BSS Staff

Dr Virginie Grzelczyk, Head of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities

Dr Marcello Giovanelli, Head of English Department, Senior Lecturer in English Language and Literature

Dr Graeme Hayes, Head of Sociology and Social Policy Department, Reader in Political Sociology

Dr Ilaria Scaglia, Head of History, Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Modern History

Professor Stefan Manz, Head of Languages and Translation Department, Professor of German and Global History

Dr Balazs Szent-Ivanyi, Head of Politics and International Relations Department, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations

English

Dr Abigail Boucher, Lecturer in English Literature

Dr Erika Darics, Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics

Dr Sue Garton, Reader in English Language

Dr Marcello Giovanelli, Head of English Department, Senior Lecturer in English Language and Literature

Professor Tim Grant, Professor in Forensic Linguistics

Dr Chloe Harrison, Lecturer in English Language and Literature

Dr Kate Haworth, Lecturer in Applied Linguistics

Dr Nur Hooton, Lecturer in English Language

Dr Krzysztof Kredens, Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics

Dr Robbie Love, Lecturer in English Language

Dr Daniel McAuley, Lecturer in English and French

Dr Muna Morris-Adams, Lecturer in English Language

Dr Geoffrey Stewart Morrison, Associate Professor of Forensic Speech Science

Professor Gertrud Reershemius, 50th Anniversary Chair in Language Contact and Linguistics

Dr Tahmineh Tayebi, Lecturer in Forensic Linguistics

History, Languages and Translation

History

Dr Volker Prott, Lecturer in Modern History

Dr Ilaria Scaglia, Head of History, Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Modern History

Dr Joseph Yannielli, Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in History

Language and Translation Studies

Dr Beverly Adab, Honorary Fellow in Translation Studies and French

Professor Frank Austermuehl, Professor in Translation Studies

Dr Céline Benoit, Senior Teaching Fellow in French

Sue Campbell, Teaching Associate in Translation Studies

Elena Cancelas-Rodriguez, Teaching Associate

Dr Stephen Fay, Lecturer in Spanish

Dr Raquel Fernández-Sánchez, Senior Teaching Fellow in Spanish

Dr Caroline Gray, Lecturer in Politics and Spanish

Dr Claudia Gremler, Senior Lecturer in German

Dr Henry Jones, Lecturer in Translation Studies

Dr Stefanie Kreibich, Teaching Fellow

Dr Emmanuelle Labeau, Reader in French

Doug Lawrence, Sessional Lecturer in Translation Studies

Professor Stefan Manz, Head of Languages and Translation Department, Professor of German and Global History

Dr Daniel McAuley, Lecturer in English and French

Professor Pamela Moores, Emeritus Professor of Modern Languages

Dr Nathalie Mrgudovic, Teaching Fellow in French

Dr David Orrego-Carmona, Lecturer in Translation Studies

Aurélia Robert, Teaching Fellow in French

Professor Christina Schäffner, Emeritus Professor of Translation Studies

Dr Uwe Schütte, Reader in German

Dr Kate Sturge, Honorary Lecturer in Translation Studies and German

Dr Brian Sudlow, Lecturer in French

Dr Elisabeth Wielander, Senior Teaching Fellow in German

Politics and International Relations

Dr Parveen Akhtar, Lecturer in Politics and International Relations

Dr Judi Atkins, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations

Dr Amanda Beattie, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations

Dr Patricia Correa Vila, Lecturer in Politics and International Relations

Dr Daniel Fitzpatrick, Lecturer in Politics and International Relations

Dr Andrew Glencross, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Co-Director of the Aston Centre for Europe (ACE)

Dr Caroline Gray, Lecturer in Politics and Spanish

Professor Simon Green, Professor of Politics, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research)

Dr Virginie Grzelczyk, Reader in International Relations, Head of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities

Dr Yaprak Gürsoy, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations

Dr Alex Hoseason, Teaching Associate in Politics and International Relations

Dr Anne Jenichen, Lecturer in Politics and International Relations

Dr Heewon Kim, Lecturer in Politics and International Relations

Dr Lucian Leustean, Reader in Politics and International Relations

Dr Alistair Markland, Teaching Associate in Politics and International Relations

Dr Jörg Mathias, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations

Dr Ying Miao, Lecturer in Politics and international Relations

Dr Jelena Obradovic-Wochnik, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations

