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Fellows

Fellows are key to driving the work of the Institute forward over their two year terms. We're very excited to see the direction they take us in.

Faculty of Science, Engineering & Medicine

Faculty of the Social Sciences

Faculty of Arts

Cross Faculty

Professional Services

Faculty of Science, Engineering & Medicine

Ally Caldecote, Physics

I've worked in the physics department at the University for 11 years. Previously a secondary school physics teacher giving advice to sixth form students applying to university, I promote science in general and physics in particular through varied and creative channels such as the Warwick Christmas Lectures, public science fairs and visits to schools. I'm enthusiastic to share the work of my colleagues with the public and demystify the research that happens here. Ally was a foundation fellow of WIE upon its establishment in 2021.

Anne-Marie Broomhall, Physics

I'm an astrophysicist who studies the Sun and other stars. As our closest star, the Sun is vital for all life on Earth but it is also an object of great mysticism and beauty. In my public engagement activities I aim to convince people how amazing and scientifically interesting the Sun is, but also to demonstrate how much of the science associated with the Sun and stars can be related to scientific experiences we can have on Earth. I do this using a number of interactive tools, including our solar telescopes, which give people the opportunity of safely observing a real star, our star, up close and personally. Anne-Marie was a foundation fellow of WIE upon its establishment in 2021.

Christopher James, Engineering

I am a biomedical engineer with a chair in biomedical engineering at the School of Engineering, I am also the director of the Biomedical Engineering Institute within Warwick. I am a great supporter of STEM outreach wherever it happens and thoroughly enjoy using biomedical engineering as a perfect example of STEM in action. My research is in Brain and Behaviour and so I draw on that for my inspiration – so from my work in brain-computer interfacing my team of keen undergraduates have developed a “brain controlled Scalextric” game which always goes down a hit. I am interested in making my outreach sustainable so have been running a 4th year undergraduate group project within the school of engineering called “biomedical engineering in a box”! to develop new and interesting interactive demos – these have included (and will include) the “brain-o-meter”, a model beating heart that beats in sync to yours, a simulation of a CT scanner (using a scavenged laser-pointer), and more. My biggest project to date is BME Pod, the Bioengineering Mobile Exploration Pod – still a work-in-progress (look here for more details: www.bmepod.org). I am not afraid to try new things, I see STEM outreach as a voyage of discovery for all concerned – above all I think STEM outreach should be FUN!

Claire Dancer, WMG

I’m a Reader in WMG where my research focuses on developing manufacturing processes to make ceramic materials using lower amounts of energy and/or at lower temperatures. I am particularly interested in making architectured systems, such as metamaterials, which require the use of multiple materials together with finely controlled structural elements. I am a Materials Scientist by training, and greatly enjoy carrying out materials-based outreach activities. I lead the UK EPSRC Metamaterials Network Outreach and Engagement Activities, and have presented at the British Science Festival, Cheltenham Science Festival, Pint of Science, and a wide range of other drop-in and classroom activities.

Claire Rocks, Computer Science

I’m an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science where I teach Mobile Robotics and Visualisation. I’m also a WIHEA Fellow. My first post-doc was managing the EPSRC-funded project Walking with Robots, which was awarded the Rooke Award for the Public Promotion of Engineering by the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2010. Working with over eight robotics research labs in the UK, the project engaged over 80,000 people with events such as Robotic Visions; a nationwide programme of five conferences that fostered two-way discussion between young people and robotics researchers; a parliamentary seminar on the future of robotics; and the first UK festival of robotics.I’ve previously managed FameLab, an international competition to identify, train and mentor researchers and aspiring science communicators wishing to engage public audiences with their work. I’m responsible for Outreach in the Department and is Co-Investigator on Play Code Share - a project that brings together Computer Science and the Arts to teach computing in a creative and playful way. My interest in this area has led to undertaking an MSc in Computational Arts.

Deepak Parashar, Warwick Medical School

I'm an Associate Professor at WMS and a Turing Fellow. My research focuses on mathematical methods in cancer clinical trials. I delivered a sold-out lecture on ‘The maths of personalised medicine’ at 2019 British Science Festival and I'm keen to enhance public communication of statistical data science via WIE.

