Our staff
Staff categories
Find staff in Birkbeck's Department of Film, Media and Cultural Studies.
Head of Department
- Dr Justin Schlosberg, Reader in Journalism and Media
Academic Staff
- Dr Mike Allen, Senior Lecturer in Film and Electronic Media
- Professor Ian Christie, Anniversary Professor of Film and Media History
- Barbara Cox, Associate Lecturer in Screenwriting
- Dr Rebekah Cupitt, Lecturer in Digital Design
- Dr Lina Džuverović, Lecturer in Arts Policy and Management
- Gavin Evans, Associate Lecturer in Journalism
- Paul Gallagher, Associate Lecturer in Screenwriting
- Dr Imke Henkel, Lecturer in Digital Journalism
- Dr Sophie Hope, Senior Lecturer in Arts Management
- Eleni Liarou, Lecturer in Film and Television
- Dr Joel McKim, Senior Lecturer in Digital Media and Culture
- Professor Tim Markham, Professor of Journalism and Media
- Dr Janet McCabe, Senior Lecturer in Film and Television Studies
- Professor Laura Mulvey, Senior Professor of Film Studies
- Dr Dorota Ostrowska, Senior Lecturer in Film and Modern Media
- Dr Scott Rodgers, Reader in Media Theory
- Dr Emma Sandon, Senior Lecturer in Film and Media
- Dr Marco Scalvini, Lecturer in Digital Media Management and Program Director
- Dr Justin Schlosberg, Reader in Journalism and Media
- Hilary Smith, Associate Lecturer in Film Studies
- Dr Michael Temple, Reader in Film and Media
- Dr Robert Topinka, Senior Lecturer in Transnational Media and Cultural Studies
- Dr Simone Wesner, Senior Lecturer in Arts Management
- Elena Yuan, Associate Lecturer in Arts Policy and Management
Associate lecturers
- Every year, we are joined by Associate Lecturers who engage with all of our different courses and subjects. These lecturers bring an impressive breadth of expertise and experience as well as a passion for their subject to their teaching, and this leads to a dynamic learning experience.
- John Airlie, Associate Lecturer in Film Studies
- Kirsten Cooke, Associate Lecturer
- David Crombie, Associate Lecturer in Marketing
- Bartek Dziadosz, Associate Lecturer
- Helen de Witt, Associate Lecturer in Film Studies
- Nicola Gaughan, Associate Lecturer
- Pauline Greene, Associate Lecturer in Arts Policy and Management
- Anna Maguire, Associate Lecturer
- Matthew Morgan, Associate Lecturer
- Bea Moyes, Associate Lecturer
- Joseph Muller, Associate Lecturer
- Tanya Nash, Associate Lecturer in Screenwriting
- Iain Mchardy Overton, Associate Lecturer
- Ayesha Owusu-Barnaby, Associate Lecturer
- Inês Rebelo, Associate Lecturer in Digital Media Design
- Muriel Temple, Associate Lecturer in Film Studies
- Jan Udris, Associate Lecturer in Film Studies
- Donatella Valente, Associate Lecturer
- Helen Wee, Associate Lecturer
- Ken Williams, Associate Lecturer in Screenwriting
Emeritus academic staff
- Dr Silke Arnold-de Simine, Reader Emerita in Memory and Cultural Studies. Dr Arnold-de-Simine's work is concerned with (trans-)media aesthetics and ethics, tracing the pathways and following the transnational flow of commemorative practices across a range of different media forms and contexts such as screen media, (digital) archives, museums and heritage sites. She is the co-director of the BIRMAC research centre (Birkbeck Interdisciplinary Research in Media and Culture) and is currently working on a book entitled Memory in 3D: Holograms and Digital Afterlives
Research fellows and visiting professors
- Professor Christine Geraghty, Honorary Research Fellowship
- Professor Catherine Grant, Honorary Research Fellowship
- Dr Chris Horrie, Honorary Research Fellowship
- Professor Ana Laura Lopez de la Torre, Honorary Research Fellowship
- Professor Lance Pettitt, Associate Research Fellowship
- Dr Sue Short, Honorary Research Fellowship
Administrative staff
- Katie Baker, Programme Administrator, tel: +44 (0)20 3926 2800
- Mike Brimfield, Administrator, tel: +44 (0)20 3926 2800
- Nathifa Hall-Ezea, Assistant School Manager
- William Jones, Programme Administrator, tel: +44 (0)20 3926 2710
- Shadene Reid, Programme Administrator, tel: +44 (0)20 3926 2717
- Rebecca Strong, Team Leader
- Anthony Shepherd, Team Leader for MPhil/ PhD Research
- Stephen Walkes, Media Technician