Dr Kerem Öge, Teaching Fellow in Politics and International Relations

Dr Carolyn Rowe, Senior Lecturer in Politics, Co-Director of the Aston Centre for Europe

Dr Patrycja Rozbicka, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations

Dr Laura Southgate, Lecturer in Politics and International Relations

Dr Balazs Szent-Ivanyi, Head of Politics and International Relations Department, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations

Dr Ed Turner, Reader in Politics and International Relations, Co-Director of the Aston Centre for Europe

Dr Davide Vampa, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations

Dr Uwe Wunderlich, Lecturer in International Relations, Academic Offences Committee

Honorary and Emeritus Staff

Gemma Bird, Honorary Research Fellow

Professor Nathaniel Copsey, Honorary Professor of Politics and International Relations

Dr Helena Farrand-Carrapico, Honorary Research Fellow

Professor John Gaffney, Emeritus Professor of Politics

Dr Amarjit Lahel, Honorary Research Fellow in Politics and International Relations

Holly Snaith, Honorary Research Fellow

Professor Anne Stevens, Emeritus Professor of European Studies

Professor Michael Sutton, Emeritus Professor of Modern History and International Relations

Professor William Paterson, Honorary Professor of German and European Politics

Sociology and Policy

Dr Emily Christopher, Teaching Associate in Sociology and Social Policy

Professor Anneliese Dodds, Honorary Professor in Public Policy

Dr Gary Fooks, Reader in Sociology

Dr Alina Geampana, Lecturer in Sociology

Dr Charlotte Godziewski, Lecturer in Sociology and Policy

Dr Graeme Hayes, Head of Sociology and Social Policy Department, Reader in Political Sociology

Dr Susan Jones, Teaching Associate in Sociology

Dr Pamela Lowe, Senior Lecturer in Sociology

Dr Gaja Maestri, Lecturer in Sociology

Dr Tom Mills, Lecturer in Sociology and Policy

Professor Phil Mizen, Professor of Sociology and Policy

Dr Killian Mullan, Lecturer in Sociology

Dr Sarah-Jane Page, Senior Lecturer in Sociology

Dr Alexis Paton, Lecturer in Sociology

Dr Katy Pilcher, Senior Lecturer in Sociology

Dr Anton Popov, Lecturer in Sociology and Policy

Dr Elisabeth Schimpfössl, Senior Lecturer in Sociology

Dr Ebru Soytemel, Lecturer in Sociology

Dr Katherine Tonkiss, Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Policy

College Office

Andrew Wilson (Director of Operations - College of Business and Social Sciences)
+44(0)121 204 3271 - a.r.wilson@aston.ac.uk

Joanne Duggan (Accreditation Lead)
+44(0)121 204 3217 - j.duggan1@aston.ac.uk

Susan Lord (PA to Executive Dean of College of Business and Social Sciences)
s.lord@aston.ac.uk

Angie Daniels (PA to Head of Aston Business School and Associate Deans)
+44(0)121 204 3562 - a.daniels3@aston.ac.uk

Stephen Belt (HR Advisor)
+44(0)121 204 4306 - s.belt@aston.ac.uk

Steven Jones (ABS Finance Partner)
+44(0)121 204 4348 - S.JONES8@aston.ac.uk

Jenifer Knight (School Support Co-ordinator - Operations and Information Management)
+44(0)121 204 5033 - j.knight3@aston.ac.uk

Lynne Woolley (School Support Co-ordinator - Economics, Finance and Entrepreneurship)
+44(0)121 204 3038 - l.woolley@aston.ac.uk

Ravinder Kalsi (School Support Coordinator - Economics, Finance and Entrepreneurship)
+44(0)121 204 3145 - r.k.kalsi@aston.ac.uk

Darshan Kitare (School Support Co-ordinator - Marketing and Strategy)
+44(0)121 204 3259 - d.k.kitare@aston.ac.uk

Linda Watts (School Support Co-ordinator - Accounting)
+44(0)121 204 4009 - l.watts1@aston.ac.uk

