Head of programme
Associate Professor Marcelle Dawson
Social movements and popular protest; alternative futures; decolonial studies; social identities
Academic staff
Dr Simon Barber
Indigenous theory; Marxism; critical theory; settler colonial studies; postcolonial theory; social theory
Associate Professor Melanie Beres
Sexual consent; sexuality; sexual violence; qualitative research methods
Professor Chris Brickell Humanities International Exchange Adviser
Sexuality, gay studies, masculinity, histories of adolescence
Professor Hugh Campbell
Rural sociology; agriculture; food; neoliberalism; governance
Associate Professor Marcelle Dawson
Social movements and popular protest; alternative futures; decolonial studies; social identities
Professor Anita Gibbs Chair – Postgraduate Committee
FASD (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder); adoption and fostering; disability; social work research
Dr Fairleigh Gilmour
Sex work governance; race, gender and class in media representations of crime; the intersections of crime, addiction and mental health
Associate Professor Bryndl Hohmann-Marriott
Family demography; childbearing; quantitative research methods
Dr Rebecca Stringer
The social construction of victimhood; feminist theory and politics; Nietzsche – life and works
Dr Neil Vallelly
Critical and social theory, political sociology, and border and migration studies, with a specific focus on neoliberalism
Dr John Wei
Queer studies; migration and mobilities; social class and social change; media, film and communication; China, Asian and Sinophone studies; transnational and intersectional methods
Administrative staff
- Alison Tait Administrator Client Services
- Terri Mitchell Administrator Client Services
- Luke Biggs Administrator Client Services
PhD students
- Faiqa Ahmad
- Sonja Bohn
- Charlotte Bruce Kells
- Suddhabrata Deb Roy
- Kirsten Gibson
- Sandhiya Gounder
- Aaron Hu
- Joshua James
- Cassandra Joseph
- Georgia Knowles
- Supriya Koipurathu Rajappan
- Sean Lennon
- Priyam Maharaj
- Regina Maniam
- Bell Murphy
- Adriu Naduva
- Angella Ndaka
- Nishanthi Perera
- Avelina Rokoduru
- Tahere Siisiialafia
- Erin Silver
- Charlotte von Waldenfels
Masters’ students
- Sophie Dix
- Jordan Dougherty
- Kelly Turketo
Alumni
A list of our graduates with links to their masters’ and doctoral theses
