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Black

Female Professors in the UK

(March 2017)

Compiled by Iyiola Solanke i.solanke@leeds.ac.uk

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Table of Contents  

SUMMARY  .....................................................................................................................................  3  

INSTITUTIONAL  DISTRIBUTION  .......................................................................................................  4  

ANTHROPOLOGY  ............................................................................................................................  6  

ART  AND  DESIGN  ............................................................................................................................  7  

BIOLOGY  ........................................................................................................................................  9  

BUSINESS,  MANAGEMENT  &  ACCOUNTING  ..................................................................................  10  

DEVELOPMENT  .............................................................................................................................  15  

ECONOMICS  .................................................................................................................................  17  EDUCATION  ..................................................................................................................................  21  

ENGINEERING  ...............................................................................................................................  26  

FILM  AND  TV  ................................................................................................................................  27  

GEOGRAPHY  .................................................................................................................................  28  

HEALTH  AND  NURSING  .................................................................................................................  30  

HISTORY  .......................................................................................................................................  34  

LAW  .............................................................................................................................................  35  

LITERATURE  ..................................................................................................................................  41  

MATH  ...........................................................................................................................................  45  

MEDIA,  COMMUNICATIONS  AND  INFORMATICS  ..........................................................................  46  

MEDICINE  .....................................................................................................................................  49  

PHARMACY  ..................................................................................................................................  51  

PHYSICS  ........................................................................................................................................  52  

PSYCHOLOGY  ...............................................................................................................................  53  

POLITICS  .......................................................................................................................................  54  

SCIENCE  ........................................................................................................................................  56  

SOCIAL  WORK  &  SOCIAL  POLICY  ...................................................................................................  58  

SOCIOLOGY  &  SOCIAL  SCIENCES  ...................................................................................................  60  

EMERITUS  PROFESSORS  ...............................................................................................................  64  

   

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Summary This document lists 99 (including 4 Emeritus) Black1 female professors in the UK, who are or have been employed on a full time, permanent basis in a Higher Education Institute (HEI). Honorary Professors are for this reason not included. There are two Heads of School (Birkbeck & Kent) and one Dean (Wolverhampton). Five hold an MBE; one has a CBE and DBE. The Black female Professors are engaged across 25 different areas in 45 (out of 164)2 HEI’s. The top three are Law (11) followed by Education (10) and Health and Nursing (9). The full breakdown is as follows: Anthropology (1); Art & Design (3); Biology (1); Business, Management & Organisation (9); Development (4); Economics (7); Education (10); Engineering (2); Film & TV (1); Geography (3); Health & Nursing (8); History (1); Law (11); Literature & Creative Writing (7); Math (1); Media, Communications & Informatics (4); Medicine (4); Pharmacy (2); Physics (2); Psychology (2); Politics (3); Science (4); Social Work & Social Policy (3); Sociology & Social Science (7). According to HESA data, there are around 350 Black female professors in the UK, out of a total number of 18,000 professors across the UK, meaning that Black women make up less than 2% of the professoriate in Higher Education. Only five HEI’s have five or more Black female professors: Warwick (12); UCL (8); Royal Holloway (6) and Manchester (6) and Kings College London (5). Most Russell Group3 universities have just one or, even worse, none. The data suggests that some HEI’s are doing better than others but that overall there is much room for improvement. 1 Women of African, Asian and Caribbean origin and descent. 2 http://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/facts-and-stats/Pages/higher-education-data.aspx . 3 This group of 25 research intensive Universities includes: Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Durham, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Imperial, Kings College London, Leeds, Liverpool, LSE, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Oxford, Queen Mary, Queens University Belfast, Sheffield, Southampton, UCL, Warwick and York.

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Institutional Distribution Bedfordshire 1 Birkbeck 2 Birmingham 1 Bradford 2 Brighton 1 Brunel 3 Cambridge 1 Cardiff 1 Dundee 1 East London 2 Edge Hill 1 Essex 1 Glasgow 2 Goldsmiths 3 Greenwich 1 Huddersfield 1 Institute of Education 1 Kent 2 Keele 1 Kings College London 5 Leeds 2 Leeds Beckett 2 Leeds Trinity 1 Liverpool John Moores 2 LSE 1 London South Bank 1 Manchester 6 Newcastle 1 Nottingham 1 Oxford 3 Plymouth 3 Queen Mary 2 Reading 2 Royal Holloway 7 School of Advanced Studies 1 School of Oriental and African Studies 3 Sheffield Hallam 1 Southampton 1 South Wales 1 Staffordshire 1 Suffolk 1 Sunderland 1 Surrey 1 Sussex 2 University of the Arts 1 University College London 8 UCLAN 1 Warwick 12