Jenny Thompson (School Support Co-ordinator- Work & Organisational Psychology)
+44(0)121 204 3297 - j.l.thompson@aston.ac.uk

Ghyslaine Feunteun-Wicker (School Support Co-ordinator - Law)
+44(0)121 204 4603 - G.FEUNTEUN-WICKER@aston.ac.uk

Judith Moyle (School Support Co-ordinator - Law)
+44(0)121 204 5488 - j.moyle@aston.ac.uk

Programme Office

Programme Managers

Lindsey Allsopp (Programme Manager - PG/NS)
+44(0)121 204 3016 - l.a.allsopp@aston.ac.uk

Emma Szurminski (Programme Manager - UG)
+44(0)121 204 3157 - e.l.szurminski@aston.ac.uk

Hayley Jones (Programme Manager - UG)
+44(0)121 204 3235 - h.jones1@aston.ac.uk

Adam O’Reilly (Programme Support Assistant)
+44(0)121 204 3920 - oreilla1@aston.ac.uk

Quality

Jenny Holt (Quality Officer)
+44(0)121 204 3129 - j.e.holt@aston.ac.uk

Karen Penny (Quality Co-ordinator - UG)
+44(0)121 204 3988 - k.penny@aston.ac.uk

Zhenya Parnell (Quality Co-ordinator - PG/NS)
+44(0)121 204 5253 - z.parnell@aston.ac.uk

Timetabling & Planning

Rebecca Daly-Spiers (Planning & Timetabling Lead)
+44(0)121 204 3015 - r.daly-spiers@aston.ac.uk

Mingquing Jia (Planning and Timetabling Lead)
+44(0)121 204 3758 - jiam@aston.ac.uk

Placements

John Kenny (International & Student Development Officer)
+44(0)121 204 3962 - j.kenny@aston.ac.uk

Shereen Awan (Employability Co-ordinator)
+44(0)121 204 3360 - s.f.awan@aston.ac.uk

Examinations and Assessment

Christopher Booth (Examinations & Assessment Lead - UG)
+44(0)121 204 3199 - c.booth2@aston.ac.uk

Nicola Jones (Examinations & Assessment Lead - PG)
+44(0)121 204 3333 - n.s.l.jones@aston.ac.uk

Kelly Parkes (Support to Christopher Booth - UG)
+44(0)121 204 3770 - k.parkes1@aston.ac.uk

Georgia Kissun (Examinations & Assessment Co-ordinator)
+44(0)121 204 3688 - g.kissun@aston.ac.uk

Jaina Mistry (maternity as of Jan 2020) (Examinations & Assessment Co-ordinator)
+44(0)121 204 3423 – j.mistry15@aston.ac.uk

Patrick Coughlan (Examinations & Assessment Co-ordinator)
+44(0)121 204 3902 - j.smith19@aston.ac.uk

Charis Ashby (Examinations & Assessment Co-ordinator)

Stephen Bailey (Examinations & Assessment Co-ordinator)
+44(0)121 204 3677- s.bailey3@aston.ac.uk

Jagdey Sarai (Examinations & Assessment Co-ordinator)

Marie Oatley (Maternity Leave) (Examinations & Assessment Co-ordinator)
+44(0)121 204 3403 - m.oatley@aston.ac.uk

Maureen Creighton (Examinations & Assessment Assistant)
+44(0)121 204 3070 - m.creighton@aston.ac.uk

Wendy Mah (Examinations & Assessment Co-ordinator)
+44(0)121 204 4896 - w.mah@aston.ac.uk

Phillippa Treharne Jones (Examinations & Assessment Co-ordinator)
+44(0)121 204 3827 - p.treharne-jones@aston.ac.uk

Ann Kite (Examinations & Assessment Co-ordinator)
+44(0)121 204 4709 - a.kite@aston.ac.uk

Melissa Johnson (Examinations & Assessment Co-ordinator)
+44(0)121 204 3118 - m.johnson4@aston.ac.uk

Student Support and Development

Elsa Zenatti-Daniels (Student Development Lead - PG)
+44(0)121 204 3279 - e.f.zenatti@aston.ac.uk

