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Paul Smith

Deputy Head of School| paul.smith@coventry.ac.uk He originally studied Fine Art at Coventry University and as part of his course he undertook a research project into contemporary art which included living on an Aboriginal reserve for four months.


Dr. Marina Orsini-Jones

Professor in Education Practice| lsx008@coventry.ac.uk Marina is Professor in Education Practice in the School of Humanities and Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.


Dr Michael Cribb

Assistant Professor of English Language | School of Humanities | Faculty of Arts and Humanities | Email: aa6177@coventry.ac.uk


Monika Koehler-Ridley

Assistant Professor in English Language| michael.cribb@coventry.ac.uk Michael spent many years teaching English language and linguistics in the Far East before returning to the United Kingdom in 2004. He currently teaches English language at Coventry University where he specialises in discourse analysis and psycholinguistics. A fellow of the HEA (Higher Education Academy) and he has presented at many conferences, the most recent one being in Valencia, Spain.


Simon Smith

Assistant Professor in Academic English| simon.smith@coventry.ac.uk Simon is a published, research-active corpus linguists who consider himself first and foremost language teacher.


Dr. Tim Nisbet

Lecturer in English and German| tim.nisbet@coventry.ac.uk Tim completed a PhD in Germanic linguistics at the University of Reading in 2007 and has since worked at Coventry University mainly teaching academic English with a leaning towards the needs of postgraduates. I have also given language teacher training and presently manage the University’s German language provision.


Tiziana Cervi-Wilson

Assistant Professor | School of Humanities | Faculty of Arts and Humanities | Email: t.cervi@coventry.ac.uk 


Holly Vass

Assistant Professor in English and Languages| holly.vass@coventry.ac.uk Holly works in the area of TEFL and she is a Cambridge-approved CELTA tutor. Holly’s background is in Spanish and applied linguistics, and she lived and taught EFL in Spain for over two decade.


Dr. Damian Sutton

Professor of Photography Theory and Culture| damian.sutton@coventry.ac.uk Damian leads research support and development in the School of Media and Performing Arts, working with researchers and research practitioners in media production, photography, theatre, music and dance.


Malcolm Bradbrook

Malcolm is the Course Director for Journalism and has been working in the media and public relations for more than two decades as a writer, designer, videographer, news editor and manager.


Dr Abi Rhodes AFHEA

Dr Abi Rhodes is an academic, a researcher, and project and campaigns coordinator with a specialism in grassroots story telling and social movement communication, and professional experience in the third-sector.


Patricia Routh

At Coventry, I am Assistant Professor & Course Director for MA Media Management, School of Media, and Performing Arts, where I lead and develop the MA Media Management course and teach on both core and cluster MA modules. I also teach and support some modules and projects for the BA (Hons) Film & Media Production course.


Dr James Dawson

Assistant Professor (Politics/ IR) | Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations 


Dr Lewis Herrington

Dr Lewis Herrington | Lecturer in International Relations | School of Humanities | College of the Arts and Society


Dr Thorsten Wojczewski

Dr Thorsten Wojczewski | Lecturer in International Relations | School of Humanities | Faculty of Arts and Humanities | Email: ad7574@coventry.ac.uk


Maria W. Norris

Assistant Professor | College of the Arts and Society | School of Humanities | Email: maria.norris@coventry.ac.uk


Katie da Cunha Lewin

Lecturer in 20th and 21st Century Literature | School of Humanities | Faculty of Arts and Humanities | Email: ad6025@coventry.ac.uk


Dr John Grima

Lecturer | School of Humanities | College of the Arts and Society | Email: aa8927@coventry.ac.uk


Dr Marcus Maloney

Lecturer in Sociology | School of Humanities | Faculty of Arts and Humanities | Email: marcus.maloney@cov.ac.uk


Dr Emma Sheppard

Lecturer in Sociology | School of Humanities | Faculty of Arts and Humanities | Email: Emma.Sheppard@coventry.ac.uk