Edgar Wong, Physics

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Eleanor Hoverd, Warwick Medical School

I'm a Research Nurse and work in GP practices in inner-city Coventry. I'm passionate about engaging with people of diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds, to improve representation of all individuals in health research. I have experience of leading on Patient and Public Involvement activities within the West Midlands.

Ellie King, WMG

I’m currently a doctoral researcher with WMG and Oxford University Museum of Natural History researching visitor experience and evaluation of museum exhibits. I have developed and published a conceptual framework for understanding visitor engagement with exhibits, the model for Museum Exhibit User Experience (MEUX), and have developed several evaluation methods to measure the impact of this. These evaluation methods combine quantitative and qualitative approaches and can capture and understand the impact of museum activity in exhibits, exhibitions, and events. I am keen to train and support professionals working in public engagement to understand and evaluate their impact in a systematic and efficient way, as well as using this data to develop further activities and exhibits.

Eric Holub, Life Sciences

I'm a geneticist with expertise in plant health, culinary breeding and food hub development. I'm adapting haricot beans as a novel food crop for UK farmers, and selecting other Mexican native crops for production from British sunshine. The aim, Brex-Mex: nudging British diets to more homegrown pulses and fresh produce.

Felicity Boardman, Warwick Medical School

I'm passionate about engaging the public with research and facilitating their role as active participants in both the processes and outcomes of research. I'm particularly interested in the development of innovative and creative methods of public engagement. Previous projects have seen me collaborate with an artist and a theatre/media company to use film, sculpture, song, digital media and theatre to stimulate dialogue around my research findings on genetic screening. The outputs of these projects, I:DNA and Pandora’s Box, have been displayed in the Science Museum (London) and Millennium Point (Birmingham), amongst several other cultural venues and science festivals.

Gala Dalgety, Physics - PhD Student, RLT Member, Lab Demonstrator

I’m a Physics PhD student designing gadgets to be fixed to my small army of robots. One robot was even driven across stage in Warwick Christmas lectures! Previously a leader within the NCS, I love helping young adults enact positive change towards meaningful causes. Outside of work I’m a residential tutor with experience in community building and providing pastoral support to students doubting their involvement in higher education. I’m passionate about engagement and delighted to join WIE.

Heather Cegla, Physics

I am an Assistant Professor in the Physics Department, within the Astronomy and Astrophysics group, and Director of the Centre for Exoplanets and Habitability. My research centres around developing a pathway to the confirmation and characterisation of habitable alien worlds. Since growing up in Minnesota, I have been passionate about sharing science with the public and exploring the big questions, e.g., ‘are we alone in the universe’?

I have enjoyed sharing my research through numerous public talks and a variety of outreach events both in the classroom and at external venues (e.g., such as art/exhibition centres and university campus settings). I am an advocate for combining the Arts with the Sciences, and was previously the host and presenter for the Freeview TV series entitled ‘Behind the Science’. I have experience organising local, national, and international conferences and workshops via platforms in-person, online, and hybrid ranging in size from several 10s to 100s of attendees. Promoting STEM subjects and increasing equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) is very important to me. I was recently a co-organiser for the Warwick Astronomy Knowledge Exchange am currently the staff lead for 'Equitea' – a monthly forum to discuss topics related to EDI in Astronomy, Physics, and STEM as a whole.

I look forward to the opportunity to enhance my public engagement skills and helping Warwick do the same as a university. Please do not hesitate to contact me.

Helena Verrill, Mathematics

I've been teaching at Warwick mathematics department for over 12 years. Outside of university teaching, I've run several "fun maths road show" sessions for school groups; ran a young children's maths club; and ran the mathematics section of the university's Slice of Science event in 2022. I also enjoy artistic applications of mathematics, including origami and creative coding. Origami can be used from a hands on way to teach children geometry. There are also plenty of advanced mathematics topics that lend themselves to expression and investigation through origami. Creative coding can be used to illustrate mathematics visually, e.g., from explorations of hyperbolic space, to concepts from elliptic curve cryptography.