Oliver Mihailovic (Student Support Lead - PG)
+44(0)121 204 3175 - o.mihailovic@aston.ac.uk

Hazel Awty (secondment) (Student Support Lead - UG)
+44(0)121 204 3159 - h.awty@aston.ac.uk

Bianca Matthews (Student Support Co-Ordinator - PG)
+44(0)121 204 3175 - t-matthewb@aston.ac.uk

Montana Davies-Shuck (Student Support Co-ordinator - PG)
m.davies-shuck7@aston.ac.uk

Kiran Gill (Student Support Co-ordinator - PG)
+44(0)121 204 3903 - k.gill14@aston.ac.uk

Nicole Ryan (Student Support Co-ordinator - UG/PG)
+44(0)121 204 3772

Margarita Seresht (Student Support Co-ordinator)
+44(0)121 204 3760 - m.seresht@aston.ac.uk

Sonia Devi (Student Support Co-ordinator)
+44(0)121 204 4368 - s.devi3@aston.ac.uk

Dominic Vernon (Student Support Co-ordinator - LfA)
+44(0)121 204 5243 - d.vernon1@aston.ac.uk

Fatima Mursal (Student Support Co-ordinator - UG)
+44(0)121 204 4247 - f.mursal1@aston.ac.uk

Andrew Miller (Student Support Co-ordinator)
+44(0)121 204 3617 - a.miller3@aston.ac.uk

Amy Jayne Terry (Student Support Co-ordinator - UG)
+44(0)121 204 3731 - a.terry@aston.ac.uk

Rebecca Pell (Student Support Co-ordinator - UG)
+44(0)121 204 3123 - r.pell@aston.ac.uk

Non-Standard Programmes

Melvina Neale - (Student Support Lead; MBA, Aston Online and Non-standard Programmes)
+44(0)121 204 3256 - m.neale@aston.ac.uk

Amy Hart (MBA Student Support Officer)
+44(0)121 204 3701 - a.hart@aston.ac.uk

Michelle Young (MBA Student Support Officer)
+44(0)121 204 4421 - m.young3@aston.ac.uk

Katie Sheldon (MBA Student Support Officer)
+44(0)121 204 3717 - k.sheldon@aston.ac.uk

Jason Thompson (Degree Apprenticeship Support Officer)
+44(0)121 204 5466 - j.thompson6@aston.ac.uk

Aston On-line

Dave McCoy (secondment) (Student Support & Assessments Officer)
+44(0)121 204 3115 – d.mcoy@aston.ac.uk

Jamie Smith (Student Support & Assessments Officer
+44(0)121 204 5283 - j.smith19@aston.ac.uk

Katie Maloney (Student Support Co-ordinator)

E-Learning

Neil Cocklin (Senior Learning Technologist)
+44(0)121 204 4218 - n.b.cocklin@aston.ac.uk

Careers

Iwan Griffiths (Careers Adviser)
+44(0)121 204 4754 - i.griffiths@aston.ac.uk

Marketing, Recruitment, and Alumni Relations

Paul Hebron (Head of Marketing - Aston Business School and Postgraduate)
+44(0)121 204 3222 p.hebron@aston.ac.uk

Sharon Shakespeare (Marketing Manager)
+44(0) 204 3927 s.shakespeare@aston.ac.uk

Lynne Cheshire (Marketing Officer, Aston Business School)
+44(0)121 204 4913 - l.cheshire@aston.ac.uk

Gene Lock (Marketing Officer, School of Social Sciences and Humanities)
+44(0)121 4881 - g.lock@aston.ac.uk

Elizabeth (Libby) Comyn (Marketing Co-ordinator)
+44(0)121 204 4220 - e.comyn@aston.ac.uk

Annalise Russell (Marketing Assistant)
a.russell4@aston.ac.uk

Aisha Begum (Marketing Assistant)
+44(0)121 204 5024 - a.begum32@aston.ac.uk

Paula Eccles (Alumni Relations Manager)
+44(0)121 204 3216 - p.eccles@aston.ac.uk

Victoria Sheedy (Alumni and External Relations Officer)
+44(0)121 204 4785 - V.L.Sheedy@aston.ac.uk

