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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 
Professor Rob Barton Director of Research r.a.barton@durham.ac.uk 
Prof Gillian Bentley PGR Director g.r.bentley@durham.ac.uk
Dr Felix Ringel 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
Prof Catherine AlexanderProfessor
Prof Helen L. BallProfessor
Professor Robert A. BartonProfessor
Prof Gillian BentleyProfessor
Professor Hannah BrownProfessor
Dr Trudi BuckAssociate Professor (Teaching)
Dr Ben CampbellLecturer
Dr Liana ChaseAssistant Professor
Dr Michael CrawleyAssistant Professor
Dr Pauline DestréeAssistant Professor
Professor Yulia EgorovaProfessor
Professor Sarah EltonProfessor
Dr Paolo FortisAssociate Professor
Professor Kate HampshireProfessor
Dr Paolo HeywoodAssistant Professor
Professor Russell HillProfessor
Dr Leo HopkinsonLecturer in Social Anthropology
Dr Jeremy KendalAssociate Professor
Professor Rachel Kendal (nee Day)Professor
Professor Elisabeth KirtsoglouProfessor
Dr Kris (Fire) KovarovicAssociate Professor
Dr Loretta LouAssistant Professor
Prof Ann MacLarnonProfessor of Evolutionary Anthropology
Professor Jane MacnaughtonProfessor of Medical Humanities
Dr Roslyn MalcolmAssistant Professor
Professor Nayanika MookherjeeProfessor
Dr Megan PetersdorfLecturer in Evolutionary Anthropology
Professor Tessa M. PollardProfessor
Professor Gina PorterProfessor
Dr Istvan Praet
Dr Felix RingelAssociate Professor
Prof Andrew J. RussellProfessor
Professor Jo SetchellProfessor
Prof Paul SillitoeProfessor
Dr Ana Sousa-santos
Dr Alice StefanelliAssistant Professor
Dr Edward (Jed) StevensonAssistant Professor
Dr Sally StreetAssistant Professor
Dr Amanda TanAssistant Professor
Professor Jamie TehraniProfessor
Dr Tom WidgerAssociate Professor
Professor Thomas YarrowProfessor
Dr Emilija Zabiliute

Teaching Staff

NameTitle
Ms Savita Sathe

Administration Staff

Name Position Email
Steve Bell Department Manager steven.bell2@durham.ac.uk
Sarah Brown Finance Administrator anthropology.finance@durham.ac.uk 
Zoe Crowder 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
Ted Robson 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
Dr Chima Michael Anyadike-DanesPDRA
Dr Bilal AshrafPDRA
Dr. Jonathan CoatesNIHR In-Practice Fellow
Claire CopelandResearch Assistant
Dr Claire DungeyPDRA
Ms Sadaf IslamPDRA
Dr Jack JenkinsPDRA
Miss Alice-Amber KeeganResearch Associate
Dr Gabriela ManleyLeverhulme Early Career Fellow
Miss Laura MurrayResearch Assistant
Dr Declan MurrayPDRA
Dr Eva ReindlPDRA
Dr Sarah Maya RosenESRC Postdoctoral Fellow
Ms Chandika ShresthaPDRA
Dr Akansha SinghAssistant Professor (Research)
Dr Duncan Stibbard HawkesAssistant Professor (Research)
Germaine UwimpuhweResearch Assistant
Mr Dimitrios VallisResearch Associate
Dr Janelle WagnildPDRA
Mx Molly WestbyProject Manager
Dr Katy WilliamsHonorary Fellow

Other

NameTitle
Dr Sonia AhmedHonorary Fellow
Andrew AllanHonorary Fellow
Mrs Cyrintha Barwise-joubertHonorary Associate
Dr Khurshida BegumHonorary Fellow
Professor Sandra BellEmeritus Professor
Prof Alan BilsboroughProfessor Emeritus
Dr Jesse BonwittHonorary Fellow
Dr Larson BoundengaHonorary Fellow
Prof Michael B. CarrithersEmeritus Professor
Dr Meixuan ChenHonorary Fellow
Dr Andrea DonaldsonHonorary Fellow
Dr Luke DuncanHonorary Fellow
Miss Leah FindlayHonorary Fellow
Dr Michele Filippo FontefrancescoHonorary Fellow
Dr Carmen GranitoHonorary Fellow
Dr Jan HajicHonorary Fellow
Dr Ben HildredHonorary Fellow
Dr Leslie JessopOfficial Visitor
Dr Andrea Kaiser-grolimundHonorary Fellow
Prof Adetayo KasimHonorary Professor
Prof Robert H. LaytonProfessor Emeritus
Dr Tehseen NooraniHonorary Fellow
Dr Andrew ShuttleworthHonorary Fellow
Andrea Silva-caballeroHonorary Fellow
Professor Bob SimpsonEmeritus Professor
Ms Jinju SunAcademic Visitor
Dr Tharindi UdalagamaHonorary Fellow
Dr Megan WainwrightHonorary Fellow
Dr Sian WatersHonorary Fellow

Research Student

NameTitle
Ms. Vasundhra .
Ms Aethiqah Abdul-halim
Mr. Zarak AhmedPhD Student
Ms Halima Akhter
Mr Giuseppe Amatulli
Miss Sophia C Anderson
Ms Gabrielle Barkess-kerr
Ms Vasiliki (Vicky) Bathrelou
Mr. Eric BoydPhD student
Mr Alexander C-kent-widdowsPhD student
Miss Ana-Maria Cîrstea
Miss Holly Chalcraft
Ms. Nuzhat ChoudhuryPhD Student
Mr James Anthony CoxonSocio-Cultural Anthropology
Miss Hannah Darnton
Ms Anita DattaResearch Student
Miss Shivani DaxiniPhD Student
Mr. Kiefer Duffy
Mr Arthur EirichResearch Student
Ms Michele Freed
Miss Ingrid Grueso-Dominguez
Miss Rosie Harris
Ms. Dilshaad HossainPhD Student
Miss Emily JeffriesPhD Student
Ms. Lucy Johnson
Mr Admir Jugo
Mr Martin Kandeh
Mr. Panagiotis KarlaganisPhD Student
Mr. Oliver KeynesPhD Student
Ms Abby King
Ms Andrea Lambell
Mr. Daniel Lewis
Miss Loes Lijnders
Mr. Zijie Lin
Ms. Rebecca Liubicich
Mr. Will Lloyd
Miss Sophie Lovell-kennedyPhD Student
Miss Catherine Marley
Mrs. Joan Martin
Miss Akshita MathurPhD Student
Miss Laura Mcguire
Mr. Jamie Mckaughan
Mrs. Lenka Medvecová TinkováPhD Candidate
Dr. E Miltiadis
Othe Susan Morrow
Miss Shamira Naidu-youngPhD Student
Mr. Erick Nascimento-vidalPhD Student
Ms Tahura Enam Navile
Miss Nyaboke Omwega
Miss Maria Palacios-correaPhD Student
Miss Emily Parker
Ms. Erika Patho
Mr. Joseph Peploe
Mrs Tracy Peter-samat
Miss Chimwemwe Phiri
Jem Pilling
Ms. Marie-laure Poiret
Mr Md Rahman
Mr. James RidlandPhD Student
Mr. Joel Saunders
Miss Emily Sinclair
Miss Johanna Thren
Métrey TivPhD Student
Mr. Robert Trusson
Mrs Rebecca Tuck
Ms Eirini Tzouma
Mr Mohammad Uddin
Mr. Ben Walton
Mr Robin Watson
Miss Sarah WrightMasters by Research Student
Miss Guofang YuanPhD Student
Mrs. Eleonora Zanetti