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The Department's Academic staff are listed below, along with the Professional Support Services staff.

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Academic staff

	Staff	Role	Interests
	Dr Kate Baxter A/B/009 +44 (0)1904 32 1966 kate.baxter@york.ac.uk	Senior Research Fellow	People who pay for their social care (self-funders) Social care in later life Service improvement and innovation
	Professor Bryony Beresford A/B/110 +44 (0)1904 32 1960 bryony.beresford@york.ac.uk	Co-Director of SPRU	Disabled or chronically ill children and adolescents and their families Service provision and multi-agency working Developing methodologies for research with children Children's experiences of illness and disability
	Professor Yvonne Birks A/B/001a +44 (0)1904 32 1328 yvonne.birks@york.ac.uk	Associate Dean (Research) Faculty of Social Sciences Deputy Director NIHR School for Social Care Research Co-Director of SPRU	Adult social care Funding of Adult social care Dementia
	Dr Joanne Bretherton A/B/114 +44 (0)1904 32 1478 joanne.bretherton@york.ac.uk	Research Fellow	Homelessness and housing exclusion Social enterprise service models Service evaluation
‌	Dr Kate Brown A/C/111 +44 (0)1904 32 1241 kate.brown@york.ac.uk	Senior Lecturer Programme Leader Social and Public Policy and Social Research Chair of the Board of Studies (Criminology)	Vulnerable young people The concept of 'vulnerability' The sex industry
	Dr Kevin Caraher A/B/126 +44 (0)1904 32 1296 kevin.caraher@york.ac.uk	Lecturer Programme Director (Online MA Social and Public Policy) PGT Social Policy Admissions	Labour markets, self-employment and welfare reform Comparative social policy Political economy of welfare states
	Dr Beth Casey A/C/115 +44 (0)1904 32 1264 beth.casey@york.ac.uk	Research Associate	Social work and child neglect Gender and child neglect Evaluation of social intervention
‌	Dr Sabrina Chai A/C/227 +44 (0)1904 32 1204 sabrina.chai@york.ac.uk	Teaching Fellow PGT Social Policy Admissions International Liaison	Public policy Comparative social policy Governance
‌	Jo Chaplin A/C/018 +44 (0)1904 32 1981 jo.chaplin@york.ac.uk	Lecturer Practitioner in Social Work	Children and Families Social Work Children’s Disability and Short Breaks
	Dr Kelly Devenney A/C/112 +44 (0)1904 32 1260 kelly.devenney@york.ac.uk	Lecturer in Social Work Programme Leader in Social Work (including MSocW, MASW, MRes and CISW)	Unaccompanied asylum seeking children and young people Refugee and Migrant youth Care leavers
	Jo Dixon A/B/104 +44 (0)1904 32 1275 jo.dixon@york.ac.uk	Research Fellow	Outcomes for children and adolescents in and on the edges of care Leaving care Innovative approaches to working with vulnerable young people
	Dr Abigail Dunn A/B/027 +44 (0)1904 32 1987 abigail.dunn@york.ac.uk	Research Associate	Measurement development Implementation science Assessment of measurement properties Service design
	Professor Peter Dwyer A/C/110 +44 (0)1904 32 1229 peter.dwyer@york.ac.uk	Professor of Social Policy Knowledge Exchange and Impact Lead	Social citizenship Social inclusion/exclusion International migration and welfare
	Professor Nick Ellison A/C/226 +44 (0)1904 32 1265 nick.ellison@york.ac.uk	Professor of Social Policy	Contemporary UK social policy The nature and impact of 'globalisation' and the changing politics of welfare in developed welfare regimes Citizenship in theory and practice
‌	Dr Kevin Farnsworth A/C/204 +44 (0)1904 32 1207 kevin.farnsworth@york.ac.uk	Reader in Social Policy Director of The School of Social and Political Sciences	Political economy of welfare state The power and influence of business on social and public policy. Corporate welfare
	Dr Naomi Finch A/C/215 +44 (0)1904 32 1208 naomi.finch@york.ac.uk	Lecturer in Social Policy	Comparative social policy Gender and the welfare state Family policy
	Sharon Grace A/B/030a +44 (0)1904 32 1225 sharon.grace@york.ac.uk	Deputy Head of Department Senior Lecturer	Victimisation Illicit drug use Administration of justice
	Dr Katherine Graham A/C/016 +44 (0)1904 32 1205 katie.graham@york.ac.uk	Lecturer in Social Work	Adult safeguarding Personalisation Social care workforce
