People
Meet the people who make up our Drama & Film department.
Head of subject
Academic staff
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Dr Silvia Angeli
Lecturer in Film Studies
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Dr Cara Berger
Lecturer in Theatre and Performance
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Prof Stephen Scott-Bottoms
Professor of Contemporary Theatre and Performance
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Dr David Butler
Senior Lecturer in Screen Studies
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Dr David Calder
Senior Lecturer in Theatre and Performance Studies
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Dr Sam Čermák
Lecturer in Theatre and Performance Studies
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Dr Rachel Clements
Lecturer in Drama, Theatre and Performance
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Dr MaoHui Deng
Lecturer in Film Studies
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Dr Kate Dorney
Senior Lecturer in Drama, Theatre and Performance
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Dr Sophie Everest
Lecturer in Film Practice
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Prof Maggie Gale
Chair in Drama, Vice-Dean for Research (Humanities)
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Prof Cathy Gelbin
Professor of Film and German Studies
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Prof Jenny Hughes
Professor in Drama
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Dr Alison Jeffers
Senior Lecturer in Applied Theatre and Contemporary Performance
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Dr Victoria Lowe
Senior Lecturer in Drama and Screen Studies
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Dr Simon Parry
Senior Lecturer in Drama and Arts Management
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Dr Johannes Sjoberg
Lecturer in Screen Studies
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Dr Andy Smith
Lecturer in Theatre Practice
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Prof James Thompson
Professor of Applied and Social Theatre
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Dr Darren Waldron
Senior Lecturer in French Studies and European Screen Studies
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Dr Robert Watts
Lecturer in Television and Creative Industries
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Dr Sarah Weston
Lecturer in Theatre Studies
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Postdoctoral Researchers
- Dr Hayley Bradley
- Dr Gemma Edwards
- Dr Milo Harries
- Dr Elise Imray-Papineau
- Dr Tareeq Jalloh
- Dr Réka Polonyi
Simon Industrial Fellows
- Stella Barnes (former) - Project Website
- Christopher Brown
Honorary Research Fellows
- Simon Ruding – TiPP
- Shelley Wagon – TiPP
- Kate Goodrich – TiPP
- Ruth Daniel - In Place of War
- Ann Featherstone
- Keisha Thompson - Programme Manager, Legacies of Enslavement Project, The Guardian
- Dave Moutrey - Director of Culture and Creative Industries for Manchester City Council
- Julie McCarthy - Strategic Lead for Creative Health, NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care / Greater Manchester Combined Authority
- Sameed Rezayan - Head of Learning, Factory International
Emeritus professors
- Prof Vivien Gardner - Emerita Professor
- Prof Tony Jackson - Emeritus Professor of Educational Theatre
- Prof David Mayer - Emeritus Professor