Our People
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Professor Craig Jackson
Professor of Occupational Health Psychology
As Professor of Occupational Health Psychology, Craig Jackson is interested in the effect of workplaces and working on people’s health and psychological wellbeing.
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Vanessa Jackson
Associate Professor and Deputy Head of the College of English and Media (interim)
Vanessa Jackson is a former BBC series producer and now an associate professor in the College of Media and English at Birmingham City University. She teaches television production as well as working on employability activities and external partnerships. She completed her PhD in television historiography under the supervision...
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Dr Colette Jeffrey
Associate Professor of Wayfinding & Inclusive Design
Dr Colette Jeffrey is an Associate Professor of Wayfinding and Inclusive Design at Birmingham City University where she teaches wayfinding and graphic design on the BA(Hons) Graphic Design course, supervises PhDs, and researches real-world wayfinding behaviour. Her PhD investigated why people get lost in buildings and the...
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Dr Catharine Jenkins
Reader in Dementia Care
Catharine’s teaching responsibilities are focused around the care of older people with mental health problems and her main area of expertise is dementia care. She also teaches on diversity issues and transcultural mental health nursing. Catharine is interested in creative approaches to active learning for nurse education...
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Professor Jiehong Jiang
Head of Research
Professor Jiang Jiehong is Head of Research (Art), Director of the Centre for Chinese Visual Arts, Birmingham City University, and he is also Principal Editor of the Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art (Intellect). Jiang has extensive research and curatorial experiences in contemporary art and visual culture. Jiang...
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Dr Les Johnson
Visiting Research Fellow and Convenor of Black Popular Culture Research Group
Dr Les Johnson gained his PhD from Birmingham City University for his research in black popular culture, new media and design. He uses new media design processes and practice to explore and archive black music phenomena developing new research with colleagues for example in: jazz, reggae, hip-hop, blues, gospel, new forms and...
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Dr Edward Johnson
Visiting Fellow
Edward Johnson, a reader in public policy, has written extensively on British foreign policy and on the role of the UN in international affairs. He has taught at Birmingham City University for more than 25 years in the fields of politics and, most recently, security studies.
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Dr Sarahjane Jones
Deputy Director of C-SCHaRR / Senior Research Fellow
A medical scientist by undergraduate training, Sarahjane is now a health services researcher with a particular interest in quality and safety and the utilisation of routinely collected data for healthcare improvement. Sarahjane is a senior research fellow and deputy director of the Centre for Social Care, Health and...
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Dr Eleni Kanira
Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Education Studies
Eleni Kanira is a PhD graduate of the University of Warwick and a Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Education at Birmingham City University. She trained and worked as an Early Years teacher, co-ordinator and consultant in various Primary schools and Early Years centres and as a drama teacher in schools and Theatre spaces. ...
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Ms Bernie Keenan
Senior Lecturer
Bernie Keenan is a Senior Lecturer at Birmingham City University where she has been the Programme Lead for the PG Cert Long Term Conditions, the Safeguarding Lead for nursing, and is a founding member of the Older People’s Practice Development Unit. Bernie’s extensive clinical background has included both neuro-medicine and...