Hesam Khajeh Saeid, WMG

I’m an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering in WMG. I am involved in teaching and learning support for degree-apprenticeship programmes which have been designed with a distinct shift to a greater level of engagement utilising technology-enabled learning. We closely work with our partners from industry to inspire and train the next generation of engineers.

My research focuses on predictive modelling of smart materials and structures as well as developing numerical tools for material modelling.

I am a chartered engineer and member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). I am also an IMechE STEM ambassador active in careers support activities.

Ian Hands-Portman, Life Sciences

People know me as the slime mould guy but there’s more to life than maze solving amoebae. I’ve run ultrasounds scans on pregnant jelly babies at the Big Bang Fair, trawled the depths of school ponds for rare and exotic viruses, stormed goblin castles with Roman siege engines and performed late night comedy routines on the mating habits of bees. I believe knowledge should be freely and openly shared and that as a university we have a duty to engage with the public.

Katy Angliss, WMG

'I’m looking forward to being involved with WIE, working with other Fellows on widening engagement, sharing my research interests in multi-projects and portfolio management together with my varied engagement experience spanning from postgraduate students, alumni and schools to industrial partners and professional bodies.

I believe in engagement for all with no boundaries, learning together, sharing knowledge and experiences, embracing innovative ideas and diversity, with inspiring and thought-provoking communication, broadening horizons and enabling engagement for everyone'.

Lauren Doyle, Physics

I am an astronomer in the Astronomy and Astrophysics group here at the University of Warwick where I focus on studying other planets orbiting other stars outside our Solar System. Communicating my research to the public and inspiring new scientists is something I am very passionate about. During my academic career, I have organised and delivered many large events ranging from public talks to in-school workshops and have recently co-written a science activity book. Astronomy is such a tangible science; anyone can look up at the stars and search the sky to find hidden wonders. Star gazing is also accessible for everyone and is the most popular topic requested in the planetarium. Being able to talk about and explain my research and how important it is to society while making it still accessible to all is something which is extremely important to me.

Lazaros Andronis, Warwick Medical School

I am a Reader in Health Economics, based in the Centre for Health Economics at Warwick. I regularly engage with members of the public who I see as valuable partners in my research. Over the next four years, I’ll be working closely with a team of children and young people (CYP) to design, disseminate and manage a research project aiming to tease out the (monetary) value CYP place on their time.

Marie Diebolt, WMG

I have worked for the past eight years as an Outreach Officer at the University supporting our community to remove economic, social and cultural barriers that have prevented talented and vulnerable people from working and studying at university. First, with the Widening Participation and Outreach Team where I designed the Bright Stars Primary School Outreach programme in collaboration with our departments and ran the Realising Opportunities access programme. I am now working with WMG and lead on their Student Outreach projects; support their school outreach activities as well as help organising and delivering high profile outreach events such as the International Day of Women and Girls in Science or the Slice of Science School day for British Science Week. Prior to this, I worked as a Primary School Teacher for seven years in Milton Keynes where I worked with children from a range of backgrounds (with a majority of pupils who were refugees, children in care and children with autism). I am very passionate about social inclusion and public engagement which are two very important aspect of my role. They help me bring some of the inspirational work from our staff, researchers and students to our local community and especially to its most vulnerable members. I love hearing the impact our work has on young people and how it has shaped their dreams, aspirations and careers. The ideal workday for me is one where I get to meet a Warwick student who interacted with us in Year 9 or Year 10 and who is now studying Engineering at WMG working on a university outreach event as they want to inspire young people in return. Aside from my work, I volunteer as an ED&I champion as well as lead the university first BSL choir. I feel very lucky to be a WIE Fellow and work for a department and a university committed to equal opportunities and to raising aspirations and supporting success at university and beyond.

