PhD profiles
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Jacob Koster
Doctoral researcher
Jacob is a postgraduate researcher at the Birmingham School of Art, where he holds a STEAMhouse studentship. His research focuses on the historical relation between art and critique, using this as a lens to investigate the recent explosion in activist art practices. Jacob holds an MA in Philosophy from the University of York...
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Angela Kumah
Doctoral researcher
With a background in clinical psychology, Angela has had the chance to work as a community support worker with a psychiatric hospital and in juvenile, drug and alcohol rehabilitation in her home country of Ghana. She has also had the opportunity to work in a palliative care unit with patients with Motor Neuron disease and...
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Samia La Virgne
Doctoral researcher
Originally from California, Samia La Virgne is a black actress, director and theatre arts practitioner with a B.A. in Theatre Studies and M.F.A. in Acting. She is interested in the improvement of the representation of marginalized groups in the performing arts industry, especially black actresses.
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Yinglong Li
Doctoral researcher
Yinglong is a practitioner and researcher in craft and design discipline. He completed his bachelor and masters degrees in Academy of Arts and Design, Tsinghua University from 2007 to 2014. Through these courses Yinglong learned different kinds of traditional metal crafts and digital technologies in jewellery design...
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Yifeng LIAO
Doctoral Researcher
Yifeng received his Bachelor’s degree in business from the University of Exeter in 2016 and completed a Master’s degree in Interior, Architecture and Design in 2019. He also worked as an interior designer and had experience in hospitality sector.
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Carson Lloyd
Doctoral Researcher
Carson is a dual national of both the United States of America and the United Kingdom with an interest in both jurisdictions. Carson holds a First-Class LLB (Honours) with a specialisation in American Legal Studies. She was awarded the Aspiring Researcher Bursary Award and obtained a distinction in her LLM Legal Practice. She...
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Haitham Mahmoud
Doctoral researcher
Haitham is a Marie Curie early stage researcher and a PhD student in School of Engineering at Birmingham City University. He received his Master’s degree in communications from the Arab Academy for Science and Technology (AAST).
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Jimena Maldonado Álvarez
Doctoral researcher
Jimena's research will focus on how the elements of both aural and visual can be combined, how they interact and influence each other, and the implications of these combinations within the process of constructing of a piece.
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Dr Hannah Malpass
Lecturer in Primary Education and Community Studies
Hannah is a qualified primary school teacher, specialising in Early Years. She graduated from Birmingham City University in 2014, having completed the BA (Hons) in Primary Education with QTS. She has also taught in a smaller school in Worcestershire, where she gained experience teaching in Key Stage One. Hannah has also taught...
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Natalie Mason
Doctoral researcher
Natalie's work as a Creative Music Facilitator in Cape Town was particularly significant to her development as a practitioner of international and intercultural music-making. In 2015 she established a creative partnership with Friction Arts in Birmingham to develop a new ethnomusicologically-informed music education project.