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Leadership team in the School of Arts and Creative Technologies

Lead

Professor Tom Cantrell

Head of School

Professor in Theatre

Discipline: Theatre, film, television and interactive media

Research interests:

Modern British drama, political theatre, documentary and verbatim theatre, acting technique and training, voice and the actor, screen performance.

Members

Dr Anna Bramwell-Dicks

Subject Head of Creative Technologies

Senior Lecturer in Interactive Media

Discipline: Theatre, film, television and interactive media

Research interests:

The main driving force behind my research is the belief that technology, media and music all have an important role to play in society, particularly for improving health, wellbeing and access. I am also extremely fascinated by the power of music to affect how people feel.

Professor Martin Suckling

Deputy Head of School

Subject Head of Music

Discipline: Music

Research interests:

Composition, Performance: spectral and microtonal music; live electronics; orchestration.

Emma Hague

Finance Business Partner

Dr Karen Quigley

Subject Head of Theatre

Senior Lecturer

Discipline: Theatre, film, television and interactive media

Research interests:

Critical approaches to staging and unstageability; contemporary performance practice in the UK and Ireland; voice and music in contemporary theatre; autoethnographic approaches to writing about performance; pedagogies of theatre and performance in higher education.

Matt Brannan

Subject Head of Film & Television

Senior Lecturer in Film & Television Production (Cinematography)

Discipline: Theatre, film, television and interactive media

Research interests:

Film and television production teaching for single camera location and multi-camera studio work. Covering production methods, skills, techniques and technologies; specialising in cameras, lighting and grip equipment related to feature film, drama, documentary, music promos/commercials, multi-camera studio production and outside broadcast.

Dr Marta Herrero

Subject Head of Creative Industries Management

Reader

Discipline: Theatre, film, television and interactive media

Research interests:

Nonprofit management and fundraising; interactive media and AI;  art market studies; history of fundraising in London's art market (mid 19th c. /early 20th c.)

Professor Lisa Peschel

Professor in Theatre

Chair of Research & Practice

Discipline: Theatre, film, television and interactive media

Research interests:

Theatrical performance in the World War II Jewish ghetto at Terezín/Theresienstadt, modern Czech theatre, theories of affect, identity and subjectivity, playwriting, translation and adaptation for the stage.

Mr Sanjit Samaddar

Lecturer in Interactive Media

Chair of Board of Studies

Discipline: Theatre, film, television and interactive media

Research interests:

Human-robot interaction, human-computer interaction, interaction design, user-centred design and evaluation methods. Quantitative and qualitative research methods. Acceptance and use of technology by older people. Accessibility, including AI and robotics to help age at home. Universal Design for (e)learning.

Dr Elizabeth Haddon

Reader

Co-Chair of EDI & Staff Development

Discipline: Music

Research interests:

Music Education: teaching; learning; performance.

Dr Pete Dale

Lecturer

Co-Chair of EDI & Staff Development

Discipline: Music

Research interests:

Music Education, Contemporary Popular Musics, DJ Education, Punk and Indie Musics, Music Technology

Dr Daniel March

Senior Lecturer in Music

Chair of Postgraduate Research

Discipline: Music

Research interests:

  • Musical Analysis of 20th Century and Contemporary Music
  • Louis Andriessen, György Ligeti

Dr Debbie Maxwell

Senior Lecturer in Interactive Media - UX Design

Chair of Partnerships & Engagement

Discipline: Theatre, film, television and interactive media

Research interests:

Interactive media; user experience; traditional storytelling; knowledge exchange; codesign; ethnography; design methods; community engagement.

Erik Olafsen

Technical Facilities Manager