Our people
Our academic staff are leading experts in their respective fields of research with an outstanding reputation for teaching innovation. Along with our in-house legal practitioners, learning development fellows and professional support staff, they provide our students with a first-class legal education in a collegial and supportive environment.
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Academic staff

Dr Emma Allen
Lecturer in Law
- Chancellor's Building, CBC2.005
- e.l.allen1@keele.ac.uk

Sarah Askey
Supervising Solicitor
- Chancellors Building - CBC0.003
- s.e.askey@keele.ac.uk

Dr John Cotter
Senior Lecturer
- Chancellor's Building, CBC0.018
- +44(0)1782 734519
- j.cotter@keele.ac.uk

Dr Stella Coyle
Senior Lecturer
- Chancellors Building, CBC1.028
- +44(0)1782 734512
- s.coyle@keele.ac.uk

Sonja Dale
Supervising Solicitor
- Chancellor's Building, CBC0.003
- s.dale1@keele.ac.uk

Dr Bleddyn Davies
Head of the School of Law
- Chancellor's Building, CBC1.004
- b.r.davies@keele.ac.uk
Mark Davys
Senior Lecturer
- Chancellor's Building, CBC1.009
- +44(0)1782 733224
- m.a.davys@keele.ac.uk
Dr Fabienne Emmerich
Senior Lecturer
- Chancellor's Building, CBC2.019
- +44(0)1782 733139
- f.emmerich@keele.ac.uk

Dr Elizabeth Faulkner
Lecturer
Director of CCLP
- Chancellor's Building, CBC
- e.a.faulkner@keele.ac.uk

Martha Gayoye
Lecturer In Law
- Chancellor's Building
- m.m.gayoye@keele.ac.uk

Professor Michael Haley
Professor of Property Law
- Chancellor's Building, CBC1.006
- +44(0)1782 733223
- m.a.haley@keele.ac.uk

Dr Laura Higson-Bliss
Lecturer
Expert in Social media and the law, how criminal law is used to prosecute inappropriate behaviour online, social media abuse.
- Chancellor's Building, CBC 2.015
- l.a.higson-bliss@keele.ac.uk
Dr Jonathan Hughes
Senior Lecturer
- Chancellor's Building, CBC2.004
- +44(0)1782 734078
- j.a.hughes@keele.ac.uk

Dr Jane Krishnadas
Senior Lecturer
Expert in Legal aid, family law, justice system, protection for women in the law, supporting vulnerable communities.
- Chancellor's Building, CBC1.026
- +44(0)1782 733160
- j.h.krishnadas@keele.ac.uk

Eve Lakin
Lecturer in Law
- Chancellor's Building, CBC0.007
- e.e.lakin@keele.ac.uk

Boyd Morwood
Legal Advice Clinic Solicitor/Barrister
- Chancellors Building, CBC
- j.t.b.morwood@keele.ac.uk

Professor Yossi Nehushtan
Professor of Law and Philosophy
- Chancellor's Building, CBC2.004B
- +44(0)1782 733862
- y.nehushtan@keele.ac.uk

Dr Abigail Pearson
Lecturer
Expert in Disability law, accessibility law, human rights.
- Chancellor's Building, CBC0.006
- +44(0)1782 733222
- a.v.pearson@keele.ac.uk

Dr Mario Prost
Senior Lecturer
- Chancellor's Building, CBC2.027
- +44(0)1782 733097
- m.prost@keele.ac.uk

Dr Laura Pritchard-Jones
Deputy Head of the School of Law
- Chancellor's Building, CBC1.033
- +44(0)1782 733861
- l.g.pritchard-jones@keele.ac.uk

Dr Forough Ramezankhah
Lecturer
Expert in Refugee law, asylum seeker law, human rights, modern slavery.
- Chancellor's Building, CBC2.009
- +44(0)1782 734515
- f.ramezankhah@keele.ac.uk

Dr Angelica Paiva Rutherford
Lecturer in Law, Programme Director LLM in International Law
- Chancellor's Building, CBC 1.014
- a.rutherford1@keele.ac.uk

Kevin Sabbata
Lecturer in Law
- Chancellor’s Building, CBC2.025
- k.de.sabbata@keele.ac.uk

Dr Sotirios Santatzoglou
Lecturer
- Chancellor's Building, CBC2.006
- +44(0)1782 734216
- s.santatzoglou@keele.ac.uk

Dr Ezgi Taşcıoğlu
Senior Lecturer
- Chancellor's Building, CBC2.017
- +44(0)1782 733860
- e.e.tascioglu@keele.ac.uk

Professor Anthony Wrigley
Professor of Ethics
- Chancellor’s Building, CBC2.013
- +44(0)1782 733143
- a.wrigley@keele.ac.uk
Honorary positions

Professor Anthony Bradney
Emeritus Professor of Law
- Chancellor's Building, CBC2.022
- +44(0)1782 733018
- a.bradney@keele.ac.uk
Professor Fiona Cownie
Professor of Law Emerita
- Chancellor's Building, CBC2.026
- +44(0)1782 734130
- f.cownie@keele.ac.uk
Research students

Zaid Alkhurainej
PhD Candidate
- Chancellor’s Building
- n.s.alkhurainej@keele.ac.uk

Jess Antrobus
PhD Candidate
- Chancellor’s Building
- j.antrobus@keele.ac.uk

Yaqoub Buabbas
PhD Candidate
- Chancellor's Building
- y.s.buabbas@keele.ac.uk

Jason Dillon
PhD Candidate
- Chancellor’s Building
- j.c.dillion@keele.ac.uk

Debbie Foss
PhD Candidate
- Chancellor's Building
- d.h.foss@keele.ac.uk

Lily Hutton
PhD Candidate
- Chancellor’s Building
- l.m.hutton@keele.ac.uk

Jay Kirkham
PhD Candidate
- Chancellor’s Building, CBA2.034
- j.kirkham3@keele.ac.uk

Helena Kitto
PhD Candidate
- Chancellor's Building
- h.kitto@keele.ac.uk

Andrew Mackay-Astley
PhD Candidate
- Chancellor’s Building
- a.m.mackay-astley@keele.ac.uk

Marieanne Oludhe
PhD Candidate
- Chancellor's Building
- m.l.o.oludhe@keele.ac.uk

Mina Okwara Shokoya-Eleshin
PhD Candidate
- Chancellor’s Building
- m.okwara@keele.ac.uk

Kerry Ramsbotham
PhD Candidate
- Chancellor's Building
- k.ramsbotham@keele.ac.uk

Louisa Street
PhD Candidate
- Chancellor’s Building
- l.a.street@keele.ac.uk

Sophia Hayat Taha
PhD Candidate in Law and International Relations
- Chancellor's Building, CBA2.030
- s.h.taha@keele.ac.uk
Professional support staff

David Craddock
Faculty Operations Manager, Research (School of Law & School of Social Sciences)
- CBA 1.052
- d.t.craddock@keele.ac.uk

Rebecca Dennis-Benn
Legal Advice Clinic Co-ordinator
- Chancellor's Building, CBC1.012
- +44 (0)1782 733229
- legal-advice-clinic@keele.ac.uk
School of Law
Keele University
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