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This page is a list of staff in the teaching section of the Department. Each member of staff has a personal email and most have a direct phone line.

You will also find the Contact us page useful if you are unsure who to get in touch with about particular issues and for general enquiries.

See also: staff lists for the Centre for Housing Policy (CHP) and Social Policy Research Unit (SPRU).

Academic staff

	Staff	Role	Interests
	Tracy Almond A/C/107 +44 (0)7384 239015 tracy.almond@york.ac.uk	Associate Lecturer Think Ahead Programme	Adult sexual offending / Harmful sexual behaviour in children and young people Risk assessment and management in social work
	Dr Roz Austin A/C/216 +44 (0)1904 321986 roz.austin@york.ac.uk	Research Associate	Voice-hearing Mental Health and Trauma Narrative therapies for mental health issues Illness narratives
	Dr Laura Bainbridge A/C/106 laura.bainbridge@york.ac.uk Twitter: @DrLBainbridge	Research Associate	Policy transfer The policy process Violence reduction (including ‘mandatory alcohol abstinence’)
	Helen Baldwin A/B/109 +44 (0)1904 32 1991 helen.baldwin@york.ac.uk	Research Fellow	Child health and welfare Criminal justice Substance misuse
‌	Professor Nina Biehal A/B/101 +44 (0)1904 32 1284 nina.biehal@york.ac.uk	Professor of Social Work Research	Family support Adoption; Foster care Family reunification
	Professor Jonathan Bradshaw A/B/134 +44 (0)1904 32 1239 jonathan.bradshaw@york.ac.uk	Professor of Social Policy	Poverty and social exclusion Comparative research Child well-being
‌	Dr Kate Brown A/C/111 +44 (0)1904 32 1241 kate.brown@york.ac.uk	Lecturer Chair of the Board of Studies (Criminology)	Vulnerable young people The concept of 'vulnerability' The sex industry
	David Bulmer A/C/107 +44 (0)1904 32 1240 +44 (0) 7384 239011 david.bulmer@york.ac.uk	Associate Lecturer in Social Work (Think Ahead)	Mental health Learning disability
	Dr Rosie Campbell OBE A/C/208 +44 (0)1904 32 1278 rosie.campbell@york.ac.uk	Post Doctoral Research Fellow - ESRC White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership	Sex work Hate Crime Gender and feminisms Participatory action research Social leadership
	Dr Kevin Caraher A/C/115 +44 (0)1904 32 1271 kevin.caraher@york.ac.uk	Lecturer Programme Director (Online MA Social and Public Policy)	Comparative social policy Pensions policy in East and Southeast Asia Political economy of welfare states
‌	Dr Sabrina Chai A/C/227 +44 (0)1904 32 1204 sabrina.chai@york.ac.uk	Teaching Fellow	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 Nicki Lisa Cole A/B/029 +44 (0)1904 32 1259 nicki.cole@york.ac.uk	Research Support Officer in Social Policy	Global political economy Consumer culture and behaviour Ethical and sustainable production and consumption
	Dr Kelly Devenney AC/112 +44 (0)1904 321620 Kelly.devenney@york.ac.uk	Lecturer in Social Work	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
	Professor Peter Dwyer A/C/110 +44 (0)1904 32 1229 peter.dwyer@york.ac.uk	Professor of Social Policy	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	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	Comparative social policy Gender and the welfare state Family policy The Gender division of labour
	Ross Gillard A/B/122 +44 (0)1904 32 1272 ross.gillard@york.ac.uk	Research Associate	Fuel poverty Climate change and energy policy Environmental justice
	Sharon Grace A/C/113 +44 (0)1904 32 1225 sharon.grace@york.ac.uk	Senior Lecturer Disability Support Officer for Social Policy	Victimisation Illicit drug use Administration of justice
	Dr Katherine Graham A/C/016 +44 (0)1904 32 1205 katie.graham@york.ac.uk	Lecturer Admissions Tutor (MSocW Social Work)	Adult safeguarding Personalisation Social care workforce
	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 Chris Holden A/C/218 +44 (0)1904 32 1254 chris.holden@york.ac.uk	Reader	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	Lecturer PGWT Co-ordinator	Comparative social policy Political economy of welfare The policy process
	Nicola Howard nicola.howard@york.ac.uk +44 (0) 7384 239016	Associate Lecturer	Children looked after Care planning Fostering, special guardianship & adoption Child protection Safeguarding Court work
	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 Zoe Irving A/C/013 +44 (0)1904 32 1247 zoe.irving@york.ac.uk	Senior Lecturer Programme Leader: BA Social Policy and BA Applied Social Science Erasmus Coordinator	Social policy in small states and small island states Economic crisis and social policy Gender, employment and social policy
	Dr Hannah Jobling A/C/012 +44 (0)1904 32 1255 hannah.jobling@york.ac.uk	Lecturer in Social Work Programme Lead for Postgraduate Social Work programmes (qualifying and non-qualifying)	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 Gernot Klantschnig A/C/120 +44 (0)1904 32 1252 gernot.klantschnig@york.ac.uk	Senior Lecturer Chair of the Board of Examiners Exams Officer (Social Policy and Applied Social Science)	International crime and drug control Policing West Africa and China
