UASc People

Academic Staff

BA Creative Arts and Humanities

• Dr Ali Baybutt - module leader for BASC0063 and BASC0069
• Dr Tim Beasley-Murray - BA Creative Arts and Humanities degree convenor and module leader for BASC0059
• Dr Rebecca Birch - BA Creative Arts and Humanities Admissions Tutor and module leader for BASC0062 and BASC0068
• Dr Dai George - module leader for BASC0058 and BASC0061
• Dr Kirstin Smith - Departmental Tutor and module leader for BASC0064 and BASC0071
• Dr Matthew Sperling - module leader for BASC0067 and BASC0072
• Prof Gregory Thompson - module leader for BASC0070
• Dr Temenuga Trifonova - Chair of the UASc UG Exam Board and module leader for BASC0060, BASC0066 and BASC0084

BASc Arts and Sciences

• Dr Wendy Sims-Schouten - Head of Department and module leader for BASC0015, BASC0024 and BASC0025
• Dr Chiara Amini - module leader for BASC0011
• Dr Linda Anticoli - on maternity leave in 2024/25
• Peter Antonioni - module leader for BASC0023
• Dr Ollie Ballinger - module leader for BASC0005
• Dr Tim Beasley-Murray - module leader for BASC0041
• Dr Fabiana Bettini - module leader for BASC0057
• Dr Alfonso Borragán - module leader for BASC0020 and BASC0049
• Dr Nicole Brown - module leader for BASC0039
• Dr Darren Chetty - module leader for BASC0032
• Dr Manuela Dal Borgo - module leader for BASC0017
• Dr Ranjita Dhital - Department Director of Research and Graduate Research Tutor and module leader for BASC0055 (on sabbatical in term 1 of the 2024/25 academic year)
• Prof Cathy Elliott
• Dr Thomas Oléron Evans - module leader for BASC0003
• Chris Fuller
• Dr Yi Gong - BASc Admissions Tutor and module leader for BASC0001 and BASC0056
• Prof Andrew Gregory - module leader for BASC0008
• Dr Duncan Hay - module leader for BASC0010
• Prof Evangelos Himonides - module leader for BASC0022
• Dr Geraldine Horan - module leader for BASC0006
• Dr Anne Irfan - module leader for BASC0042
• Prof Tim Jordan - on sabbatical in 2024/25
• Dr Thomas Kador - module leader for BASC0004
• Clare Lewis - Deputy Head of Department (Bloomsbury), BASc degree convenor and module leader for BASC0001
• Dr Leah Lovett - module leader for BASC0010
• Dr Olwenn Martin - module leader for BASC0002 and BASC0079
• Dr Lara Monticelli - module leader for BASC0023
• Carolina Moore - module leader for BASC0018
• Dr Asma Mubarak - Deputy Chair of the UASc UG Exam Board and module leader for BASC0038, BASC0040, BASC0047 and BASC0048
• Dr Igor Rogelja - module leader for BASC0045 and BASC0046
• Prof Andreas Schäfer - module leader for BASC0028
• Dr François Sicard - module leader for BASC0024, BASC0025 and BASC0080
• Dr E. James West - Departmental Tutor and module leader for BASC0002
• Sara Wingate Gray - module leader for BASC0007, BASC0026 and BASC0033

MASc Creative Health

• Dr Louise Baxter - MASc Admissions Tutor, Deputy Chair of the UASc PGT Exam Board and module leader for BASC0052, BASC0081 and BASC0083
• Prof Helen Chatterjee - MASc Programme Director and module leader for BASC0081
• Dr Anne Irfan - module leader for BASC0053
• Dr Thomas Kador - Deputy Head of Department (UCL East), MASc Degree Convenor, Graduate Tutor, Chair of the UASc PGT Exam Board and module leader for BASC0030, BASC0050 and BASC0054
• Ngozi Oparah - Deputy Graduate Tutor and module leader for BASC0051

