham City University. She is a senior lecturer and Research Degrees Coordinator for the Birmingham Centre for Media and Cultural Research . Her research interests are in African Feminism(s) and media in Africa, particularly the intersections of Women's Rights and...

Dr Anthony Armstrong

Director of PGR Degrees in Education and Social Work

Tony's teaching and supervision commitments are undertaken at doctoral level which involves our EdD and PhD provision. He also teaches at Level 7 on the PG Certificate in Research Practice which is offered to doctoral candidates in the early stages of their research work. Tony worked for many years in the area of Initial...

Dr. Hazel Collie

Course Leader - Media and Communication

Hazel Collie completed her PhD “Television for Women: Generation, Gender and the Everyday” at De Montfort University in 2014. Her doctoral research was undertaken as part of the AHRC funded project “A History of Television for Women in Britain, 1947-1989”. Hazel’s PhD thesis considered the role of television in the lives of...

Dr Gemma Commane

Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication, MA Cultural Studies

Dr Gemma Commane is a Senior Lecturer in Media and Communications. Broadly the areas of her expertise span the fields of media and cultural studies and gender and sexuality. Her research interests focus on contemporary cultural studies, gender and sexuality, queer studies, sexual economies and entrepreneurship, dangerous...

Dr Fadia Dakka

Senior Research Fellow in Education

Dr. Fadia Dakka studied International Relations (BA, MA) at Bologna University (Italy) and King’s College London (MA) before obtaining a Doctorate in Social Sciences from the School for Policy Studies at the University of Bristol, where she taught and guest lectured on Social Policy and Education before moving to Birmingham...

Ravi Deepres

Professor of Moving Image and Photography

Award winning artist, photographer and film maker with an international reputation for focusing on the intersection of the still and moving image. Influences of identity, psychology, social conditioning, historical archives, and scientific cosmological research constantly feed his practice. Expressed through conceptual...

Dr Kirsten Forkert

Professor of Cultural Studies and Associate Director, Birmingham Media and Cultural Research

Kirsten Forkert is an interdisciplinary researcher, teacher and activist. She sees teaching as a space for students connect with what they feel passionate about, explore their intellectual curiosity and creativity, and to reflect on the power relations at play within the current political moment. Her research focuses on...

Dr Amanda French

Reader

Amanda has worked in higher, further, adult education and the voluntary sector for 30 years as a lecturer, writing developer and researcher and is currently employed as Reader in Teaching and learning at Birmingham City University. Her PhD in Education: '"Through a glass darkly”: Lecturers perceptions of Academic Writing’:...

Dr Jonathan Gadsby

Senior Lecturer

Jonathan Gadsby qualified as a mental health nurse in 2001. He has worked in a variety of in-patient and community settings. He has a Masters in Philosophy and Ethics of Mental Health, post-graduate certificates in Research and in Education, and a PhD in the politics of mental health and voice-hearing. He is a founder member of...

Jason Huxtable

Percussion Tutor (Solo, Ensemble and Pedagogy)

Jason studied at Birmingham Conservatoire. He graduated with first class honours, an advanced postgraduate diploma with distinction, numerous prizes and became an Honorary member of the institution in 2014. As a Visiting Tutor, he contributes to the department in the areas of solo percussion, percussion ensemble, community...