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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 Umar Toseeb
Acting Director of Research Professor Emma Marsden
Deputy Head of Faculty Operations Nicky Henson
   
Departmental Roles  
Director, Undergraduate Studies Dr Nathalie Noret
Deputy Director, Undergraduate Studies (Admissions) Dr Daniel McArthur
Deputy Director, Undergraduate Studies (Assessment) Dr Lisa Kim (until May 2024) and Dr Daniel McArthur
Deputy Director, Psychology in Education (Admissions) Sarah Wild
Director of Master's Programmes (Admissions and Assessment) Dr Ursula Lanvers
Director of Master's Programmes (Teaching and Learning) Heather Buchanan
Director of Research Programmes Dr Clementine Beauvais
Director of Initial Teacher Training Professor Claire Ball-Smith
Deputy Director of Initial Teaching Training Catherine Shawyer
Chair, Ethics Committee Dr Cylcia Bolibaugh
Deputy Chair, Ethics Committee Dr Chelsea Sellers
Dr Elpis Pavlidou
Chair, Exceptional Circumstances Affecting Assessment Committee

Dr David O'Reilly

Chair, Board of Examiners Dr Zoe Handley
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 Chelsea Sellers
Departmental Impact Lead Dr Beth Bell
Open Science Lead Dr Cylcia Bolibaugh
Fellowship Lead Alice Hiendl
Departmental Safety Officer Mary Yates
Disability & Welfare Officer tbc
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 Kyereko
Early Career Forum (ECF) Dr Zoe Baker
   
Research Centre Leaders  
Centre for Advanced Studies in Language and Education (CASLE) Professor Danijela Trenkic
Deputy, Centre for Advanced Studies in Language and Education (CASLE) Dr David O'Reilly
Centre for Research on Education and Social Justice (CRESJ)

Professor Liz Thomas

Deputy, Centre for Research on Education and Social Justice (CRESJ)

Dr Anna Bull

Psychology in Education Research Centre (PERC) Dr Umar Toseeb
Deputy, Psychology in Education Research Centre (PERC) Dr Lisa Kim
University of York Science Education Group (UYSEG) Dr Kerry Knox
Deputy, University of York Science Education Group (UYSEG) Dr Naomi Holmes
   
Programme Leaders - Undergraduate  
BA Education (BAE) Dr Eleanor Brown
BA Sociology and Education (BASE) Dr Daniel Kyereko
BSc Psychology in Education Dr Lisa Kim
   
Programme Leaders - Postgraduate  
PhD Applied Linguistics Dr Ursula Lanvers
PhD Education / PhD Education (by distance learning)

Dr Anna Bull

PhD TESOL Dr Irena Kuzborska
PhD Psychology in Education Dr Sebastian Suggate
MA Education Professor Paula Mountford
Deputy, MA Education Dr Mike Wray
MA Social Justice & Education Dr Constantino Dumangane Jr
MA Global Citizenship Education (MAGCE) Dr Anna Bull
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 (MSc MHWE) Dr Mike Wray
MSc Psychology in Education Dr Beth Bell
MSc Environmental Sustainability Education and Communication Dr Lynda Dunlop
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