	Eppie Leishman A/C/106 +44 (0) 1904 321268 eppie.leishman@york.ac.uk	Associate Lecturer	LGBT+ Health Inequalities The concept of ‘resilience’ Gender and Sexuality Online Qualitative Research Methods Accessing the ‘hard-to-reach’
	Charlie Lloyd A/C/211 +44 (0)1904 32 1912 charlie.lloyd@york.ac.uk	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 the Board of Studies	Health and social services management and delivery Welfare policy Medical tourism
	Dr Sophie Mackinder +44 (0) 1904 32 1272 sophie.mackinder@york.ac.uk	Associate Lecturer	Social protection in developing contexts Social policy in fragile states International organisations (with a particular focus on the World Bank) Historical and ideational institutionalism
	Dr Mathilde Maitrot A/C /214 +44 (0)1904 32 1279 mathilde.maitrot@york.ac.uk	Director of Programmes for MPA in International Development Lecturer in International Development and Global Social Policy	Governance and policy-making processes Political economy of international development Relational and political dimensions of poverty and inequalities
	Jennifer McNally A/C/107 +44 (0)1904 32 1264 +44 (0) 7384 239012 Jennifer.mcnally@york.ac.uk	Lecturer Think Ahead Programme	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	Youth mental health Policing and mental health Budgets – outcomes for service users and informal carers International long-term care policies
	Dr Lisa O'Malley A/C/007 +44 (0)1904 32 1242 lisa.omalley@york.ac.uk	Senior Lecturer in Social Policy and Crime Deputy Head of Department	Urban renewal Crime prevention and community safety Voluntary sector
	Dr Ruth Patrick A/C/114 +44 (0)1904 32 1256 ruth.patrick@york.ac.uk	Lecturer in Social Policy & Social Work	Poverty, social security and welfare reform Welfare conditionality, sanctions and welfare-to-work Participatory approaches Qualitative longitudinal methodologies
	Dr Kayonda Hubert Ngamaba A/C/216 +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
	Gwyther Rees gwyther.rees@york.ac.uk	Associate Research Fellow	Child well-being Child maltreatment Looked-after children
‌‌‌	Dr Enrico Reuter A/C/115 +44 (0) 7876626870 enrico.reuter@york.ac.uk	Lecturer in Public and Social Policy Programme Director (Online MA Public Policy and Management) Programme Leader (Online MA programmes in Public Policy, Administration and Management)	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 (Teaching and Scholarship) Director of Online Programmes Programme Director (Online MPA) Chair, University Distance Learning Forum	Public management The management of change Organisational learning Project management Governance
‌	Edward Robson A/C/011 +44 (0)1904 32 1243 edward.robson@york.ac.uk	Lecturer Academic Lead - SUPA Group	Young Carers Teenage Parents Family and Systems Theory Housing and Homelessness
	Dr Antonios Roumpakis A/C/224 +44 (0)1904 32 1298 antonios.roumpakis@york.ac.uk	Lecturer Programme Leader: MRes and Social Policy Masters Programmes	Comparative and International social policy Social research methods Employment, pensions and family
‌	Professor Roy Sainsbury A/C/213 +44 (0)1904 32 1975 roy.sainsbury@york.ac.uk	Professor of Social Policy	Welfare to work Social security and the labour market Qualitative methods Administration and delivery of benefits
	Professor Christine Skinner A/C/109 +44 (0)1904 32 1251 christine.skinner@york.ac.uk	Professor of Social Policy	Comparative child support policy Family policy Non-resident fathers
‌	Dr Carolyn Snell A/C/211 +44 (0)1904 32 1249 carolyn.snell@york.ac.uk	Senior lecturer Programme Leader: All Postgraduate Research Programmes	Sustainable development Social inequality Environmental policy
	Polly Sykes A/C/104 +44 (0)1904 32 1267 polly.sykes@york.ac.uk	Teaching Fellow	Health and disability Practice education
	Dr Jenny Threlfall A/C/015 +44 (0)1904 32 1253 jenny.threlfall@york.ac.uk	Lecturer in Social Work Admissions Tutor (MA Social Work)	Parenting Academic Achievement Racial and economic inequality
	Dr Rachel Vipond A/C/108 +44 (0)1904 32 1226 rachel.vipond@york.ac.uk	Lecturer Admissions Tutor (BA Social Policy / Applied Social Science)	Youth Justice Risk and Professional Decision Making Probation and Youth Offending Team Practices Gender and Crime (specifically girls and crime)
‌	Sara Ward A/C/104 +44 (0)1904 32 1267 +44 (0)7384 239013 sara.ward@york.ac.uk	Associate Lecturer Placement Co-ordinator	Mental health social work AMHP role and training Practice education Sexual assault of women
	Professor Martin Webber A/C/004 +44 (0)1904 32 1203 +44 (0)7384 239018 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 Programme Leader: BA Applied Social Science - Children and Young People	Youth and social policy Teenage pregnancy and parenthood Qualitative research methods