Nikita Asnani, ITLR Student Co-Creation Officer, Engineering

I am very fond of writing pieces that explore intersections between themes of interest such as sustainability and the circular economy, inter-disciplinary and intersectional design, mental health, storytelling and my identity. I think it is so important for young people to hear from a diverse range of people of different ethnicities, accents, socio-economic backgrounds, body images and educational affiliations to truly build a mode of learning that is truly transformative.

https://nikitaasnani.wixsite.com/website 

As a humanitarian engineer, design thinker and facilitator, I have facilitated workshops on science, sustainability, educational technology, design, and inclusion for audiences of all ages, from playful LEGO themed STEM workshop for 7–8-year-olds in Coventry, circular economy workshops for Year 7 and 8 students in Coventry to university students as part of the EUTOPIA Innovation Conference.

Additionally, I have facilitated the 2020 Warwick Employability Challenge and the more recent 2022 Warwick Sustainability Challenges, wherein I led teams of students and staff members to use design thinking tools such as storytelling, crazy-8s, empathy mapping and user journeys, to frame, reframe and finally co-create solutions to employability, sustainable public transport and waste in Coventry (respectively).

As a student researcher for the WIHEA-funded project Empowering Authentic Student Voices in a Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Context, I co-created a podcast called Snakes and Ladders wherein I invited diverse members of the student and staff community to share their perspectives on decolonising, queering and challenging ableist views in the curriculum at Warwick.

https://open.spotify.com/show/76l3K5sr2vSMdblS7O27u0

Oksana Trushkevych, Physics

I'm a researcher in Physics and Engineering and lead “The Science of Music” module. I love sharing my passion for liquid crystals, music and ultrasound. I'm a regular helper at Open Days, school visits and Warwick Christmas lectures and have led an event at British Science Festival 2019.

Paul Goddard, Physics

I am an experimental physicist trying to figure how out how new materials work. The exploration of new and exotic states of matter is as fundamental to our understanding of the universe as is the detection of elementary particles or the discovery of celestial objects. What is more, many of these states exhibit properties, including superconductivity, magnetism, or merely a marked response to external stimuli, that could have significant impact upon future technologies in areas as diverse as the generation, transmission and storage of electricity; fast and secure communications; quantum information processing; medical imaging and treatment; and advanced sensors and actuators. Typically I use low temperatures and high magnetic fields, often combined with molecular chemistry and applied hydrostatic pressure, to understand how the structure of these materials relates to their electronic and magnetic properties. In my outreach activities I try to get across the interest in today's most exciting materials. In particular, I have built a magnetic levitating train set and use it to highlight the amazing properties of high-temperature superconductors.

Quasim Malik, Life Sciences

I hope to be able to contribute to the excellent work undertaken by the colleagues in the Warwick institute of engagement by promoting the learning circles in Warwick medical school along with the vision and pedagogy of public engagement. My unique perspective within roles in the charity and volunteer sector, has led me to acquire experience in public speaking and stakeholder engagement and management. I hope to use this experience of working with both national stakeholders and underserved communities to benefit the institute and help develop relationships and partnership between the institute and local community. I believe my unique insight and experience of volunteership and working in healthcare and pedagogical sectors will allow me to contribute to the dynamic discussion that take place in the learning circles and wider strategic vision of the institute.

Raquel Nunes, Warwick Medical School

I strive for opportunities to engage the public and communities with my research. My work has been influenced by and focused on societal problems associated with climate change, specifically extreme weather events such as heatwaves and cold spells (since 2011). I aim to engage the public and communities in the design, implementation and outputs of research. Among others, I am also especially interested in media engagement and have been working with the media to reach wider audiences with my research to help inform and educate diverse groups and those most vulnerable to extreme weather events and extreme temperatures (heatwaves and cold spells) about the risks and impacts, as well as opportunities and solutions to stay healthy and well.

Rebecca Nealon, Physics

I am an Assistant Professor and Research Fellow that focuses on how black holes grow, how planets are formed and how we can connect theory to observations. To do this I use three-dimensional numerical simulations that are run on supercomputers – sometimes taking months to complete. In my outreach activities I have led the development of Coding with Sophie, a program that teaches children how to code. We have designed problems with a physics twist so that children engage in both science and practical coding skills. I have also delivered a Warwick Christmas lecture and led the outreach organisation at the National Astronomy Meeting in 2022.