	Kate Gridley A/B/103 +44 (0)1904 32 1988 kate.gridley@york.ac.uk	Research Fellow	People with dementia and their carers Research methods involving people with dementia Social care self-funders
	Dr Julia Hackett A/B/107 +44 (0)1904 32 1977 julia.hackett@york.ac.uk	Research Fellow	Bereavement support for families who have lost a child Supporting families of children and young people with life-shortening conditions Illness trajectories and service transitions
	Dr Mark Hardy A/C/008 +44 (0)1904 32 1227 mark.hardy@york.ac.uk	Lecturer	Youth and adult offending Social work and criminal justice Risk assessment and management
	Dr Cheyann Heap A/C/115 +44 (0)1904 32 1975 cheyann.heap@york.ac.uk	Research Associate	Clinical psychology and mental health Dementia (personhood and positive approaches) Charity, international development and volunteering
‌	Dr Chris Holden A/C/218 +44 (0)1904 32 1254 chris.holden@york.ac.uk	Reader Chair of the Exceptional Circumstances Committee Chair of the Research Excellence Framework Committee	International social policy Global health policy and corporate influence Globalisation and trade
‌	Dr Dan Horsfall A/C/217 +44 (0)1904 32 1206 daniel.horsfall@york.ac.uk	Senior Lecturer Admissions Tutor (BA Social Policy / Applied Social Science)	Comparative social policy Political economy of welfare The policy process
	Professor John Hudson A/B/008 +44 (0)1904 32 1245 john.hudson@york.ac.uk	Head of Department Professor of Social Policy	Comparative social policy analysis The policy making process Political economy of welfare
	Dr Zoë Irving A/C/013 +44 (0)1904 32 1247 zoe.irving@york.ac.uk	Reader Director of Teaching Chair of Department Teaching Committee	International, global and comparative social policy Austerity and welfare state change Gender, work and social policy
	Rowan Jasper A/B/010 +44 (0)1904 32 1978 rowan.jasper@york.ac.uk	Research Associate	Adult social care Mental health Older people, dementia, long-term conditions, self-funders
	Dr Hannah Jobling A/C/012 +44 (0)1904 32 1255 hannah.jobling@york.ac.uk	Lecturer in Social Work	Mental health law, policy and practice Social work with young people The policy-practice relationship
	Dr Antonia Keung A/C/207 +44 (0)1904 32 1259 antonia.keung@york.ac.uk	Teaching Fellow	Child well-being Social exclusion Use of evidence in social policy
‌	Dr Eppie Leishman A/B/116 +44 (0)1904 32 1473 +44 (0)7384 239 012 eppie.leishman@york.ac.uk	Research Associate	Health inequalities Housing and home Online research methods
	Dr Lyndsay M Lindley A/B/026 +44 (0)1904 32 1286 lyndsay.lindley@york.ac.uk	Research Associate	Research involving older people with cognitive impairment Conversation Analysis Ethnography
	Professor Charlie Lloyd A/C/211 +44 (0)1904 32 1912 charlie.lloyd@york.ac.uk	Professor of Social Policy and Criminal Justice Director of the Graduate School	Criminal Justice responses to drug use: prisons, probation and police Drug policy Stigmatisation and recovery of people who use drugs
‌	Jane Lund A/C/121 +44(0)1904 32 1269 jane.lund@york.ac.uk	Tutor and Elearning Manager (Online MA)	Online learning communities Information age and policy
	Professor Neil Lunt A/C/206 +44(0)1904 32 1235 neil.lunt@york.ac.uk	Professor of Social Policy Chair of Departmental Research Committee	Health and social services management and delivery Welfare policy Medical tourism
	Dr Sophie Mackinder A/B/122 +44 (0) 1904 32 1272 sophie.mackinder@york.ac.uk	Lecturer in Global Social Policy and International Development Programme Leader Comparative and International Social and Public Policy	Social protection Social policy in fragile states Global governance of social policy
	Jane Maddison A/B/105 +44 (0)1904 32 1989 jane.maddison@york.ac.uk	Research Associate	Using people's experiences of adult social care to guide service improvements Innovation in adult social care Qualitative research methods
	Jennifer McNally A/C/213 +44 (0)1904 32 1233 jennifer.mcnally@york.ac.uk	Senior Fellow (SFHEA) Postgraduate Admissions Tutor Social Work	Mental health social work practice Practice education in social work