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West London 1 Wolverhampton 2

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Anthropology

Raminder Kaur

Professor of Anthropology & Cultural Studies University of Sussex R.KaurKahlon@sussex.ac.uk http://www.sussex.ac.uk/profiles/158815

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Art and Design Sonia Boyce

Chair of Black Art and Design University of the Arts s.boyce@arts.ac.uk http://www.arts.ac.uk/research/ual-staff-researchers/a-z/professor-sonia-boyce/ Chuham Jagjit

Professor of Art and Design Liverpool John Moores University J.Chuhan@ljmu.ac.uk https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/staff-profiles/faculty-of-arts-professional-and-social-studies/liverpool-school-of-art-and-design/jagjit-chuhan

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Lubaina Himid

Professor of Contemporary Art UCLAN lhimid@uclan.ac.uk http://www.uclan.ac.uk/staff_profiles/lubaina_himid.php

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Biology Eriko Takano

Professor of Synthetic Biology Manchester University Eriko.takano@manchester.ac.uk https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/eriko.takano.html

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Business, Management & Accounting Nelarine Cornelius

Professor of Organisation Studies Queen Mary, University of London n.cornelius@qmul.ac.uk http://www.busman.qmul.ac.uk/staff/corneliusn.html

Donna Chambers

Professor of Tourism University of Sunderland donna.chambers@sunderland.ac.uk https://www.sunderland.ac.uk/research/researchstaffprofiles/facultyofbusinesslaw/profdonnachambers/

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Irene Ng

Professor of Marketing and Service Systems Warwick University Irene.Ng@warwick.ac.uk https://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/wmg/people/profile/?wmgid=849 Gloria Agyemang

Professor of Accounting and Head of School (Management) Gloria.Agyemang@rhul.ac.uk Royal Holloway University of London https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/gloria-agyemang(b2e0c74b-49e6-44e4-b243-d30e022f3900).html

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Alice Lam

Professor of Organisational Studies Royal Holloway University London Alice.Lam@rhul.ac.uk https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/alice-lam_bd6b870a-eb76-41bc-9b2b-eee97aa8351a.html Sukanya Sen Gupta

Professor of Management Royal Holloway University of London Sukanya.SenGupta@rhul.ac.uk https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/sukanya-sen-gupta(c28e2c2f-b2f1-41ca-bebe-654ec83e2b56).html

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Salima Paul

Professor of Credit Management Plymouth University salima.paul@plymouth.ac.uk https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/staff/salima-paul Shaofeng Liu

Professor of Operations Management and Decision Making Plymouth University shaofeng.liu@plymouth.ac.uk https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/staff/shaofeng-liu

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Jingjing Xu

Professor of Maritime Law and Economics & Associate Dean of Research Plymouth University jingjing.xu@plymouth.ac.uk https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/staff/jingjing-xu

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Development Uma Kothari

Professor of Migration and Postcolonial Studies Manchester University uma.kothari@manchester.ac.uk http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/uma.kothari/ Bina Agarwa

Professor of Development Economics and Environment Manchester University bina.agarwal@manchester.ac.uk http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/bina.agarwal/ Naila Kabeer

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Professor of Gender and Development London School of Economics and Political Science N.Kabeer@lse.ac.uk http://www.lse.ac.uk/genderInstitute/whosWho/Home.aspx#Naila_Kabeer Nyovani Madise

Professor of Demography and Social Statistics Southampton University N.J.Madise@soton.ac.uk http://www.southampton.ac.uk/demography/about/staff/njm2.page

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Economics Bishnupriya Gupta

Professor of Economics University of Warwick B.Gupta@warwick.ac.uk https://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/staff/bgupta/    Wiji Arulampalam

Professor of Economics Warwick University Wiji.Arulampalam@warwick.ac.uk http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/staff/swarulampalam/

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Amrita Dhillon

Professor of Economics Kings College London amrita.dhillon@kcl.ac.uk http://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/departments/politicaleconomy/People/academic/dhillon.aspx Anandi Mani

Professor of Behavioural Economics and Public Policy Oxford University anandi.mani@bsg.ox.ac.uk http://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/people/anandi-mani Sonia Bhalotra

