Media Guide to Experts
This guide is for use by journalists wishing to contact academic experts at Newman. To use the guide just click on a specific area of expertise you are interested in, in the table below.
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Make a selection from the areas of expertise below:
African literature: Dr Helen Cousins
Ahdaf Soueif: Dr Jenni Ramone
American Literature and Film: Ms Louise McDonald
Ancient Regime Peasantry: Dr Noelle Plack
Black feminism: Dr Helen Cousins
Catholic Theology Inter-faith dialogue: Mr David McLoughlin
Children’s literacy and literature: Ms Sally Yates
Children’s literature and disability: Prof. Stan Tucker
Children’s rights: Prof. Stan Tucker Mr Graham Brotherton
Choral Conducting (MD of local Choral Society): Mr Derek Wroughton
Christian approaches (Work, Debt and Migration): Mr David McLoughlin
Cognitive Psychology: Dr Julie Blackwell-Young
Collaborative Learning Communities: Dr Dave Trotman
Constructs of childhood: Dr Gill McGillivray
Contemporary Literature: Dr Jenni Ramone
Creative and Imaginative Education: Dr Dave Trotman
Creative Writing: Ms Denise Hayes
Cultural aspects of literature: Dr Helen Cousins
Diaspora Literature: Dr Jenni Ramone
Drama (in education): Dr Kate Katafiasz
Education: Prof. Stan Tucker Mr Graham Brotherton
Education Studies: Dr Dave Trotman
Edward Bond: Dr Kate Katafiasz
Film studies (Adaptation Studies): Ms Louise McDonald
Forensic Psychology: Dr Julie Blackwell-Young
French Revolution: Dr Noelle Plack
Hanan Al-Shaykh: Dr Jenni Ramone
Health and Social Care: Mr Graham Brotherton
History of French Wine: Dr Noelle Plack
Hypertext: Dr Jenni Ramone
Initial teacher Education: Ms Sally Yates
Inter-war women’s literature: Ms Louise McDonald
Jesus of Nazareth (political and social implications): Mr David McLoughlin
Local History: Dr Chris Upton Dr Chris Upton
Middle Eastern Literature: Dr Jenni Ramone
Monica Ali: Dr Jenni Ramone
Muay Thai: Dr Tony Myers
Music (Experimentalism): Mr Bruce Coates
Music (Jazz): Mr Bruce Coates
Music (teaching): Mr Bruce Coates
Music Teaching (Primary & Secondary): Mr Derek Wroughton
Mysticism and Spirituality: Mr David McLoughlin
Napoleonic Empire: Dr Noelle Plack
North African Literature: Dr Jenni Ramone
Orchestral Conducting (MD of local Choral Society Orchestra): Mr Derek Wroughton
Pedagogical studies in physical education: Dr Lorayne Woodfield
Piano Teaching (to Advanced Level): Mr Derek Wroughton
Policy (Children): Prof. Stan Tucker Mr Graham Brotherton
Policy (Family): Prof. Stan Tucker Mr Graham Brotherton
Policy development in England: Dr Gill McGillivray
Postcolonial Critical Approaches: Dr Helen Cousins
Postcolonial Studies: Dr Jenni Ramone
Primary Education: Ms Sally Yates
Professional identities and professionalisation: Dr Gill McGillivray
Safeguarding children: Prof. Stan Tucker Mr Graham Brotherton
Salman Rushdie: Dr Jenni Ramone
School assessment: Prof. Stan Tucker
Social & Economic History (C18 & 19th France): Dr Noelle Plack
Social Exclusion: Prof. Stan Tucker
Social policy: Prof. Stan Tucker Mr Graham Brotherton
South Asian Literature: Dr Jenni Ramone
Sport Elite: Dr Paul A Ryan
Sport Management: Dr Paul A Ryan
Sport Policy: Dr Paul A Ryan
Student Support Services: Ms Lyn Beverley
Teaching Assistants: Prof. Stan Tucker
Translation Theory: Dr Jenni Ramone
Twentieth Century Music: Mr Bruce Coates
Witness Evidence: Dr Julie Blackwell-Young
Workforce reform: Dr Gill McGillivray Prof. Stan Tucker Mr Graham Brotherton
Young people and physical activity: Dr Lorayne Woodfield