	Dr Nicola Moran A/C/220 +44 (0)1904 32 1246 +44 (0)7384 239017 nicola.moran@york.ac.uk	Lecturer Think Ahead Programme Senior Researcher Deputy Chair of the Ethics Committee	Youth mental health Policing and mental health Budgets – outcomes for service users and informal carers International long-term care policies
	Dr Suzanne Mukherjee A/B/137 +44 (0)1904 32 1972 suzanne.mukherjee@york.ac.uk	Research Associate	Psychosocial interventions to support people living with a chronic illness or disability Prevention of stress and burnout in health service staff Service provision for adults with autism Methods for involving hard-to-reach groups in research
	Dr Louise Newbould A/B/026 +44 (0)1904 32 1962 louise.newbould@york.ac.uk	Research Associate	Long-term conditions Older adults Mental health
	Dr Kayonda Hubert Ngamaba A/C/115 +44 (0)1904 32 1282 kayonda.ngamaba@york.ac.uk	Research Associate	Long-term mental health conditions Social interventions in the community and prisons Quantitative and Qualitative research
	Dr Ruth Naughton-Doe A/C/208 +44 (0)1904 32 1991 ruth.naughton-doe@york.ac.uk	Research Associate	Carers, mental health carers and young carers Loneliness and isolation Co-production of research and social care services
	Dr Lisa O'Malley A/B/118 +44 (0)1904 32 1242 lisa.omalley@york.ac.uk	Senior Lecturer in Social Policy and Crime	Veterans and military welfare Scoping study methods Crime prevention and community safety
	Dr Gareth O'Rourke gareth.orourke@york.ac.uk	Home Instead Research Fellow	Older people's experience of using health and social care services Personalisation in policy and in practice Supporting older carers
	Dr Geoff Page A/C/017 +44 (0)1904 32 1670 geoff.page@york.ac.uk	Research Associate	Prisons Policing Third sector agencies in the CJS
	Dr Ruth Patrick A/C/114 +44 (0)1904 32 1256 ruth.patrick@york.ac.uk	Lecturer in Social Policy	Poverty, social security and welfare reform Welfare conditionality, sanctions and welfare-to-work Participatory approaches
	Professor Nicholas Pleace A/B/130 +44 (0)1904 32 1479 nicholas.pleace@york.ac.uk	Professor of Social Policy Research Champion for Justice and Equality Director of Centre for Housing Policy	Interdisciplinary research Comparative research Housing and social justice
	Deborah Quilgars A/B/117 +44 (0)1904 32 1482 deborah.quilgars@york.ac.uk	Senior Research Fellow	Housing, risk and safety nets, homelessness and support services Young people European perspectives
	Dr Gwyther Rees gwyther.rees@york.ac.uk	Associate Research Fellow	Child well-being Child maltreatment Looked-after children
‌‌‌	Dr Enrico Reuter A/C/120 +44 (0)1904 32 1252 enrico.reuter@york.ac.uk	Lecturer in Public and Social Policy Programme Leader - MA programmes in Public Policy, Administration and Management Project Lead for Online Transition	Labour markets and employment policies, in particular self-employment Politics of social policy and democratic theory Public management and public service reform
	Professor Ellen Roberts A/C/225 +44 (0)1904 32 1250 ellen.roberts@york.ac.uk	Professor of Teaching and Scholarship	Public management The management of change Organisational learning Project management
‌	Edward Robson A/C/011 +44 (0)1904 32 1243 edward.robson@york.ac.uk	Lecturer in Social Work Admissions Tutor Academic Lead - SUPA Group	Young Carers Teenage Parents Family and Systems Theory
	Dr Antonios Roumpakis A/C/224 +44 (0)1904 32 1298 antonios.roumpakis@york.ac.uk	Senior Lecturer Chair of the Board of Studies	Comparative and International social policy Social research methods Employment, pensions and family
	Dr Julie Rugg A/B/113 +44 (0)1904 32 1484 julie.rugg@york.ac.uk	Senior Research Fellow	Private renting Housing benefit The contribution of the voluntary sector to the alleviation of homelessness
	Professor Christine Skinner A/C/109 +44 (0)1904 32 1251 christine.skinner@york.ac.uk	Professor of Social Policy Senior Admissions Tutor (including PGR admissions)	Comparative child support policy Family policy Non-resident fathers