Research Staff

• Catherine Gilmore - Programme Coordinator (Health Inequalities)
• Kiz Manley - Lived Experience Producer
• Dr Linda Thomson - Senior Research Fellow in Health Disparities

Honorary Staff

• Dr Bogdan Chiva Giurca - Honorary Lecturer
• Dr Marie Polley - Honorary Senior Research Fellow
• Dr Hannah Waterson - Honorary Research Fellow

Professional Services Staff

Professional Services

• Cristy Meadows - Department Manager
• Natalie Cassius - Teaching and Learning Administrator for the BA Creative Arts and Humanities and MASc programmes
• Mike Cranny - Teaching and Work Based Learning Administrator for the BASc programmes
• Frank Lopez - Technician - Film-Making for BA Creative Arts and Humanities
• Elena Méndez-Piedra Paredes - Study Abroad Officer for the BASc programmes
• Charesse Miller - Student Adviser for the BASc and BA Creative Arts and Humanities programmes
• Angela Vaughn - Departmental Administrator for the BASc programmes
• Jo Young (Wolff) - Work Related Learning Manager for the BASc programmes

Staff by Administrative Roles

• Head of Department: Prof Wendy Sims-Schouten
• Deputy Heads of Department: Dr Thomas Kador (UCL East) and Clare Lewis (Bloomsbury)
• Departmental Tutors: Dr Kirstin Smith and Dr E. James West
• Graduate Tutor: Dr Thomas Kador
• Deputy Graduate Tutor: Ngozi Oparah
• Department Director of Research: Dr Temenuga Trifonova (term 1 only), Dr Ranjita Dhital (term 2 onwards)
• Graduate Research Tutor: Prof Wendy Sims-Schouten (term 1 only), Dr Ranjita Dhital (term 2 onwards)
• Director of Enterprise, Innovation and Impact: Dr François Sicard
• Degree Convenors:
  • BASc: Clare Lewis
  • BA Creative Arts and Humanities: Dr Tim Beasley-Murray
  • MASc Creative Health: Dr Thomas Kador
• BASc Pathway Leads
  • Cultures: Sara Wingate Gray
  • Health and Environment: Dr Olwenn Martin
  • Sciences and Engineering: Dr François Sicard
  • Societies: Clare Lewis
• Admissions Tutors:
  • BASc Arts and Sciences: Dr Yi Gong
  • BA Creative Arts and Humanities: Dr Rebecca Birch
  • MASc Creative Health: Dr Louise Baxter
• Research Ethics Leads: Dr Louise Baxter, Dr François Sicard, Dr Temenuga Trifonova and Dr E. James West
• Exams
  • Chair of UG Exam Board: Dr Temenuga Trifonova
  • Deputy Chair of UG Exam Board: Dr Asma Mubarak (BASc) and Dr Matthew Sperling (BACAH)
  • Chair of PGT Exam Board: Dr Thomas Kador
  • Deputy Chair of PGT Exam Board: Dr Louise Baxter
• Chair of the Departmental Teaching Committee: Dr Anne Irfan
• Co-Chair of the Staff-Student Consultative Committee: Dr E. James West
• EDI and WP Lead: Dr Olwenn Martin
• Study Abroad and Affiliate Tutor: Dr François Sicard
• Green Champion: Angela Vaughn
• NSS Liaison Officer: Cristy Meadows
• Careers Liaision Tutor: Jo Young (Wolff)
• Connected Learning Lead: Dr Matthew Sperling
• Data Protection Co-Ordinator: Cristy Meadows
• Under 18s Lead: Dr Wendy Sims-Schouten
• Wellbeing Lead: Ngozi Oparah
• Departmental Safety Officer: Cristy Meadows

Students

PhD students

• Bart De Nil - Phd title: Public libraries: social infrastructure for creative health. The impact of health and wellbeing activities on staff
• Sarah Ferner - PhD title: Assembling for Peace: British Muslim and Jewish students thinking and speaking about Israel, Palestine and the Holocaust
• Helen Omand