Academic staff

Staff member	Research interests
Professor Ellen Annandale Professor Director of Impact +44 (0)1904 32 4561 ellen.annandale@york.ac.uk	Sociology of health and illness Sociology of gender
Professor Karl Atkin Professor Director of REF +44 (0)1904 32 1355 karl.atkin@york.ac.uk	Sociology of health and illness Sociology of disability
Dr Víctor Ávila Torres Lecturer +44 (0)1904 32 2638 victor.avilatorres@york.ac.uk	Digital media Culture and technology Music consumption Media studies
Dr Kath Bassett Lecturer Programme Lead for MA/MSc Social Media Programmes +44 (0) 749 867 3281 kath.bassett@york.ac.uk	Mobile Digital Technologies & Locative Media Platforms Mobilities, Cities, Cultural Heritage & Touristic Development Algorithmic Governance & Inequalities Emotions, Affect & The Proliferation of the Psy Disciplines ANT, Foucauldian & New Materialist Feminist Theories Qualitative, Ethnographic & Digital Methods
Dr Eliran Bar-El Lecturer eliran.bar-el@york.ac.uk	Social Theory Cultural Sociology Sociology of Intellectual Interventions
Professor David Beer Professor +44 (0)1904 32 3049 david.beer@york.ac.uk	Culture Media and New Media Social and Cultural theory Digital methods
Dr Siân Beynon-Jones Senior Lecturer +44 (0)1904 32 3064 sian.beynon-jones@york.ac.uk	Politics of expertise concerning reproductive and other new life science technologies The construction of human/non-human boundaries The sociological study of the healthcare profession Feminist theory
Dr Monish Bhatia Lecturer monish.bhatia@york.ac.uk
Dr Baptiste Brossard Lecturer Examinations Officer +44 (0)1904 32 8756 baptiste.brossard@york.ac.uk	Sociology of mental health Qualitative methods Microsociology Historical sociology
Professor Nik Brown Professor Head of Department +44 (0)1904 32 4741 nik.brown@york.ac.uk	Sociology of health Regulation of bioscience Classical/contemporary social theory
Dr Rachael Burns Associate Lecturer +44 (0)1904 32 2632 rachael.burns@york.ac.uk	Memory and memorialisation Norbert Elias and Hannah Arendt Holocaust denial Violence Architecture and prisons The history of crime and punishment, death and sequestration
Dr Christina Buse Lecturer +44 (0)1904 32 3046 christina.buse@york.ac.uk	Embodiment Ageing Dementia Material culture and technology
Dr Emma Casey Senior Lecturer Exceptional Circumstances Chair emma.casey@york.ac.uk	Social and cultural history of consumption Gambling Sociological studies of domestic life and experiences
Dr Jennifer Chubb Lecturer +44 (0)1904 32 2163 jennifer.chubb@york.ac.uk	AI, Algorithms & Digital Society Futures, Narratives & Imaginaries Ethics & Responsible Innovation Science & Technology Studies (STS) Science Communication & Policy Education, Music and Health
Dr Edmund Coleman-Fountain Lecturer edmund.coleman-fountain@york.ac.uk	Disability, genders and sexualities
Dr James Cummings Lecturer james.cummings@york.ac.uk	Gender, sexuality and identity
Dr Silvia Falcetta Associate Lecturer +44 (0)1904 32 4737 silvia.falcetta@york.ac.uk	Human rights and sexual minorities The role of Judicial Interpretation in human rights law The ECHR system Law and sexual orientation Feminist jurisprudence
Dr Peter Gardner Lecturer +44 (0)1904 32 6876 peter.gardner@york.ac.uk	Ethnic and racial studies Language and identity politics War, conflict, violence and peace-building Postconflict societies Contentious politics Race, racism and postcoloniality
Dr Patricia Hamilton Lecturer +44 (0)1904 32 2593 patricia.hamilton@york.ac.uk	Black feminist theory Parenting, motherhood, fatherhood, families Assisted reproductive technologies and their intersection with race Neoliberal state policies related to pregnancy, childbirth, parenting leave and childcare Black feminist research methodologies
Dr Clare Jackson Senior Lecturer Employability and Careers Officer +44 (0)1904 32 3579 clare.jackson@york.ac.uk	Conversation analysis Healthcare interactions Pregnancy and birth Gender
Dr Benjamin Jacobsen Lecturer +44(0)7810726203 benjamin.jacobsen@york.ac.uk	Memory Social media Data and machine learning Social Theory
Dr Mary Laing Lecturer mary.laing@york.ac.uk	Non-heteronormative and queer sex work Sex work and technologies Academic experiences of researching the sex industry Safety and violence Participatory methods Human rights