‌	Dr Carolyn Snell A/C/212 +44 (0)1904 32 1249 carolyn.snell@york.ac.uk	Reader in Social Policy Chair of the Board of Examiners Programme Leader: All Postgraduate Research Programmes	Sustainable development Social inequality Environmental policy
	Lucy Stuttard A/B/106 +44 (0)1904 32 1965 lucy.stuttard@york.ac.uk	Research Fellow	Supporting families of children with disabilities Providing support services for carers Encouraging change in health behaviours Workforce development in the NHS
	Polly Sykes A/C/106 +44 (0)1904 32 1267 polly.sykes@york.ac.uk	Lecturer in Social Work	Practice education Learning disabilities including transitions Palliative care
	Dr Jenny Threlfall A/C/015 +44 (0)1904 32 1253 jenny.threlfall@york.ac.uk	Lecturer in Social Work	Parenting Academic Achievement Racial and economic inequality
	Dr Slobodan Tomic A/B/119 +44 (0) 1904 32 1485 slobodan.tomic@york.ac.uk	Lecturer in Public Management Programme Director (Masters of Public Administration MPA online)	Public Policy and Administration Regulation Integrity Policies
	Dr Rachel Vipond A/C/108 +44 (0)1904 32 1226 rachel.vipond@york.ac.uk	Lecturer Programme Leader Criminal Justice	Youth Justice Risk and Professional Decision Making Probation and Youth Offending Team Practices
	Dr Alison Wallace A/B/123 +44 (0)1904 32 1487 alison.wallace@york.ac.uk	Research Fellow	Sustainable homeownership Low cost homeownership Housing markets
‌	Sara Ward A/C/104 +44 (0)1904 32 1267 +44 (0)7384 239 013 sara.ward@york.ac.uk	Associate Lecturer Placement Coordinator	Mental health social work AMHP role and training Practice education
	Professor Martin Webber A/C/004 +44 (0)1904 32 1203 +44 (0)7384 239 018 martin.webber@york.ac.uk	Professor of Social Work Making Research Count Academic Lead Director of the International Centre for Mental Health Social Research	Mental health social work Development and evaluation of social interventions Social capital and social inclusion
	Dr Aniela Wenham A/C/105 +44 (0)1904 32 1236 aniela.wenham@york.ac.uk	Lecturer	Youth and social policy Teenage pregnancy and parenthood Qualitative research methods
	Dr Mark Wilberforce A/B/029 +44 (0)1904 32 1297 mark.wilberforce@york.ac.uk	Senior Research Fellow Chair of the Ethics Committee	Social care in later life Social work and mental health Measurement and psychometrics

Professional Support Services

	Jane Barrand Department Manager (on secondment until May 2021) A/B/006 +44 (0)1904 32 1232 jane.barrand@york.ac.uk
	Jonathan Stokoe Department Manager (Acting until May 2021) A/C/005 +44 (0)1904 32 1273 jonathan.stokoe@york.ac.uk
	Debbie Banerjee Co-ordinator for Social and Political Sciences A/C/008a +44 (0)1904 32 1477 debbie.banerjee@york.ac.uk
	Natasha Barradell Unwin Student Support Administrator - Assessments A/C/007 +44 (0)1904 32 1257 natasha.barradellunwin@york.ac.uk
	Angela Chapman Student Services Coordinator Think Ahead Coordinator A/C/009 +44 (0)1904 32 1276 angela.chapman@york.ac.uk
	Alex Davison Student Support Administrator - Reception A/C/024 +44 (0)1904 32 8807 alex.davison@york.ac.uk
‌	Dominic Ennis Web and VLE Coordinator A/B/004 +44 (0)1904 32 1274 dominic.ennis@york.ac.uk
	Teresa Frank Research Support Administrator A/B/001 +44 (0)1904 32 1289 teresa.frank@york.ac.uk
	Julie Harriss Student Support Administrator - Placements, Practice Education & PGR A/C/010 +44 (0)1904 32 1238 julie.harriss@york.ac.uk
	Nicola Moody Research Facilitator A/B/003 +44 (0)1904 32 1476 nicola.moody@york.ac.uk
	Rachel Parker Student Support Administrator - Online Programmes, ECA, Visa Compliance and BoS A/C/007 +44 (0)1904 32 1234 rachel.parker@york.ac.uk
‌	Sally Pulleyn Research Support Manager A/B/031 +44 (0)1904 32 1951 sally.pulleyn@york.ac.uk
‌	Hayley Rowan PA to Head of Department A/B/007 +44 (0)1904 32 1258 hayley.rowan@york.ac.uk
	Dawn Rowley-White Research Support Administrator Editorial Assistant - Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy A/B/001 +44 (0)1904 32 1280 dawn.rowley-white@york.ac.uk
	Helen Story Student Support Administrator - Admissions A/C/010 +44 (0)1904 32 1228 helen.story@york.ac.uk
	Lisa Thurlow MRC Administrator A/B/001 +44 (0)1904 32 1237 lisa.thurlow@york.ac.uk