Reza Kashtiban, Physics

I'm an Assistant Professor at the Department of Physics. I study nanomaterials for their optical, electronic and magnetic functional properties. This involves compositional and structural analysis of materials in atomic scale using advanced electron microscopes. Studying materials in atomic scale is important in tailoring their structure in order to improve or change their properties. One of important aspects of my job as a scientist, public engagement activist and STEM ambassador has always been to explain the complex behaviour of the atoms and their effects on the materials properties to the layman and general public. I have been involved in Royal Society Science Exhibition visited by 40,000 people. I am also a regular volunteer in open day events for 13 years here at Warwick, visited local primary schools and have given presentations to secondary school pupils. Inspiring next generation, diversifying the science and research and playing my part in enabling social mobility among less privileged communities are the amongst driving forces in my job.

Saba Alhagagi, Life Sciences, UG Student

I first delved into engagement to get children and young adults as excited about Biology as I am, which somehow led to my current role in co-ordinating community engagement activities and supporting science communication initiatives at non-profit organisations. Science and Society are intimately intertwined, and with an engaged and informed public, I believe that we can make further strides in our own research and subsequently build a healthier and more inclusive world.

Sam Trouton, Chemistry

I’m a Teaching Fellow in the Department of Chemistry, often found guiding students through physical and analytical chemistry experiments within the teaching labs. I also lead on software and science communication skills assessments. You can see some of my students’ excellent work creating 5-minute educational videos here.

Alongside my teaching, I engage in chemical education research with a focus on game-based learning and promoting student interest and engagement within the teaching labs. As part of the Department of Chemistry’s outreach working group, I coordinate and deliver a range of outreach activities including school visits to our teaching labs, dry ice demonstration lectures, and gamified analytical chemistry masterclasses.

Sarah Wilson, WMG

Hi! I am the Research Manager for WMG, supporting all of the academics and researchers with their research activities. This can range from thinking about sustainable research group strategies, horizon scanning for funding opportunities to support these, helping with networking and developing collaborations, and reviewing applications, to supporting the outcomes from projects such as publication strategy and facilitating and capturing impact from all of our great research. I also support talent development for researchers and academics at WMG. My current role and my previous life as a secondary school maths teacher have both allowed me to indulge in an area I enjoy hugely: engaging with stakeholders of all ages about maths, science and engineering. I’m really looking forward to being a member of Warwick’s Institute for Engagement to promote the work of the University and continue my passion for inspiring both the current and next generations in STEM.

Saskia Bakker, Advanced Bioimaging

I love playing with the electron microscopes in the Advanced Bioimaging RTP and I'm fascinated by viruses. I've been involved in engagement since my PhD and now run 'Virus Hunters' to find viruses in pond water. I especially enjoy encouraging primary school children to investigate the world around them.

Shirley Sturzaker, Warwick Medical School, WMG

I am the Marketing & Communications Manager for Warwick Medical School, currently on secondment from WMG. Whilst I work primarily within the Science faculty, I really enjoy working collaboratively with all teams across the university to promote engagement both internally and externally. I have been delighted to be involved in projects such as British Science Festival, Your Future Moves, Family Days and Open Days to promote the work of the faculty and the university. I have always been passionate about public engagement in previous roles across the public and private sector, and really enjoy creating opportunities to inspire the next generation through our innovative research and education.

Steven Servin-Gonzalez, School of Life Sciences

I’m Dr Steven Servin, a cell biologist and flow cytometry specialist at the School of Life Sciences. I love science and storytelling. I always read about these great adventures with people discovering new things and often felt despair that the discovery age was over. However, I soon found out that I could be a cell cartographer and chart the unknown corners of the cytoplasm.

I believe that sharing our passion for science in a fun and understandable way helps us engage with the public, and if there’s something as close to magic is science, therefore I love to share the magic of scientific discovery with everyone.

My position as a Flow Cytometry specialist allows me to literally shoot lasers at cells and other particles, to discover what they are made of and how they work super cool!

