Our staff
Our staff are able to draw on their academic backgrounds, subject specialisms, research and experiences to ensure you receive support throughout your studies.
Professor Mark Featherstone
Title: Head of School
Phone: +44(0)1782 734179
Email: m.a.featherstone@keele.ac.uk
Location: CBC0.028
Academic staff
Dr Sophie Allen
Philosophy Programme Director and Lecturer in Philosophy
- CBB 2.045
- +44 (0) 1782 733364
- s.r.allen@keele.ac.uk
Dr Santiago Abel Amietta
Lecturer in Criminology
- CBB1.001
- +44 (0) 1782 734064
- s.amietta@keele.ac.uk
Professor Sorin Baiasu
Faculty Postgraduate Research (PGR) Director, Professor of Philosophy
- CBA 2.001
- +44 (0)1782 733591
- s.baiasu@keele.ac.uk
Dr Mathew Barnard
Lecturer in Education
- CBA0.024
- +44 (0) 1782 734231
- m.barnard@keele.ac.uk
Dr Elisabeth Carter
Senior Lecturer in Politics
- CBA 2.003
- +44 (0) 1782 734248
- e.carter@keele.ac.uk
Dr Philip Catney
Senior Lecturer in Politics
Expert in UK Politics, elections, Parliamentary standards, Parliamentary procedure.
- CBA2.028
- +44 (0) 1782 733346
- p.j.j.catney@keele.ac.uk
Professor Mary Corcoran
Deputy Director of the Keele Institute for Social Inclusion, Professor of Criminology
- CBB1.035
- +44 (0) 1782 733104
- m.corcoran@keele.ac.uk
Dr Giuseppina D'Oro
Reader in Philosophy
- CBA2.007
- +44 (0) 1782 733350
- g.d'oro@keele.ac.uk
Dr Ranji Devadason
Lecturer in Sociology
- CBC0.027
- +44 (0) 1782 734901
- r.e.devadason@keele.ac.uk
Professor Brian Doherty
Professor of Political Sociology
- CBA2.015
- +44 (0) 1782 734176
- b.j.a.doherty@keele.ac.uk
Professor Mark Featherstone
Head of School;
Professor of Social and Political Theory
- CBC0.028
- +44 (0) 1782 734179
- m.a.featherstone@keele.ac.uk
Professor Bülent Gökay
Professor of International Relations
- CBA2.002
- +44 (0) 1782 733512
- b.gokay@keele.ac.uk
Dr Clare E Griffiths
Lecturer in Criminology
- CBB1.005
- +44 (0) 1782 733597
- c.e.griffiths@keele.ac.uk
Dr Marit Hammond
Lecturer in Politics
- CBB2.010
- +44 (0) 1782 733214
- m.boeker@keele.ac.uk
Dr Aneta Hayes
Dean of Internationalisation, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, Reader in Education
- CBA 1.059
- +44 (0) 1782 733556
- a.m.hayes@keele.ac.uk
Dr Emma Head
Lecturer in Sociology
- CBC0.012
- +44 (0) 1782 733898
- e.l.head@keele.ac.uk
Dr Jonathan Head
Lecturer in Philosophy
- CBA 2.032
- +44 (0) 1782 7 33515
- j.m.head@keele.ac.uk
Dr Jon Herbert
Senior Lecturer in Politics
- CBB2.027
- +44 (0) 1782 733539
- j.n.herbert@keele.ac.uk
Dr Siobhan Holohan
Senior Lecturer in Sociology
- CBC0.024
- +44 (0) 1782 733932
- s.holohan@keele.ac.uk
Dr John Howlett
Lecturer in Education
- CBC0.026
- +44 (0) 1782 734151
- j.howlett@keele.ac.uk
Dr Peter Jones
Lecturer in Education
- CBA1.063
- +44 (0) 1782 734869
- p.jones2@keele.ac.uk
Dr Stephen H. Jones
Senior Lecturer in Criminology & Sociology
- Chancellor’s Building B 1.019
- s.h.jones1@keele.ac.uk
Dr Leah Koumentaki
- CBB1.008
- +44 (0)1782 734143
- e.koumentaki@keele.ac.uk
Dr Gemma Loomes
Lecturer in Comparative Politics
- CBA1.038
- +44 (0) 1782 734236
- g.loomes@keele.ac.uk
Dr Moran Mandelbaum
Lecturer in International Relations;
On research leave until 15/01/2023
- CBA1.034
- +44 (0) 1782 733513
- m.mandelbaum@keele.ac.uk
Professor Lydia Martens
Professor of Sociology
- CBC0.030
- +44 (0) 1782 734125
- l.d.martens@keele.ac.uk
Dr Monica Mookherjee
Senior Lecturer in Politics
- CBA1.026
- +44 (0) 1782 733213
- m.mookherjee@keele.ac.uk
Dr Jane Parish
Senior Lecturer in Sociology
- CBC0.011
- +44 (0) 1782 734232
- j.a.e.parish@keele.ac.uk
Dr Jon Parker
Senior Lecturer in Politics
Expert in US Politics, the US justice system, US domestic policy, the Presidency, American elections.
