Faculty of Media, Arts and Humanities - for students and staff

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Media, Arts and Humanities Faculty office reception - for general enquiries

Arts A7, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QN      
Email: media-arts-humanities@sussex.ac.uk  Telephone: 01273 (67) 8001

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Directory

Leadership | Subject Heads | School Officers | Education | Research | Operations | Technical Services  | Foundation Year
For an A-Z staff directory of subjects and professional services, please see the menu on the left-hand side of the page. 

Leadership Team

Professor Cornel Sandvoss
Executive Dean of Media, Arts and Humanities

artsdean@sussex.ac.uk

Professor Sarah Maltby
Associate Dean (Culture, Equity and Inclusion)
S.Maltby@sussex.ac.uk
Photo of Ed HughesProfessor Ed Hughes
Associate Dean (Global and Civic Engagement)
EducationMAH@sussex.ac.uk
Professor Sarah Sawyer
Associate Dean (Research and Innovation)
S.A.Sawyer@sussex.ac.uk
Dr Jason Price
Associate Dean (Education and Students)
J.Price@sussex.ac.uk

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Heads of Subject

Dr Micheál O'Connell
Creative and Critical Practice
Dr Bill McEvoy and Dr Arabella Stanger
Drama, Theatre and Performance
Prof Charlotte Taylor 
 English Language and Linguistics
Dr Tom F. Wright
English Literature
Dr Lawrence Webb
Film Studies
Prof Graeme Pedlingham
Foundation Year
Gavin Mensah-Coker (English Language) and Dr Aaron Kahn (Modern Languages)
Language Studies

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School Officers

Postgraduate Researchers
Dr Emile Devereaux
Director for PGR Professional Development and CHASE Academic Lead (Sussex)
Education and Students
Dr Chloe Porter
Chair of MA Convenors
Dr Hannah Field
Director of Teaching and Learning
Dr John Doyle
 Director of Academic Enhancement
Dylan Beattie
Director for Digital Skills and Learning
Research and Innovation
Dr Hannah Field
Faculty External Funding Lead
Dr Tanya Kant
Faculty Innovation, Industry and Engagement Lead
Global and Civic Engagement 
Dr Frances Smith
Director of Recruitment and Admissions
Patricia Couturas
Study Abroad and Visiting and Exchange Convenor
Paul Vincent
Placements Convenor
Culture, Equity and Inclusion
Vacant
Director of Race Equity
Dr Hana Qugana 
Deputy Director of Race Equity
Dr Sandra Nelson
LGBTQ+ Equity Director
Flora Derounian and Katie Walter
Athena Swan Leads and Gender Equity Directors 
Emma Harrison and Dr Andrea Haslanger
Disability Equity Directors

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Education and Students Management Team

Lisa Kearley
Senior Education Manager
MAH-Educationmgr@sussex.ac.uk
Michael Rowland
Assistant Education Manager
m.rowland@sussex.ac.uk
Academic Experience Team
Dnyan Keni
Academic Experience Officer
MAH-CAO@sussex.ac.uk

Amy Golding
Academic Experience Officer
MAH-CAO@sussex.ac.uk

Nicole Peli
Academic Experience Officer
MAH-CAO@sussex.ac.uk

Vacant
Academic Experience Coordinator
MAH-CAO@sussex.ac.uk
Course Administration Team
Senior Education Coordinator
Mel Lerjen
M.Lerjen@sussex.ac.uk
Grace Ryan
American Studies Course Coordinator
01273 678899
americanstudies@sussex.ac.uk
Lisa Greening
Art History Course Coordinator
01273 678098
arthistory@sussex.ac.uk
Marie Dennis
Creative and Critical Practice (CCP) Course Coordinator
01273 876560
ccp@sussex.ac.uk
Peter Brown
Drama Course Coordinator
01273 678899
drama@sussex.ac.uk
Shelley Stevens
English Language & Linguistics Course Coordinator
01273 678845
english-language@sussex.ac.uk
Lisa Greening
English Literature and English (PGT) Course Coordinator
01273 877857
english@sussex.ac.uk
Marie Dennis
Film Studies Course Coordinator
01273 876560
filmstudies@sussex.ac.uk
Grace Ryan
History Course Coordinator
01273 678899
history@sussex.ac.uk
Lisa Greening
Liberal Arts Course Coordinator 
01273 678098
liberalarts@sussex.ac.uk
Allie Berry
Media Plus Course Coordinator
01273 075269
mediaplus@sussex.ac.uk
Peter Brown
Music Course Coordinator
01273 872621
mahmusic@sussex.ac.uk
Lisa Greening
Philosophy Course Coordinator
01273 678098
philosophy@sussex.ac.uk

Department of Language Studies

Katie Brooks
Pre-sessional English Senior Officer (PhD, PG and UG)
01273 678338
efl@sussex.ac.uk
Louisa Kenyon
Intensive English Senior Officer (Individuals and Groups)
englishgroups@sussex.ac.uk
Daria Artamonova
Summer at Sussex Senior Officer (Individuals and Groups)
01273 873234
englishgroups@sussex.ac.uk
Angela Bachini 
English Language for Academic Study Coordinator
elas@sussex.ac.uk
Kelly Richardson
Language Short Courses Coordinator
01273 872575
languageshortcourses@sussex.ac.uk
Visiting and Exchange Students Coordinator (Shared Inbox)
01273 877857
MAH-visitandexchange@sussex.ac.uk