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Professor of Economics Essex University srbhal@essex.ac.uk https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/people/srbhal Sarmistha Pal

Professor of Financial Economics University of Surrey s.pal@surrey.ac.uk http://www.surrey.ac.uk/sbs/people/sarmistha_pal/  

Uma Kambhampati

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Professor of Economics University of Reading u.s.kambhampati@reading https://www.reading.ac.uk/hedgehogs/about/staff/u-s-kambhampati.aspx

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Education Kalwant Bhopal

Professor of Education and Social Justice and Bridge Professorial Research Fellow in the Centre for Research in Race and Education in the School of Education University of Birmingham k.bhopal@bham.ac.uk http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/education/bhopal-kalwant.aspx Ann Phoenix

Professor of Psychosocial Studies Institute of Education a.phoenix@ucl.ac.uk https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=AAPHO81

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Janis Fook

Professor of Education Leeds Trinity j.fook@leedstrinity.ac.uk http://research.leedstrinity.ac.uk/en/persons/janis-­‐fook(4e76ce94-­‐1e14-­‐4a4e-­‐9f7a-­‐cf6a441c9ca3).html

Uvanney Maylor

Professor of Education University of Bedfordshire uvanney.maylor@beds.ac.uk https://www.beds.ac.uk/howtoapply/departments/education-and-english-language/aboutus/staff/uvanney-maylor

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Erica Joslyn

Professor of Education Policy and Head of Department for Children, Young People and Education University of Suffolk e.joslyn@uos.ac.uk https://www.uos.ac.uk/people/dr-erica-joslyn

Iram Siraj

Professor of Early Childhood Education University College London i.siraj@ucl.ac.uk https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=ISIRA10

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Divya Jindal-Snape

Professor of Education, Inclusion and Life Transitions & Associate Dean (Research) d.jindalsnape@dundee.ac.uk https://www.dundee.ac.uk/esw/staff/details/jindal-snapedivya.php Vini Lander

Professor in Education & Head of Research Edge Hill University landerv@edgehill.ac.uk https://www.edgehill.ac.uk/education/research/professor-vini-lander/

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Farzana Shain

Professor of Sociology of Education Keele University f.shain@keele.ac.uk https://www.keele.ac.uk/sspp/people/staff/farzanashain/ Tehmina N. Basit

Professor of Education Staffordshire University t.n.basit@staffs.ac.uk http://www.staffs.ac.uk/staff/profiles/tnb3.jsp

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Engineering Jennifer Wen

Professor of Engineering Warwick University Jennifer.Wen@warwick.ac.uk http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/eng/people/profile/?tag=jxw Jihong Wang

Professor of Electrical Power & Control Engineering Warwick University jihong.wang@warwick.ac.uk https://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/eng/research/profile/jhw/

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Film and TV Florence Ayisi

Professor of International Documentary Film University of South Wales florence.ayisi@southwales.ac.uk http://staff.southwales.ac.uk/users/6797-fayisi01

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Geography Patricia Daley

Professor of the Human Geography of Africa Helen Morag Fellow and Tutor, Jesus College, Oxford patricia.daley@ouce.ox.ac.uk http://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/staff/pdaley.html Cecilia Wong

Professor of Spatial Planning Manchester University Cecilia.wong@manchester.ac.uk http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/cecilia.wong/

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Jay Mistry

Professor in Geography Royal Holloway University of London J.Mistry@rhul.ac.uk https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/jay-mistry_21cb3408-1419-4ec2-9b70-bcf46c0bfac4.html

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Health and Nursing Laura Serrant

Professor of Nursing Sheffield Hallam University l.serrant@shu.ac.uk https://www.shu.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/staff-profiles/laura-serrant Udy Archibong MBE

Professor of Diversity and Director of Centre for Inclusion and Diversity (CfID) University of Bradford U.E.Archibong@bradford.ac.uk http://www.bradford.ac.uk/about/management/directors/professor-udy-archibong/

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Gina Marie Awoko Higginbottom MBE

The Mary Seacole Professor of Ethnicity and Community Health University of Nottingham Gina.Higginbottom@nottingham.ac.uk https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/healthsciences/people/gina.higginbottom Magi Sque

Professor of Clinical Practice and Innovation University of Wolverhampton m.sque@wlv.ac.uk http://www.wlv.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/centre-for-health-and-social-care-improvement-chsci/staff-directory/professor-magi-sque/

