Our People
We are a close-knit department within the School for Cross-faculty Studies and our students benefit from the expertise of a wide range of academics from across the University as well as from the undivided attention of our dedicated team of Liberal Arts academics, support staff, and administrative team.
Where to find us: Our department is based in the Ramphal Building on central campus. Our Undergraduate Office is in room R3.38, on the third floor of the Ramphal Building. The office is open each day during term time for in-person visits.
For general enquiries: Please contact LiberalArts at warwick dot ac dot uk.
Athena SWAN
The School for Cross-faculty Studies was awarded a Bronze Athena Swan Award in September 2021 and is now engaged in implementing its five-year Athena Swan Action Plan.
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Professor Stéphanie Panichelli-BatallaHead of the School for Cross-faculty Studies | Academic Director for Liberal ArtsEmail: S dot Panichelli at warwick dot ac dot uk Room: R3.17A (Ramphal Building) Research interests: Interdisciplinary Caribbean Studies (Oral History, Sociology, Cultural Studies), Humanitarian Aid and South-South Cooperation. |
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Dr Bryan BrazeauAssociate Professor | Deputy Head of the School for Cross-faculty Studies | Director of Undergraduate Studies (Liberal Arts) | Study Abroad Coordinator (Liberal Arts) | Director of Postgraduate Taught Programmes (Liberal Arts)Email: B dot Brazeau at warwick dot ac dot uk Room: R3.31 (Ramphal Building) Office hours (for 22/23 Term 2): Tuesdays 4:00-5:00 pm, Thursdays 11:15 am - 12:15 pm. Book an appointment. Research interests: History of liberal arts education (from ancient world to present day), early modern poetics, Italian renaissance epic (Boiardo, Ariosto, Tasso), Christian epic (Sannazaro, Vida, Tasso, Milton), Dante and medieval philosophy, Counter-Reformation culture, history of emotions and affect theory, early modern reception of Virgil and Aristotle, digital humanities, translation studies (Italian-English, neo-Latin), interdisciplinary and multilingual pedagogies, transviciniar learning. |
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Dr Lauren BirdAssistant ProfessorEmail: Lauren dot Bird at warwick dot ac dot uk Room: R3.32 (Ramphal Building) Research interests: Gender dynamics in families, social inequalities in health, family structures and implications for family well-being and child development. |
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Dr Elizabeth ChantTeaching Fellow Email: elizabeth dot chant at warwick dot ac dot uk Room: R3.34 (Ramphal Building) Research interests: |
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Dr Kirsten HarrisAssociate ProfessorKirsten is on parental leave until August 2023Email: K dot Harris dot 1 at warwick dot ac dot uk Room: R3.17 (Ramphal Building) Office hours: Mondays 12-1 pm, Tuesdays 3-4 pm. Book an appointment. Research interests: Walt Whitman; 19th century British, American and transatlantic literary cultures; fin de siècle British socialism; utopian texts, thought and practice; Afrofuturism; art and political/social activism; interdisciplinary and liberal education pedagogies. |
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Dr William RuppAssistant Professor | Widening Participation Lead (Liberal Arts) | Senior Tutor (School for Cross-faculty Studies)Email: W dot H dot Rupp at warwick dot ac dot uk Room: R3.17 (Ramphal Building) Office hours: Tuesdays 10 - 11 am, Thursdays 12:30 - 1:30 pm. Book an appointment. Research interests: Travel and identity formation in 18th century Britain; antiquarianism; social mobility in early modern society; politeness; gender; landscape and the built environment; pedagogy. |
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Vladimir Rosas SalazarGraduate Teaching Assistant, IP108 Qualitative Methods for Undergraduate Research Email: Vladimir dot Rosas-Salazar at warwick dot ac dot uk |
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Dr Gavin Schwartz-LeeperAssociate Professor | Director of Admissions (Liberal Arts) | Director of Student Experience (Liberal Arts) | Adjustments and Disability Officer (Liberal Arts)Email: G dot E dot Schwartz-Leeper at warwick dot ac dot uk Room: R3.34 (Ramphal Building). Book an appointment. Office hours: Tuesdays 4-5 pm. Research interests: Transdisciplinary early modern European studies (book history, political and religious literature, historiography); Higher education pedagogies (especially liberal education and radical pedagogies); critical game studies (especially in a historical context), and anarchist/revolutionary studies. |
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Dr Jane WebbReader | Director of Education (School for Cross-faculty Studies)Email: Jane dot A dot Webb at warwick dot ac dot uk Room: R3.32 (Ramphal Building) Office hours: Mondays 2-3 pm and Wednesdays 12:30-1:30 pm. Book an appointment. Research interests: Dress histories, object histories, collections, archive and museum histories, colour theories, design histories, histories of place, creative methodologies and design thinking, history of emotions. |
Administrative staff |
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Julia GrettonSenior Departmental AdministratorEmail: J dot Gretton at warwick dot ac dot uk Room: R3.29A (Ramphal Building) |
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Heather RobsonPostgraduate Programmes' ManagerEmail: Heather dot Robson at warwick dot ac dot uk Room: R3.10/12 (Ramphal Building) |
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Kelsey TodInterdisciplinary Programmes OfficerEmail: Kelsey dot Tod at warwick dot ac dot uk Room: R3.38 (Ramphal Building) |
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Support staff |
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Bodrun NaharEmployability and Placement Manager Email: Bodrun dot Nahar at warwick dot ac dot uk Room: R3.29A (Ramphal Building) Office hours: Tuesdays and Wednesdays 11 am - 1 pm, Thursday 2-4 pm. Book an appointment. |
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Richard PerkinsAcademic Support LibrarianEmail: R dot Perkins at warwick dot ac dot uk |
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Anna PrestonSenior Careers ConsultantEmail: A dot Preston at warwick dot ac dot uk Appointments available, please contact Anna via email to arrange |