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Foundation Year

FDNStudents@sussex.ac.uk (for student queries)

FDNOffice@sussex.ac.uk for staff queries

Chris Griffin
Senior Course Coordinator
Gina Stevens
Course Coordinator
Rebecca Bowe
Course Coordinator

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Research

MAH-PGR@sussex.ac.uk (for PGR support)

MAH-research@sussex.ac.uk (for faculty research support)

Medeni Fordham
Senior Research Manager
01273 873566
M.Fordham@sussex.ac.uk
Katherine Blackadder
Assistant Research Manager (Impact)
K.Blackadder@sussex.ac.uk
Laura Vellacott
Assistant Research Manager (Research Operations)
01273 873429
L.Vellacott@sussex.ac.uk
Vacant 
Assistant Research Manager (PGR)
Lauren Church
Producer in Residence
Lauren.Church@sussex.ac.uk
Eleanor Cains
Research Communications Coordinator
01273 876988
Tiffany Murphy
Research Communications Coordinator
01273 877152
Michelle Gibson
Senior Research Coordinator (Events) 
01273 678696
mg712@sussex.ac.uk
Matt McConkey
Research Support Coordinator (PGR)
Michelle Stonestreet
Senior AHRC IAA Coordinator
M.Stonestreet@sussex.ac.uk
Elena Dennison
Research Programmes Manager
01273 873039
E.Dennison@sussex.ac.uk
Kate Malone
Sussex Humanities Lab Administrator
01273 872625
K.Malone@sussex.ac.uk
Anna Thomas 
Administrator - Musically Embodied Machine Learning (externally funded research project)
Silverstone SB220
Mel Poluck 
PR and Comms Manager, Landecker Digital Memory Lab 
Arts B 341
Philippa Murnaghan
Senior Project Officer, Landecker Digital Memory Lab 
Arts B 341

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Operations

Danielle Salvage
Operations Manager
01273 877538
MAH-Operationsmgr@sussex.ac.uk
Laura Gallaher
Assistant Operations Manager (Culture, Equity and Inclusion)
MAH-Operationsmgr@sussex.ac.uk
Communications, Events and Recruitment
Communications Team (Shared Inbox)

MAH-Communications@sussex.ac.uk

To submit an item to the Faculty Newsletter please use the Faculty News Submission form.

For more information and guidance, head to the MAH Communications and Events Team webpage.

Taylor Lodge
Communications and Events Officer
tl376@sussex.ac.uk
Lia McCarthy
Communications and Content Officer
L.M.Mccarthy@sussex.ac.uk
Executive Admin
Ahmed Koyes
Executive Assitant to the Dean
01273 873726
MAH-EADean@sussex.ac.uk
Faculty Office Reception Team
Katie Barwick
Senior Reception Coordinator
01273 875261
K.Barwick@sussex.ac.uk
Robert Edwards
Clerical Assistant 
re265@sussex.ac.uk

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Technical Services

John Williams
Senior Technical Manager for the Faculty of Media, Arts and Humanities and the Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts
01273 873434

mahtechnicalmgr@sussex.ac.uk
MAHtechserv@sussex.ac.uk
J.S.Williams@sussex.ac.uk

Adam Elliot
Technical Supervisor-Demonstrator (Journalism)
mahtechnicalmgr@sussex.ac.uk 
A.I.Elliott@sussex.ac.uk
mahtechserv@sussex.ac.uk
Phil Tomsett
Senior Technician Demonstrator (Digital)
01273 873636 
MAHTechServ@sussex.ac.uk
P.Tomsett@sussex.ac.uk
Daniel Taylor
Senior Technician Demonstrator (Film and Video)
01273 873636 
MAHTechServ@sussex.ac.uk
Daniel.Hall@sussex.ac.uk
Jason Douglas
Senior Technician Demonstrator (Music)
01273 873636 
MAHTechServ@sussex.ac.uk
jd628@sussex.ac.uk
Adam Staff
Senior Technician Demonstrator (Music)
01273 873636 
MAHTechServ@sussex.ac.uk
A.J.Staff@sussex.ac.uk
Vacant
Senior Technician Demonstrator (Sound and Drama)
01273 873636 
MAHTechServ@sussex.ac.uk 
Darren Garcia
Senior Technician Demonstrator (Video and Photography)
01273 873636 
MAHTechServ@sussex.ac.uk
D.J.Garcia@sussex.ac.uk
Tomas Smethurst Robinson
Senior Technician Demonstrator (Equipment and Resources Supervisor)
01273 873636 
MAHTechServ@sussex.ac.uk
T.Smethurst-Robinson@sussex.ac.uk
Lewis Alford
Senior Technician (Languages)
01273 678038
langtechs@sussex.ac.uk
L.Alford@sussex.ac.uk
Alex Peverett
Technical Specialist (Digital Humanities) in the Sussex Digital Humanities Lab 
A.Peverett@sussex.ac.uk
Steve [Zhenghao] Wang
Digital Media Specialist for the Landecker Digital Memory Lab 
Steve.Wang@sussex.ac.uk
Russell Glasson
Senior Technician (Online Publishing) for REFRAME 
R.Glasson@sussex.ac.uk

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