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Seeromanie Harding

Professor of Social Epidemiology & Nutrition Kings College London seeromanie.harding@kcl.ac.uk http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lsm/research/divisions/dns/about/people/Profiles/Seeromanie-Harding.aspx Tara Dean

Professor in Health Sciences & Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research and Enterprise) University of Brighton https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/governance-and-legal/management-board/professor-taraneh-tara-dean.aspx

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Leena Patel

Professor of Child Health & Medical Education Manchester University leena.patel@manchester.ac.uk https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/leena.patel.html Lorraine De Souza

Professor in Clinical Science & Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Equality, Diversity and Staff Development) Brunel University lorraine.desouza@brunel.ac.uk http://www.brunel.ac.uk/people/lorraine-de-souza

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History Joya Chatterji

Professor of South Asian History Cambridge University jc280@cam.ac.uk http://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/directory/jc280@cam.ac.uk

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Law Patricia Tuitt

Professor of Law & Dean, School of Law Birkbeck, University of London Email: p.tuitt@bbk.ac.uk http://www.bbk.ac.uk/law/our-staff/department-of-law/academic-staff/tuitt Maleiha Malik

Professor of Law Kings College London Email: maleiha.malik@kcl.ac.uk http://www.kcl.ac.uk/law/people/academic/mmalik.aspx Diamond Ashiagbor

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 Professor of Law and Director of Research School of Advanced Studies diamond.ashiagbor@sas.ac.uk http://ials.sas.ac.uk/about/about-us/people/diamond-ashiagbor Iyiola Solanke

Professor of EU Law and Social Justice University of Leeds i.solanke@leeds.ac.uk  http://www.law.leeds.ac.uk/people/staff/solanke/

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Shaheen Sardar Ali

Professor of Law University of Warwick s.s.ali@warwick.ac.uk http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/people/Shaheen_Ali Fareda Banda

Professor of Law School of Oriental and African Studies fb9@soas.ac.uk https://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff30610.php

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Ambreena Manji

Professor of Land Law and Development University of Cardiff manjia1@cardiff.ac.uk http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/people/view/478886-manji-ambreena Phoebe Okowa

Professor of Public International Law Queen Mary, University of London p.n.okowa@qmul.ac.uk http://www.law.qmul.ac.uk/staff/okowa.html

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Toni Williams

Professor of Law and Head of Law School University of Kent G.A.Williams@kent.ac.uk https://www.kent.ac.uk/law/people/academic/Williams,_Toni.html Mira Sundara Rajan

Professor of Intellectual Property Law Glasgow University Mira.SundaraRajan@glasgow.ac.uk http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/law/staff/mirasundararajan/

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Carol G. S. Tan

Professor in Law & Head of School School of Oriental and African Studies ct9@soas.ac.uk https://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff46049.php

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Literature & Creative Writing Joan Anim-Addo

Professor of Caribbean Literature and Culture Goldsmiths University of London j.anim-addo@gold.ac.uk http://www.gold.ac.uk/ecl/staff/j-anim-addo/ Ankhi  Mukherjee

 Professor  of  English  and  World  Literatures    Wadham  College,  Oxford  University  ankhi.mukherjee@ell.ox.ac.uk  https://www.english.ox.ac.uk/people/professor-­ankhi-­mukherjee                

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Ananya Jahanara Kabir

Professor of English Literature Kings College London ananya.kabir@kcl.ac.uk http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/english/people/academic/kabir.aspx  Cathia Jenainati

Professor of English Warwick University c.jenainati@warwick.ac.uk http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/people/jenainatidrcathia_new/

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Bernardine Evaristo

Professor of Creative Writing Brunel University bernardine.evaristo@brunel.ac.uk http://www.brunel.ac.uk/people/bernardine-evaristo Tessa McWatt

Professor in Creative Writing University of East London t.a.mcwatt@uel.ac.uk https://www.uel.ac.uk/Staff/m/tessa-mcwatt

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Jackie Kay

Professor of Creative Writing Newcastle University jackie.kay@ncl.ac.uk http://www.ncl.ac.uk/elll/staff/profile/jackiekay.html#publications

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Math Xue-Mei Li

Professor of Mathematics Warwick University Xue-Mei.Li@warwick.ac.uk http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/maths/people/staff/xue_mei_li/

