Criminology and Sociology Staff
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Lucas Danos
Lecturer
Lucas Danos is a Lecturer in Criminology at Birmingham City University where he has taught since 2017. Passionate for learning and teaching he has worked on various modules across all BCU undergraduate Criminology courses.
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Chloe Dennis-Green
Lecturer in Youth Work and Communities
Having years of practice experience with young people, Chloe Dennis-Green is now keen to support the next wave of innovative youth workers in the sector. The underpinning of youth work is something she is passionate about passing on but also Chloe is also looking forward to shaping what youth work looks like in this...
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Andrew Dixon
Senior Lecturer/Course Director in Sociology
Andrew Dixon teaches at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in the School of Social Sciences. He is presently the study abroad tutor for the School.
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Melindy Duffus
Lecturer in Criminology
Melindy’s main area of research focuses on the support within the community to encourage desistance from offending and substance misuse. Additionally, Melindy is a prison befriender for the New Bridge Foundation, a befriending service between members of the public and people in prison.
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Shey Fyffe
Lecturer in Sociology and Black Studies
Shey Fyffe has taught across a range of undergraduate Sociology and Black studies modules at BCU since 2016.
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Dr Martin Glynn
Lecturer in Criminology
Dr Martin Glynn is an experienced and internationally renowned criminologist, educator, theatre director, and dramatist with over 35 years’ experience of working in criminal justice, public health, and educational settings.
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Dr Birgan Gokmenoglu
Lecturer in Sociology
Birgan is a political ethnographer and sociologist interested in social and political change, and change through grassroots social movements in particular. Social justice is both a political and an academic project for Birgan, which informs her pedagogical approach. As such, she takes teaching and learning as a liberatory...
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Dr Arantza Gomez Arana
Visiting Fellow
Arantza enjoys engaging in academic discussions with undergraduate, postgraduate students and colleagues, through the development of critical thinking in Social Sciences.
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Sophie Gregory
Course Director - Criminology, Policing & Investigation, and Security Studies
Sophie Gregory graduated in 2011 with a First Class Honours Degree in Criminology. She was then awarded the Howard League Bursary, from the charitable penal reform organisation, to study towards her Master’s in Criminology and has been working in the Department of Criminology and Sociology at Birmingham City University since...
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Dr Lily Hamourtziadou
Senior Lecturer and Course Leader MA in Security Studies
For the last 20 years Dr Lily Hamourtziadou has researched and taught international politics and security. She is also principal researcher for Iraq Body Count, a leading NGO, twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.