- CBB 2.029
- +44 (0) 1782 733547
- j.parker@keele.ac.uk
Professor Helen Parr
Professor of Modern and Contemporary History (International Relations)
- CBA1.025
- +44 (0) 1782 733216
- h.parr@keele.ac.uk
Dr Rebecca Richards
Lecturer in International Relations
- CBB 2.017
- +44 (0) 1782 7 33211
- r.richards@keele.ac.uk
Dr Barry Ryan
Senior Lecturer in International Relations
- CBA 1.036
- +44 (0) 1782 733354
- b.j.ryan@keele.ac.uk
Dr Afshin Shahi
Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer)
Middle East Politics & International Relations
Mr Naveed S Sheikh
Lecturer in International Relations
Expert in International Relations, politics of the Middle East, political violence, terrorism, history of the Middle East, the Cold War.
- CBB 2.019
- +44 (0) 1782 733400
- n.sheikh@keele.ac.uk
Professor James Tartaglia
Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy
- CBB 2.014
- +44 (0) 1782 734315
- j.tartaglia@keele.ac.uk
Professor John Vogler
Professor of International Relations
- CBB2.008
- +44 (0) 1782 733353
- j.vogler@keele.ac.uk
Dr Heidi Wang-Kaeding
Lecturer in International Relations
Expert in How the rise of China is shaping the region/wider world; global environmental governance; economic statecraft in East Asia; and the role of emotions in international politics.
- CBA1.030
- 01782 733217
- h.wang-kaeding@keele.ac.uk
Dr Helen Wells
Senior Lecturer in Criminology
Expert in Mobile phone use while driving, roads policing.
- CBB1.017
- +44 (0) 1782 733748
- h.m.wells@keele.ac.uk
Emeritus Professors
Professor John Bale
Emeritus Professor of Sports Science
- CBA 2.052
- +44 (0)1782 733117
- j.r.bale@keele.ac.uk
Professor Mim Bernard
Professor of Social Gerontology
- CBC0.006
- +44 (0) 1782 734067
- m.bernard@keele.ac.uk
Professor John Horton
Emeritus Professor (Politics)
- CBB 2.024
- +44 (0) 1782 733348
- j.horton@keele.ac.uk
Professor Robert Ladrech
Emeritus Professor of European Politics
Expert in French politics, the EU, European party politics, the politics of climate change.
- CBA1.029
- +44 (0) 1782 734316
- r.ladrech@keele.ac.uk
Professional services staff
David Craddock
Faculty Operations Manager, Research (School of Law & School of Social Sciences)
- CBA 1.052
- d.t.craddock@keele.ac.uk
School of Social Sciences
Chancellor's Building CBA1.017
Keele University
Staffordshire, ST5 5BG
Tel: +44 (0) 1782 734346
Undergraduate and postgraduate enquiries
Tel: +44 (0) 1782 734346
Email: socialsciences.office@keele.ac.uk