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Media, Communications and Informatics Sarita Malik

Professor of Media, Culture and Communications Brunel University sarita.malik@brunel.ac.uk http://www.brunel.ac.uk/people/sarita-malik

Fun Hu

Professor of Wireless Communications University of Bradford Y.F.Hu@Bradford.ac.uk http://www.bradford.ac.uk/ei/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/staff-profiles/profile/?u=yfhu

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Tao Cheng

Professor of Geoinformatics University College London tao.cheng@ucl.ac.uk http://www.ucl.ac.uk/spacetimelab

Dorothy Monekosso

Professor of Computer Science Leeds Beckett University D.N.Monekosso@leedsbeckett.ac.uk http://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/staff/professor-dorothy-monekosso/

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Shushma Patel

Professor of Information Systems & Acting Head of the Department of Informatics London South Bank University shushma@lsbu.ac.uk http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/about-us/people-finder/prof-shushma-patelhttp://www.lsbu.ac.uk/about-us/people-finder/prof-shushma-patel

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Medicine Shamima Rahman

Professor of Paediatric Metabolic Medicine University College London shamima.rahman@ucl.ac.uk https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=SRAHM75 Usha Menon

Professor of Gynaecological Cancer University College London U.menon@ucl.ac.uk https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=UMENO29

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Lubna Nasir

Professor of Comparative Oncology University of Glasgow Lubna.Nasir@glasgow.ac.uk http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/vet/staff/lubnanasir/ Kwee Yong

Professor of Clinical Haematology University College London kwee.yong@ucl.ac.uk https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=KLYON56

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Pharmacy Bugewa Apampa

Professor of Pharmacy Education (Biochemistry), Director of Pharmacy (School of Life Sciences), Director of Teaching and Learning (School of Life Sciences) University of Sussex B.Apampa@sussex.ac.uk http://www.sussex.ac.uk/profiles/335514 Ijeoma Uchegbu

Professor of Pharmaceutical Nanoscience University College London ijeoma.uchegbu@ucl.ac.uk https://www.ucl.ac.uk/pharmacy/people/academic-research-staff-profiles/ijeoma-uchegbu

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Physics Geetha Balakrishnan

Professorial Research Fellow in Physics University of Warwick G.Balakrishnan@warwick.ac.uk https://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/physics/research/condensedmatt/supermag/whoswho/geetha_balakrishnan/ Hiranya Peiris

Professor of Astrophysics University College London h.peiris@ucl.ac.uk https://www.ucl.ac.uk/star/people/hpeiris.html

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Psychology Marjan Jahanshahi

Professor of Neuropsychology University College London m.jahanshahi@ucl.ac.uk https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=MJAHA29 Amina Memon

Professor of Psychology Royal Holloway University London Amina.Memon@rhul.ac.uk https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/amina-memon(a245d9ab-7d41-4b02-9763-69d8732920fe).html

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Politics Shirin Rai

Professor of Politics & International Studies University of Warwick Shirin.Rai@warwick.ac.uk http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/people/rai/

Funmi Olonisakin

Professor of Security, Leadership and Development Kings College London http://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/departments/alc/People/index.aspx

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Laleh Kalili

Professor of Politics and International Studies School of Oriental and African Studies lk4@soas.ac.uk https://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff36189.php

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Science Nazira  Karodia    

 Professor of Science Education & Dean of Faculty of Science and Engineering University of Wolverhampton nazira.karodia@wlv.ac.uk https://www.wlv.ac.uk/about-us/our-schools-and-institutes/faculty-of-science-and-engineering/all-faculty-staff/school-of-biology-chemistry-and-forensic-science-staff/nazira-karodia/ Mala Shah

Professor of Neuroscience University College London mala.shah@ucl.ac.uk https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=MSHAH22

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Professor Silvia Gonzalez

Professor of Natural Science and Psychology Liverpool John Moores University S.Gonzalez@ljmu.ac.uk https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/staff-profiles/faculty-of-science/natural-sciences-and-psychology/silvia-gonzalez Parveen Yaqoob

Professor of Nutritional Physiology University of Reading p.yaqoob@reading.ac.uk https://www.reading.ac.uk/food/about/staff/p-yaqoob.aspx

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Social Work & Social Policy Adele Jones

Professor of Social Work University of Huddersfield a.d.jones@hud.ac.uk https://www.hud.ac.uk/ourstaff/profile/index.php?staffid=297 Claudia Bernard

