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Department of Anthropology
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Anthropology Department Staff

Senior leadership team

Name Position Email
Professor Jamie Tehrani Head of Department jamie.tehrani@durham.ac.uk 
Professor Tessa Pollard Deputy Head of Department t.m.pollard@durham.ac.uk
Steve Bell Department Manager steven.bell2@durham.ac.uk
Dr Elisabeth Kirtsoglou EDI Lead elisabeth.kirtsoglou@durham.ac.uk
Dr Tom Widger Director of Education tom.widger@durham.ac.uk 
Prof Hannah Brown Director of Research hannah.brown@durham.ac.uk
Prof Gillian Bentley PGR Director g.r.bentley@durham.ac.uk
Dr Ben Campbell PGT Director ben.campbell@durham.ac.uk
Dr Sally Street Admissions & Recruitment Director sally.e.street@durham.ac.uk

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Academic Staff

NameTitle
Professor Simone AbramProfessor
Professor Catherine AlexanderProfessor
Professor Helen BallProfessor
Professor Robert BartonProfessor
Professor Gillian BentleyProfessor
Professor Hannah BrownProfessor
Dr Trudi BuckAssociate Professor (Teaching)
Dr Ben CampbellAssociate Professor
Dr Liana ChaseAssistant Professor
Dr Michael CrawleyAssistant Professor
Professor Yulia EgorovaProfessor
Dr Paolo FortisAssociate Professor
Professor Kate HampshireProfessor
Dr Paolo HeywoodAssociate Professor
Professor Russell HillProfessor
Dr Leo HopkinsonLecturer in Social Anthropology
Dr Jeremy KendalAssociate Professor
Professor Rachel KendalProfessor
Professor Elisabeth KirtsoglouProfessor
Dr Kris Fire KovarovicAssociate Professor
Dr Loretta LouAssistant Professor
Professor Ann MacLarnonProfessor of Evolutionary Anthropology
Professor Jane MacnaughtonProfessor of Medical Humanities
Dr Roslyn MalcolmAssistant Professor
Professor Nayanika MookherjeeProfessor
Professor Tessa PollardProfessor
Professor Gina PorterProfessor
Dr Istvan PraetLecturer
Dr Felix RingelAssociate Professor
Professor Jo SetchellProfessor
Professor Paul SillitoeProfessor
Dr Ana Sousa SantosCareer Development Fellow
Dr Alice StefanelliAssistant Professor
Dr Edward StevensonAssociate Professor
Dr Sally StreetAssistant Professor
Dr Amanda TanAssistant Professor
Professor Jamshid TehraniProfessor
Professor Jamshid TehraniHead of Department
Dr Thomas WidgerProfessor
Professor Thomas YarrowProfessor
Dr Emilija ZabiliuteCareer Development Fellow

Teaching Staff

NameTitle
Savita SatheSummer School Academic (Casual)

Administration Staff

Name Position Email
Steve Bell Department Manager steven.bell2@durham.ac.uk
Anna Saiger-Burns Finance Administrator anthropology.finance@durham.ac.uk 
Jade Embleton Learning and Teaching Administrator anthropology.education@durham.ac.uk
Amy Lambton PGR Administrator anthropology.pgr@durham.ac.uk
Jennifer Legg Learning and Teaching Coordinator anthropology.education@durham.ac.uk
Rosie Legg Learning and Teaching Manager anthropology.education@durham.ac.uk
Kate Payne Senior Research Administrator kate.payne@durham.ac.uk
  Operations Administrator anthropology.operations@durham.ac.uk

 

Technical Staff

Name Position Email
Judith Manghan Technical Manager judith.manghan@durham.ac.uk
Valerie Affleck Lab Technician valerie.affleck@durham.ac.uk

 

 

Research Staff

NameTitle
Jane AbelProject Administrator
Anoushka Alexander-RoseRA
Dr Christina BosbachPDRA
Dr Elaine FordeAssistant Professor (Research)
Laura GrieveResearch Assistant
Dr Rachel HarrisonAssistant Professor (Research)
Dr Jack JenkinsPDRA
Dr Danielle JohnsonPDRA
Andrea LambellPDRA
Dr Mayanka MukherjiPDRA
Dr Akansha SinghAssistant Professor (Research)
Dr Duncan Stibbard-HawkesAssistant Professor (Research)
Dr Rebecca StrongRA
Dr. Johanna ThrenPDRA
Dr Daniel VillarPDRA
Molly WestbyProject Manager

Other

NameTitle
Dr Nasima AkhterHonorary Fellow
Andy AllanAssistant Professor (Research)
Giuseppe AmatulliHonorary Fellow
Mrs Cyrintha Barwise-JoubertHonorary Associate
Sandra BellEmeritus Professor
Dr Adam GordonHonorary Fellow
Dr Panas KarampampasHonorary Fellow
Prof Robert LaytonProfessor Emeritus
Dr Mari MiyamotoAcademic Visitor
Sarah RosenHonorary Fellow
Professor Andrew RussellEmeritus Professor
Professor Andrew RussellProfessor Emeritus (research active)
Robert SimpsonEmeritus Professor
Janelle WagnildHonorary Fellow
Dr Sian WatersHonorary Fellow
Dr Jeetandra YadavAcademic Visitor

Research Student

NameTitle
Zarak AhmedPhD Student
Halima AkhterResearch Postgraduate
Al Al ThaniResearch Postgraduate
Sophia AndersonCombined Role
Vasiliki BathrelouCombined Role
Jem CarterCombined Role
Holly ChalcraftCombined Role
Ana-Maria CirsteaResearch Postgraduate
James CoxonSocio-Cultural Anthropology
Anita DattaResearch Student
Shivani DaxiniPhD Student
Shaoding DongResearch Postgraduate
Kiefer DuffyCombined Role
Metasebia FekaduResearch Postgraduate
Dilshaad HossainPhD Student
Emily JeffriesPhD Student
Panagiotis KarlaganisPhD Student
Afthab KatakathDemonstrator (Ptt)
Oliver KeynesPhD Student
Andrea LambellPost Doctoral Research Associate
Daniel LewisResearch Postgraduate
Loes LijndersResearch Postgraduate
Zijie LinPart-Time Teacher
Will LloydCombined Role
Sophie Lovell-KennedyPhD Student
Akshita MathurPhD Student
Laura McGuireResearch Postgraduate
Lenka Medvecova Tinkova Medvecova TinkovaPhD Candidate
Susan MorrowResearch Postgraduate
Shamira Naidu-YoungPhD Student
Erick Nascimento VidalPhD Student
Navile NavileSummer School Academic (Casual)
Rafaela Palacios CorreaPhD Student
Emily ParkerResearch Postgraduate
Erika PathoResearch Postgraduate
Tracy Peter SamatOpen Day Ambassador (Casual)
Chimwemwe PhiriResearch Postgraduate
Marie-Laure PoiretResearch Postgraduate
Aiya RaissovaCombined Role
James RidlandPhD Student
Joel SaundersPart-Time Teacher
Dr. Johanna ThrenPost Doctoral Research Associate
Dr Metrey TivPhD Student
Dr Eirini TzoumaAcademic Development Advisor
Nasir UddinResearch Postgraduate
Benjamin WaltonResearch Postgraduate
Robin WatsonCombined Role
Amy WhitePart-Time Teacher
Sarah WrightMasters by Research Student
Fahmid ZaidResearch Postgraduate