Asad Syed (Alumni Relations Assistant)
+44(0)121 204 4098 - a.syed4@aston.ac.uk

Admissions

UG Admissions General Enquiries - +44(0)121 204 3030

PG Admissions General Enquiries - +44(0)121 204 3200

Reference requests - absugreferences@aston.ac.uk

Student Support enquiries including notification of staff absence - absugsupport@aston.ac.uk

Exams and Assessment enquiries - abs_assessment@aston.ac.uk

Admissions and Recruitment enquiries - absugentry@aston.ac.uk

Postgraduate Admissions enquiries - abspgenquiries@aston.ac.uk

International Relations

Professor Frank Austermuehl (Associate Dean International)
+44(0)121 204 4433 - f.austermuehl@aston.ac.uk

Selena Teeling (International Relations Manager)
+44(0)121 204 3253 - s.teeling@aston.ac.uk

Research Degrees Programme Office

Farat Ara (Research Degrees Programme Manager)
+44(0)121 204 3219 – f.ara@aston.ac.uk

Ranjit Judge (Research Degrees Administrator)
+44(0)121 204 3354 - r.k.judge1@aston.ac.uk

Physick (Research Administrator)
+44(0)121 204 5458 - k.physick@aston.ac.uk

AARM / Research Office

Paul Jones (Senior Research Manager)
+44(0)121 204 4443 - p.jones5@aston.ac.uk

Tracey Priest (Research Manager)
+44(0)121 204 4006 - t.priest@aston.ac.uk

Maria Podsiadly (Conference & Events Officer)
+44(0)121 204 3368 - m.podsiadly@aston.ac.uk

Research and Centres of Excellence

Advanced Services Group

Daniel Andrews (Research Fellow In Gamification)
+44 (0)121 204 3059 - d.andrews@aston.ac.uk

Timothey Baines (Professor)
+44 (0)121 204 3051 - t.baines@aston.ac.uk

Ali Bigdeli (Senior Lecturer)
+44 (0)121 204 3384 - a.bigdeli@aston.ac.uk

Patrick Keen

Sandra Starke (Business Development Manager)
+44 (0)121 204 4302 - s.starke@aston.ac.uk

Victoria Uren (Senior Lecturer)
+44 (0)121 204 3707 - v.uren@aston.ac.uk

Aston Centre for Europe (ACE)

Jelena Obradovic-Wochnik

Aston Centre for Growth

Professor Mark Hart (Associate Director, Aston Centre for Growth and Deputy Director, Enterprise Research Centre)
+44(0)121 204 3048 - mark.hart@aston.ac.uk

Paula Whitehouse (Director, Aston Centre for Growth)
+44(0)121 204 3122 - p.a.whitehouse@aston.ac.uk

Kate Angel (Programme Manager, Aston Programme for Small Business Growth)
+44(0)121 204 4523 - k.angel@aston.ac.uk

Faye Oliver (Project Administrator, Aston Programme for Small Business Growth)
+44(0)121 204 3170 - f.oliver2@aston.ac.uk

Joanne Axinte (Programme Manager, Productivity through People)
+44(0)121 204 4485 - j.axinte@aston.ac.uk

Wray Bennett (Relationship Manager, Mentoring for Growth)
+44(0)121 204 5300 - w.bennett@aston.ac.uk

Ibrahim Abbas (Business Engagement Manager)
+44(0) 204 5010 - i.abbas1@aston.ac.uk

Chrisitan Byron (Birmingham Innovation)
+44(0) 204 4034 - c.byron@aston.ac.uk

Kamila Rafiqi (Centre Co-ordinator)
+44(0) 204 3378 - k.rafiqi@aston.ac.uk

Aston Indian Centre for Applied Research

Professor Pawan Budhwar

Professor Prasanta Dey

Dr Bimal Arora

Divya Jyoti (Administrator)

Dr Pavel Albores

Dr Vidu Badigannavar

Dr Srikanth Bellary

Professor Robert Berry

Dr Sudeshna Bhattacharya

Dr Amit Chattopadhyay

Dr Soumyadeb Chowdhary

Dr Philip Davies

Dr Neeru Malhotra

Dr Sudhakar Sagi

Dr Jim Scott

Mr Kirit Vaidya

Dr Daniel Wright

BSEEN

Carolyn Keenan (Project Manager, BSEEN)
+44(0)121 204 4452 - c.a.keenan@aston.ac.uk

