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Our People
Senior Leadership Team
- Simon Mills - Head of Department
- Tuomas Eerola (term 1); Julian Horton (terms 2 and 3) - Deputy Head of Department
- Karen Humes - Department Manager
- Tuomas Eerola - Director of Postgraduate Studies
- Ian Dickson - Director of Undergraduate Studies
- Nick Collins (terms 1 and 3); James Weeks (term 2) - Director of Research
- John Snijders - Chair of the Board of Examiners
- Simone Tarsitani - Senior Technical Manager
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Meet our staff
Get to know our members of staff and find out more about their work and research interests.
Head of Department
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Professor Simon Mills | Professor of Ethnomusicology |
Administrative Staff
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Mrs Karen Humes | Department Manager |
| Mrs Sarah Hart | Learning and Teaching Manager |
| Ms Anne Hitch | Operations Administrator |
| Miss Deborah Norman | Learning and Teaching Administrator (Wednesday, Thursday am and Friday) |
| Mrs Angela Rutherford | Learning and Teaching Administrator (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday am) |
| Miss Ruth Daglish | Learning and Teaching Administrator (Wednesday pm, Thursday and Friday) |
Technical Staff
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Mr Martin Allison | Senior Technician |
| Dr Simone Tarsitani | Senior Technical Manager |
Student Enrichment Staff
Staff of the Student Enrichment Directorate supporting extra-curricular musical activities across the university.
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Mr Lewis Wilkinson | Manager of Performing Arts |
| Ms Hannah Foster | Music Co-ordinator (Jazz and Commercial) |
| Mr Nicholas Frangoudi | Music Co-ordinator (Classical and Traditional) |
Academic Staff
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Professor Martin Clayton | Professor of Ethnomusicology |
| Professor Nick Collins | Professor |
| Professor Tuomas Eerola | Professor of Music Cognition |
| Dr Eric Egan | Associate Professor of Composition |
| Dr Katherine Hambridge | Associate Professor of Musicology |
| Dr Samuel Horlor | Lecturer in Ethnomusicology |
| Professor Julian Horton | Professor of Music Theory and Analysis |
| Dr Amanda Hsieh | Assistant Professor of Musicology |
| Dr Kelly Jakubowski | Associate Professor of Music Psychology |
| Professor Laura Leante | Professor of Ethnomusicology |
| Professor Richard Rijnvos | Professor of Composition |
| Dr Hector Sequera Mora | Assistant Professor of Performance |
| John Snijders | Associate Professor of Performance |
| Dr James Weeks | Associate Professor of Composition |
| Professor Bennett Zon | Professor of Musicology |
Teaching Staff
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Dr Joe Bates | Assistant Professor |
| Dr Ian Dickson | Assistant Professor (Teaching) |
Associated Staff
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Professor Andy Hamilton | Professor in the Department of Philosophy |
Research Staff
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Dr Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade | Leverhulme Early Career Fellow |
| Dr Caroline Curwen | Leverhulme Early Career Fellow |
| Dr Wei Wu | Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Music Psychology |
Emeritus Staff
| Name | |
|---|---|
| Professor Jeremy Dibble | |
| Professor Max Paddison |
Honorary Fellows
| Name |
|---|
| Dr Austin Glatthorn |
| Dr Liila Tarrufi |
Research Student
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Juliano Abramovay | Research Postgraduate |
| Nashra Ahmad | Foundation Fellow |
| Budhaditya Bhattacharyya | Research Postgraduate |
| Amanda Botelho | Research Postgraduate |
| Phillip Broadhouse | Research Postgraduate |
| Andrew Brown | Research Postgraduate |
| Athol Cassidy | Research Postgraduate |
| Abigail Cawte | Research Postgraduate |
| Ardi Echevarria | Combined Role |
| Jamison Hankins | Combined Role |
| Matthew Hansel | Research Postgraduate |
| Betsy Hou | Research Postgraduate |
| Angus Howie | Research Postgraduate |
| Philip Keller | College Mentor |
| Robert King | Research Postgraduate |
| Connor Kirts | Combined Role |
| Giselle Lee | Research Postgraduate |
| Ryan Mackey | Combined Role |
| Chris Massa | Lectures (Ptt) |
| Matthew McCullough | Combined Role |
| Mike Mitchell | Research Postgraduate |
| Dominik Mitterer | Combined Role |
| Imogen Morgan | Research Postgraduate |
| Georgia Pallett | Research Postgraduate |
| Darach Sharkey | Combined Role |
| Chara Steliou | Research Postgraduate |
| Fruzsi Szucs | Research Postgraduate |
| Ruth Thomas | Research Postgraduate |
| Hazel van der Walle | Research Postgraduate |
| Katie Vishwanath | Combined Role |
| Luka Zeng | Research Postgraduate |
| Mo Zhou | Research Postgraduate |