Support staff

	Jane Barrand Departmental Manager A/B/006 +44 (0)1904 32 1232 jane.barrand@york.ac.uk
	Debbie Banerjee Student Support Administrator - Student records, Online and Postgraduate Research A/C/009 +44 (0)1904 32 1277 debbie.banerjee@york.ac.uk
	Natasha Barradell Unwin Student Support Administrator - Assessment A/C/009 +44 (0)1904 32 1257 natasha.barradellunwin@york.ac.uk
	David Beveridge Learning Technology Assistant A/C/115 +44 (0)1904 32 1271 david.beveridge@york.ac.uk
	Janis Bright Impact Officer - Welfare Conditionality A/C/208 +44 (0)1904 32 1224 janis.bright@york.ac.uk
	Angela Chapman Think Ahead Coordinator A/C/023 +44 (0)1904 32 1276 angela.chapman@york.ac.uk
‌	Dominic Ennis Web and VLE Coordinator A/B/028 +44 (0)1904 32 1274 dominic.ennis@york.ac.uk
	Jessica Fleming Student Support Assistant A/C/009 +44 (0)1904 32 1234 jessica.fleming@york.ac.uk
	Julie Harriss Student Support Administrator - Placements and Practice Education A/C/010 +44 (0)1904 32 1238 julie.harriss@york.ac.uk
	Fleur Hughes Project Manager - Welfare Conditionality and Think Ahead A/C/023 +44 (0)1904 32 1299 fleur.hughes@york.ac.uk
	Hayley Rowan PA to Head of Department A/B/007 +44 (0)1904 32 1258 hayley.rowan@york.ac.uk
	Jonathan Stokoe Student Administration Manager A/C/005 +44 (0)1904 32 1273 jonathan.stokoe@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/004 +44 (0)1904 32 1237 lisa.thurlow@york.ac.uk
	Jade Ward Research and Participation Assistant A/B/135 +44 (0)1904 32 1270 jade.ward@york.ac.uk

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