Kath Preston (Enterprise Consultant, BSEEN)
+44(0)121 204 5202 - k.preston3@aston.ac.uk

Zhenya Parnell (Project Coordinator, BSEEN)
+44(0)121 204 5253 - z.parnell@aston.ac.uk

Centre for Critical Inquiry into Society and Culture (CCISC)

Gertrud K Reershemius

Kelly-Mae Saville

Ilaria Scaglia

Ebru Soytemel

Nicholas Theodorakopoulos

Katherine Tonkiss

Jonathan Tritter

Joseph Yannielli

A-GamE Centre

A-GamE (Aston Games in Education) was launched in November 2018 to share best practice in the use of games, experiments and simulations in teaching.

>Find out more here.

Centre for Innovation and Enterprise Development

Bejan Analoui (Teaching Fellow)
b.analoui@aston.ac.uk

Yasmin Ansari (MBA Careers Advisor)
+44 (0)121 204 3709 - y.ansari@aston.ac.uk

Ian Cornelius (Teaching Fellow)
+44(0) 204 3955 - I.cornelius@aston.ac.uk

Samantha Doidge (Degree Apprenticeship Tutor)
+44(0) 204 3147 – s.doidge@aston.ac.uk

Linda Ferguson (Degree Apprenticeship Tutor)
l.ferguson@aston.ac.uk

Simon Finley (Enterprise Coach Programme Director)
+44(0) 204 3269 - s.finley@aston.ac.uk

Paul Fleming (Teaching Associate)
p.fleming1@aston.ac.uk

Kerry Goodall (Degree Apprenticeship Tutor)
k.goodall@aston.ac.uk

David Grice (Degree Apprenticeship Tutor)
d.grice@aston.ac.uk

Amy Hart (Student Support Officer)
+44(0) 204 3701 – a.hart@aston.ac.uk

Rosy Jones (Associate Dean of Innovation, Digital and Enterprise Delivery)
r.jones21@aston.ac.uk

Celia Lawson-Pegg (Degree Apprenticeship Tutor)
c.lawson-pegg@aston.ac.uk

Wendy Mah (Examinations and Assessment Co-ordinator)
+44(0) 204 4896 - w.mah@aston.ac.uk

Jasvir Mahil (Degree Apprenticeship Tutor)
+44(0) 204 3964 - j.mahil@aston.ac.uk

David Mccoy (Online student support)
+44(0) 204 3115 – d.mccoy@aston.ac.uk

Melvina Neale (Student Support Lead)
+44(0) 204 3256 – m.neale@aston.ac.uk

Richard Orme (Teaching Fellow)
+44(0) 204 5116 - r.orme@aston.ac.uk

Lloyd Parsons (Degree Apprenticeship Tutor)
l.parsons1@aston.ac.uk

Aimee Postle (MBA Careers Consultant)
a.postle1@aston.ac.uk

Jason Purcell (Degree Apprenticeship Tutor)
j.purcell1@aston.ac.uk

Zowie Ready (Teaching Associate)
z.ready@aston.ac.uk

Frances Seabridge (Teaching Fellow)
+44(0) 204 4411 - f.seabridge@ston.ac.uk

Jordan Shaw (Business Enterprise Development Associate Coach)
j.shaw3@aston.ac.uk

Elizabeth Tappenden (Degree Apprenticeship Coach)
e.tappenden@aston.ac.uk

Jason Thompson (Degree Apprenticeship Support Officer)
+44(0) 204 5466 – j.thompson6@aston.ac.uk

Kirit Vaidya (MBA Director)
+44(0) 204 3263 – k.g.vaidya@aston.ac.uk

Elinor Vettriano (Team Entrepreneurship Coach)
e.vettriano@aston.ac.uk

Simon Willans (Director Engagement Operations)
+44(0) 204 3165 - s.willans@aston.ac.uk

Efua Wilson-Turco (Degree Apprenticeship Tutor)
e.wilson-turco@aston.ac.uk

Centre for Language Research at Aston (CLaRA)