Dr Jiaxun Li Associate lecturer jiaxun.li@york.ac.uk	Science & Technology Studies Social Media Studies
Dr Daryl Martin Senior Lecturer +44 (0)1904 32 2633 daryl.martin@york.ac.uk	Architectural theory Cultural Geography Social and cultural theory Urban Studies
Dr Haley McAvay Lecturer Deputy Head of Department (Staffing and Workload) +44 (0)1904 322635 haley.mcavay@york.ac.uk	Migration Residential segregation Race/ethnicity and discrimination using quantitative methods
Dr Cynthia Meersohn Schmidt Associate Lecturer +44 (0)1904 32 8671 cynthia.meersohn@york.ac.uk	Research Methods and Research Design Modern and Contemporary Sociological Theory Sociology of Health and Illness Sociology of Gender and Sexuality Ageing and the Lifecourse Social Change Social Anthropology
Dr Gareth Millington Reader +44 (0)1904 32 3058 gareth.millington@york.ac.uk	Urban Studies Urban Cultures Race, Racism and Migration Memory and the City
Dr Emily Nicholls Lecturer emily.nicholls@york.ac.uk	Gender and identity Femininities Consumption and the Night Time Economy Alcohol and sobriety
Dr Raphaël Nowak Lecturer raphael.nowak@york.ac.uk	Culture Music consumption Digital technologies Materiality Popular culture heritage
Dr Tom O'Brien Senior Lecturer +44 (0)1904 32 3048 t.obrien@york.ac.uk	Environmental Sociology Democratisation Social Movements Political Leadership
Professor Ruth Penfold-Mounce Professor Deputy Head of Department (Teaching, Learning and Assessment) +44 (0)1904 32 3045 ruth.penfold-mounce@york.ac.uk	Death Studies Popular Culture and Celebrity Cultural Criminology Pedagogy (the method and practice of teaching)
Dr Darren Reed Senior Lecturer +44 (0)1904 32 3047 darren.reed@york.ac.uk	Human-computer interaction Health, urban transport and intelligent communication systems Social informatics
Dr Amanda Rees Reader +44 (0)1904 32 3054 amanda.rees@york.ac.uk	Social theory Sociology of science Popular understanding of science History of primatology
Dr Daniel Robins Associate Lecturer +44 (0)1904 32 3805 daniel.robins@york.ac.uk	Environmental Sociology & Criminology Science & Technology Studies Death Studies
Dr Carol Robinson Lecturer Equalities, Diversity and Inclusion Group Chair +44 (0)1904 323059 carol.robinson@york.ac.uk	Criminology Prisons and penology Scholarship of teaching and learning
Dr Katy Sian Senior Lecturer +44 (0)1904 32 4738 katy.sian@york.ac.uk	Racisim and ethnicity studies De/post-coloniality Migration and disporia Inter-ethnic relations Sikh studies Islamophobia and the war on terror
Mr Steven Spencer Associate Lecturer DACS Academic Skills Adviser for the Department of Sociology +44 (0)1904 32 3121 steven.spencer@york.ac.uk	Supporting MSC/MA Social media taught postgraduates to develop academic and communication skills within their degree programmes.
Dr Sarah Stopforth Lecturer +44 (0)1904 32 2786 sarah.stopforth@york.ac.uk	Quantitative research methods Longitudinal data analysis Social stratification Sociology of education
Dr Anna Strhan Reader +44 (0)1904 32 3040 anna.strhan@york.ac.uk	Sociology of religion Sociology of morality Education, religion, and citizenship Non-religion, secularity, and secularism
Professor Merran Toerien Professor Director of Research Director of the Centre for Advanced Studies in Language & Communication (CASLC) +44 (0)1904 32 3061 merran.toerien@york.ac.uk	Conversation analysis Institutional discourse Health professional-patient interaction Intervening with conversation analysis Qualitative methodology
Dr Richard Tutton Senior Lecturer Learning and Teaching Committee Chair +44 (0)1904 32 2639 richard.tutton@york.ac.uk	Science and Technology Studies Sociology of the Future Sociology of Health and Illness
Dr Dilvin Usta Associate Lecturer dilvin.usta@york.ac.uk	Intimacy and personal lives Sexuality and gender Migration practices Cultural change and conflict
Professor Robin Wooffitt Professor Recruitment and Admissions Tutor +44 (0)1904 32 3063 robin.wooffitt@york.ac.uk	Language and social interaction The relationship between language and anomalous experience Reports of mental states in social interaction