Professor of Social Work & Head of Postgraduate Research Goldsmiths, University of London c.bernard@gold.ac.uk http://www.gold.ac.uk/stacs/staff/bernard-claudia/

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Ravinder Barn

Professor of Social Policy Royal Holloway University of London R.Barn@rhul.ac.uk https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/ravinder-barn(cc2d3359-e92b-41ce-8247-1b4dff6409b5).html

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Sociology & Social Sciences Akwugo Emejulu

Professor of Sociology University of Warwick a.emejulu@warwick.ac.uk http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/sociology/staff/akwugoemejulu Gurminder K. Bhambra

Professor of Sociology University of Warwick G.K.Bhambra@warwick.ac.uk http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/sociology/staff/gurminderkbhambra

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Claire Alexander

Professor of Sociology Manchester University claire.alexander@manchester.ac.uk https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/claire.alexander.html Shirley Anne Tate

Professor of Race and Education Leeds Beckett University http://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/news/0317-first-professor-of-race-and-education-appointed-at-leeds-beckett/

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Tracey Reynolds

Professor of Social Sciences University of Greenwich t.a.reynolds@greenwich.ac.uk https://www.gre.ac.uk/ach/study/hpss/staff/tracey-reynolds Gargy Bhattacharyya

Professor of Sociology University of East London g.bhattacharyya@uel.ac.uk https://www.uel.ac.uk/Staff/b/gargi-bhattacharyya

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Miri Song

Professor of Sociology University of Kent A.M.Song@kent.ac.uk https://www.kent.ac.uk/sspssr/staff/academic/s/song-miri.html

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Emeritus Professors Dame Elizabeth Nneka Anionwu, DBE, CBE, FRCN, PhD

Emeritus Professor of Nursing, University of West London. Elizabeth is a qualified nurse and health visitor tutor and has held senior executive roles at various organisations. She was appointed as the first ever UK sickle cell/thalassaemia nurse counsellor and was Head of the Brent Sickle Cell & Thalassaemia Information and Screening Centre from 1979 to 1990. Elizabeth was a senior lecturer in Community Genetic Counselling at the Institute of Child Health at the University College London, and was the Dean of the School of Adult Nursing Studies and Professor of Nursing at University of West London. Elizabeth established and was Head of the Mary Seacole Centre for Nursing Practice, again at University of West London. On her retirement, Elizabeth was honoured with the award of Emeritus Professor of Nursing. http://www.elizabethanionwu.co.uk/ Heidi Safia Mirza

Emeritus Professor of Race, Faith and Culture, Goldsmiths College Heidi Safia Mirza became one of the UK’s first female black professors in the 1990s. She is an expert in equality studies in education and is internationally renowned for her research on ethnicity, gender, and human rights. She describes how Goldsmiths accepted her in the early 1980s, after 70 rejections, to pursue her PhD, at a time when opportunities for young, black women were very limited. “I wrote my first book ‘Young, Female and Black’ from the heart over 25 years ago while at Goldsmiths. It was a time of overt racism after the Battle of

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Lewisham and the New Cross Fire. It was based on my own personal experiences of growing up in South London so for it to be quoted as a seminal sociological text is quite something.” heidi.mirza@gold.ac.uk https://www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id=9413 Avtar Brah

Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Birkbeck Avtar Brah retired as Professor of Sociology at Birkbeck as a specialist in race, gender and ethnic identity issues. She was awarded an MBE in 2001 in recognition of her research. a.brah@bbk.ac.uk http://www.bbk.ac.uk/about-us/fellows/avtar-brah Audrey Osler

 Emeritus Professor of Education, University of Leeds Audrey Osler conducts research on human rights, social justice, and democratic citizenship education policy and practice, in established democracies and post-conflict societies. She has a long-standing interest in the place of narrative and life history in education research and practice and her PhD (published as The Education and Careers of Black Teachers – 1997, Open University Press) examined the contribution of minority teachers to transformative education.

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She has held professorships and visiting professorships at a number of universities in the U.S. (University of Washington, Utah State University) and in Europe. She is founding director of the Centre for Citizenship and Human Rights Education at the University of Leeds and currently holds visiting posts at Hong Kong Institute of Education and Buskerud University College, Norway. a.h.osler@leeds.ac.uk http://www.siue.edu/~tyu/web/osler.html / http://www.education.leeds.ac.uk/people/academic/osler/