Trudy Spencer, WMG

The overriding theme across my time at Warwick has been work-based, industry focussed education to ensure learners and their employers benefit. My engagement experience ranges from working with organisations to deliver guest lectures and site visits for students, working with PSRBs and government to create new learning opportunities, to working in partnerships with large organisations to develop and deliver education to their senior leaders. I enjoy creating connections between the University, community and industry for mutual benefit.

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Faculty of the Social Sciences

Adam Richards-Gray, Sociology

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Amy Stickels, Warwick Foundation Studies

As a parent, ex-secondary school teacher, member of the local community and a member of teaching staff at the university, I understand and experience engagement from a variety of perspectives – the really interesting part is bringing it altogether for mutual benefit, creating a community of belonging and sharing.

Anna Tranter, Warwick Foundation Studies

As a teacher on the Warwick International Foundation Programme, I am particularly keen to maximise effective engagement: to deliver good quality student centred teaching and learning and to enable all students to successfully access higher education.

Christopher Strelluf, Applied Linguistics

I'm an assistant professor of linguistics. My work explores the things people do with language and the things language does to people. I've shared linguistic research in radio, television, print, public lectures, and workshops in the United States, United Kingdom, and Cameroon.

Emil Kostadinov, Economics

I am a labour economist and a Teaching Fellow in the Department of Economics. As Economics studies a much broader set of issues than commonly perceived, I am especially keen on promoting the subject as an area for further studies to students in secondary education. I have taken part in enrichment events for high-school students and in the design of learning resources aimed at bridging the gap between diverse backgrounds in mathematics for students joining economics degrees.

Florian Reiche, Politics and International Studies

I'm keen to engage with those at the focus of my research and am more broadly committed to sharing academic knowledge with those within and outside the university in an inclusive and accessible way. My research explores the well-being of family members of disabled children and often involves engagement with families, charities, and practitioners to ensure that findings lead to tangible outputs and changes in practice. Recently I worked with a group of local fathers of disabled children to co-produce online video resources aimed at supporting other fathers’ well-being.

Holly Heshmati, Centre for Teacher Education

I’m an Associate Professor in the Centre for Teacher Education. Prior to working at Warwick, I taught Maths and Physics in a secondary school in Birmingham. My previous engagement work includes collaboration with researchers and school leaders in Tanzania and South Africa to drive changes and raise standards through creating inclusive classrooms. I'm currently leading an Initial Teacher Education (ITE) project for the Origin Maths Hub. The project involves working closely with the schools and ITE providers in Solihull, Coventry, and Warwickshire to promote the use of Teaching for Mastery within primary and secondary Mathematics curriculum. I’m also involved in organising and providing support sessions for women from underrepresented ethnic minorities to support access and participation in HE.

Jane Bryan, School of Law

I am a Reader in Warwick Law School and the Academic Lead of Warwick’s Community Values Education Programme. I see public engagement as an extension of my other efforts to make university an inclusive experience – shutting no one out, leaving no one behind and valuing knowledge and experience from a range of sources. My current engagement activities involve working with schools to share my research on the importance of names in building belonging.

Massimiliano Lacertosa, Philosophy

Massimiliano Lacertosa is a Teaching Fellow in the Philosophy department. He is actively engaged in the diversification and decolonisation of the curriculum. He has developed modules in Comparative Philosophy and Chinese Philosophy. His aim is to develop an inclusive engagement approach to Philosophy.

Nicholas Jackson, Economics/Maths

I'm a Senior Teaching Fellow in the Mathematics and Economics departments, and I've been very keen on outreach and public engagement for many years. I've given talks and run workshops on maths at festivals including Pint of Science, the British Science Festival, science fiction conventions such as Eastercon and the World SF Convention, and participated in conferences including MathsJam and Talking Maths in Public. I've helped run local Code Club and Coder Dojo sessions, teaching children to program computers. I'm a member of the BrumSciComm science communication group, and am currently publicity officer for the British Science Association Mathematics Section.

