Key Department Roles

Role	Name
Departmental Management Team (DMT)
Co-Heads of Department	Professor Kathryn Asbury Professor Vanita Sundaram
Deputy Head of Department	Dr Jeremy Airey
Chair, Board of Studies	Dr Nathalie Noret
Directors of Research	Professor Leah Roberts and Dr Lynda Dunlop
Head of Faculty Operations	Marysia Koc

Departmental Roles
UG Psychology in Education Pathway Director	Dr Laura Fox and Dr Cameron Downing
UG Education Pathway Directors	Dr Eleanor Brown and Dr Amanda Naylor
UG Deputy Pathway Directors (theme lead for Careers & Employability)	Dr Daniel McArthur and Sarah Wild
PGT Education Pathway Director MA Comparative Education and International Development MA Education MA Social Justice and Education MSc Environmental Sustainability Education and Communication MA Education with Leadership and Management new September 2026	Dr Anna Bull
PGT Deputy Education Pathway Director (theme lead for Reducing the Awarding Gap)	Dr Reva Yunus
PGT Language Education Pathway Director MA Artificial Intelligence and Technology-Enhanced Learning MA Applied Linguistics for Language Teaching MA Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages	Dr Heather Buchanan
PGT Deputy Language Education Pathway Director (theme lead for International Students)	Dr Khaled El Ebyary
PGT Psychology in Education Pathway Director MSc Mental Health and Wellbeing in Education MSc Psychology in Education MA Education (Mental Health and Wellbeing) - new September 2026	Dr Beth Bell
PGT Deputy Psychology in Education Pathway Director (theme lead for Student Community)	Jessie Shepherd
PGR Pathway Director	Dr Clementine Beauvais
PGR Deputy Pathway Director (Staff Community & CPD)	Dr Jelena O'Reilly
Director of Initial Teacher Training	Professor Claire Ball-Smith
Director of Primary PGCE	Dr Emma Clarke
Chair, Ethics Committee	Dr Elpis Pavlidou
Deputy Chair, Ethics Committee	Dr Chelsea Sellers Dr Emma Clarke
ECA Officer (Exceptional Circumstances affecting Assessment)	to be confirmed
Chair, Board of Examiners	Dr David O'Reilly
Chair, Scholarship Forum	Dr Chelsea Sellers
Visiting Student Co-ordinator	Dr Daniel Kyereko
Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) Co-ordinator	Dr Chelsea Sellers
Departmental Impact Lead	Dr Beth Bell
Open Science Lead	Dr Cylcia Bolibaugh
Fellowship Lead	Alice Hiendl
Department Safety Advisor	Jenne Roantree-Cham
Deputy Department Safety Advisor	Leanne Spencer
Disability & Welfare Officer	Dr Mike Wray
Equality & Diversity Champion	Dr Jeremy Airey
PhD Training Workshop Co-ordinator	Dr Cylcia Bolibaugh
Social Media	Staff Admin Team - educ663@york.ac.uk
Academic e-Learning Co-ordinator	Dr Daniel Kyereko
Early Career Forum (ECF)	Astrid Bowen and Kayleigh Doyle

Research Centre Leaders
Centre for Advanced Studies in Language and Education (CASLE)	Dr Cylcia Bolibaugh and Professor Jan Hardman
Deputy, Centre for Advanced Studies in Language and Education (CASLE)	Dr David O'Reilly
Centre for Research on Education and Social Justice (CRESJ)	Dr Eleanor Brown (interim 1st September 2026 to 1st February 2027)
Deputy, Centre for Research on Education and Social Justice (CRESJ)	to be confirmed
Psychology in Education Research Centre (PERC)	Dr Dusana Dorjee
Deputy, Psychology in Education Research Centre (PERC)	to be confirmed
University of York Science Education Group (UYSEG)	Dr Naomi Holmes
Deputy, University of York Science Education Group (UYSEG)	to be confirmed

PGCE Subject Area Leaders
English	Nicola Towle
Geography	Georgia Ramsay
History	Daniel Nuttall
Mathematics	Helen Granger
Modern Foreign Languages	Mirjam Buehler
Science	Simon Quinnell and Leanne Mason
Whole School Issues (WSI)	Professor Claire Ball-Smith
Schools Partnership Facilitator	Victoria Allen