Key Department Roles

Role	Name
Departmental Management Team (DMT)
Head of Department	Professor Paul Wakeling
Deputy Head of Department	Professor Vanita Sundaram
Chair, Board of Studies	Dr Umar Toseeb
Director of Research	Professor Sophie von Stumm
Deputy Head of Faculty Operations	Nicky Henson

Departmental Roles
Deputy Chair, Board of Studies	Helen Granger
Director, Undergraduate Studies	Dr Sally Hancock
Deputy Director, Undergraduate Studies (Admissions)	Dr Daniel McArthur
Deputy Director, Undergraduate Studies (Assessment)	Dr Lisa Kim
Deputy Director, Psychology in Education (Admissions)	Sarah Wild
Director of Master's Programmes (Admissions and Assessment)	Dr Zoe Handley
Director of Master's Programmes (Teaching and Learning)	Heather Buchanan
Director of Research Programmes	Dr Ursula Lanvers
Director of Initial Teacher Training	Professor Claire Ball-Smith
Deputy Director of Initial Teaching Training	Catherine Shawyer
Chair, Ethics Committee	Dr Louise Tracey
Deputy Chair, Ethics Committee	Dr Chelsea Sellers Dr Elpis Pavlidou
Chair, Exceptional Circumstances Affecting Assessment Committee	Dr Bimali Indrarathne
Chair, Board of Examiners	Dr Jeremy Airey
Chair, Scholarship Forum	Dr Amanda Naylor
Careers & Employability Officer	Dr Nadia Jessop
Visiting Student Co-ordinator	Dr Daniel Kyereko
Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) Co-ordinator	Dr Jelena O'Reilly
Departmental Impact Lead	Dr Beth Bell
Open Science Lead	Dr Cylcia Bolibaugh
Fellowship Lead	Alice Hiendl
Departmental Safety Officer	Mary Yates
Disability & Welfare Officer	Dr Erin Dysart
Equality & Diversity Champion	Professor Vanita Sundaram
PhD Training Workshop Co-ordinator	Dr Louise Tracey
Social Media	Alice Hiendl (research) Sarah Moir (student/teaching) Paisley Bryce (student/teaching)
Academic e-Learning Co-ordinator	Dr Daniel McArthur
Early Career Forum (ECF)	Dr Guilia Bovolenta

Research Centre Leaders
Centre for Research in Language Learning & Use (CReLLU)	Professor Danijela Trenkic
Deputy, Centre for Research in Language Learning & Use (CReLLU)	Dr Bimali Indrarathne
Centre for Research on Education and Social Justice (CRESJ)	Professor Vanita Sundaram
Psychology in Education Research Centre (PERC)	Professor Rob Klassen
University of York Science Education Group (UYSEG)	Professor Judith Bennett

Programme Leaders - Undergraduate
BA Education (BAE)	Dr Eleanor Brown
BA English in Education (BAEE)	Dr Amanda Naylor
BA Sociology and Education (BASE)	Dr Reva Yunus
BSc Psychology in Education	Dr Nathalie Noret

Programme Leaders - Postgraduate
PhD Applied Linguistics	Dr Ursula Lanvers
PhD Education / PhD Education (by distance learning)	Dr Sally Hancock
PhD TESOL	Dr Irena Kuzborska
PhD Psychology in Education	Dr Sebastian Suggate
MA Education	Professor Paula Mountford
Deputy, MA Education	Dr Chelsea Sellers
MA Global and International Citizenship Education (MAGICE)	Dr Anna Bull
MA Social Justice & Education	Dr Constantino Dumangane Jr
MA Applied Linguistics for English Language Teaching (MAALELT)	Professor Danijela Trenkic
MA Applied Linguistics for Language Teaching (MAALLT)	Professor Danijela Trenkic
MA Teaching English to Speakers of other Languages (TESOL)	Dr Khaled El Ebyary
MSc Mental Health and Wellbeing in Education	Dr Dusana Dorjee
MSc Psychology in Education	Dr Beth Bell
PGCE, Initial Teacher Training	Professor Claire Ball-Smith

PGCE Subject Area Leaders
English	Catherine Shawyer
Geography	Georgia Ramsay
History	Helen Snelson
Mathematics	Helen Granger
Modern Foreign Languages	Mirjam Buehler
Science	Simon Quinnell / Leanne Mason
Whole School Issues (WSI)	Professor Claire Ball-Smith
Schools Partnership Facilitator	Victoria Allen Caroline Capper