The women who make up the group

Dr Caroline Archer-Parré

School of Visual Communication

Caroline Archer-Parré is Professor of Typography, Co-director of the Centre for Printing History and Culture at Birmingham City University / University of Birmingham, and Chairman of the Baskerville Society. Caroline supervises doctoral students both at BCU and beyond and is a member of the Faculty Research Directorate...

Professor Joanne Brooke

Director of C-SCHaRR

Professor Joanne Brooke is an Adult Nurse and Chartered Health Psychologist. Joanne has a worked across clinical specialities as a nurse including surgery, orthopaedics, emergency care, neurology and stroke in both the NHS and private healthcare settings. The accumulation of clinical posts included that of Nurse Consultant in...

Professor Fiona Cowdell

Professor of Nursing and Health Research

Fiona Cowdell joined Birmingham City University in October 2016 as a Professor of Nursing and Health Research. Fiona is a National Institute of Health Research Knowledge Mobilisation Research Fellow (June 2016 – May 2020) . She is a graduate of Oxford Brookes University with a doctorate from Bournemouth University. As a...

Professor Sharon Cox

Professor of Information Systems

Professor Sharon Cox’s research in information systems and information management is based on her industrial experience. While developing the corporate data model at Jaguar Cars, Sharon was offered a fully funded studentship from Aston University to embark on doctoral research. Her research focused on developing models to...

Dr Kirsten Forkert

Professor of Cultural Studies and Associate Director, Birmingham Media and Cultural Research

Kirsten Forkert is an interdisciplinary researcher, teacher and activist. She sees teaching as a space for students connect with what they feel passionate about, explore their intellectual curiosity and creativity, and to reflect on the power relations at play within the current political moment. Her research focuses on...

Professor Diane Kemp

Professor of Broadcast Journalism

Diane Kemp is Professor of Broadcast Journalism at Birmingham City University. Diane is Director of the new Sir Lenny Henry Centre for Media Diversity and lead for the HuffPost Centre for Journalism at Birmingham School of Media. Additionally she is Deputy Chair of the Broadcast Journalism Training Council – elected in 2013 –...

Dr Geraldine Lee-Treweek

Professor of Knowledge Exchange & Social Justice

Geraldine is a sociologist and transdisciplinary scholar with a keen interest in vulnerable groups and people who are defined as ‘out of place’ or who are excluded.

Professor Maxine Lintern

Associate Dean for Research and Enterprise, Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences

As part of the senior management for the Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences (BLSS), Professor Maxine Lintern takes a leadership role in setting the vision and deciding the direction of travel of the Faculty, contribute to all major strategic decisions and implementation of operational policy.

Professor Eirini Mavritsaki

Professor of Cognitive Psychology, Director of Research and Enterprise and Director of Postgraduate Research Studies for the School of Social Sciences

Professor Eirini Mavritsaki chose to be academic because she is passionate for research and teaching and constantly searching for more approaches that will allow her to integrate them.

Professor Trixie McAree

Professor of Midwifery and Maternal Health

Trixie is a dual registered midwife and nurse with over 30 years’ experience both in the UK and abroad. She started her career as a staff nurse in Accident and Emergency, then undertook aid and development projects in Angola and Kazakhstan for several years before returning to the UK. Trixie has held posts that include...