Rebecca Morris, Educational Studies

I’m an Assistant Professor in the Department of Education Studies. Prior to completing my PhD and working in universities, I taught English in secondary schools in Birmingham. My research and teaching interests include engaging with teachers, leaders and policymakers to produce and promote the use of high-quality evidence within education. I’m also the Widening Participation Lead in my department and I’m committed to working closely with schools and colleges across the region to support young people in accessing opportunities in higher education.

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Faculty of Arts

Alison Porter, Theatre and Performance Studies

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David Coates,SCAPVC

Gioia Panzarella, Global Sustainable Development

I’m the Student Experience and Engagement Manager for honours-level students in the Global Sustainable Development department. I facilitate student-centered projects for GSD students and coordinate the GSD Student Ambassadors scheme. I have professional experience in communication and research sites of dissemination of contemporary literary productions by translingual authors.

Mark Scott, PhD Candidate, Theatre and Performance Studies

Working in the cultural sector, I am passionate about engagement as it allows us to learn and share stories about life and what makes society work. Culture has the power to challenge and change the way we live our lives. Engagement is a key part of this work and provides opportunities to create paces for exchanging ideas and work. I have been privileged to work on Coventry UK City of Culture 2021 engaging communities and making new connections across the city and region.

Martha McGill, History

I'm a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in History at Warwick. I research ideas about the supernatural from 1500 to 1800, and I'm the author of Ghosts in Enlightenment Scotland (Boydell, 2018). I'm passionate about sharing my research with wider audiences, and have organised public lectures, performances and walking tours. I'm a regular contributor to BBC Radio Scotland, having featured in various other shows and podcasts, and been published in popular magazines. I'm currently preparing an exhibition about fortune telling, a card game about witchcraft, and a shadow puppetry performance about supernatural beliefs during the Enlightenment.

Paul Grigsby, Classics & Ancient History

I'm a Research Follow in the Dept. of Classics and Ancient History. Alongside Prof. Michael Scott, I run the Warwick Classics Network (WCN) whose teaching resources have been viewed almost 200,000 times during lockdown. I'm currently developing a project on Roman Coventry with local schools.

Ross Forman, English

I'm an Associate Professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies. I'm a specialist in nineteenth-century literature and culture and queer studies. Previous engagement work includes collaboration with the University of São Paulo, Brazil on 'The Novel without Frontiers.' I'm currently working with colleagues at Liverpool University on Covid-19's impact on Britain's Chinese communities.

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Cross Faculty

Adela Glyn-Davies, Design Studies

I'm a cross-disciplinary visual artist and designer specialising in systems and interactions. My practice focuses on the researching of system imbalances and mismatches through visual, radical cartographies, in support of interventions for systems change. The primary goal of my practice is engaging and co-designing with communities who are often excluded by established systems towards the furthering of the emerging discipline of Design for Belonging.

As the director of Design Studies, my aim is to embed the civic into our engagement methodologies and contribute towards a porous, multi-disciplinary institution of knowledge exchange.

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Professional Services

Beth Russell, Graduate Management Trainee

Beth is a Graduate Management Trainee on Warwick’s Project Management Graduate Scheme. Her first placement is in the Institute of Engagement working on the Resonate three-day campus festival in April 2022. In her time with WIE, Beth has learnt so much about the importance of good public engagement, and in her role as a Fellow hopes to champion public engagement throughout the university, particularly in considering the needs of our local communities when crafting external events.

Kayleigh Buckingham-Pegg, Recruitment

Since joining Warwick in December 2019 I’ve embraced the challenge of building strong relationships during a pandemic and a highlight of my recruitment role is engaging with people globally through digital platforms. With WIE I am excited to connect with colleagues and the wider community!

Roulla Philippou, RIS

I have worked as the Health Global Research Priorities Administrator for seven years. I have organised events such as industry days around health and diagnostics and health & wellbeing days at Gibbet Hill for staff and students. I have also been working with Cheylesmore Community Centre to develop a lasting legacy with the University and have held a public event at The Telegraph Hotel for the Great Minds brain series.

Reaching out to the public is a great way to promote the University’s activities, share experiences, ideas, thoughts, knowledge and understanding to help shape the future of research and increase awareness of the world around us.

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