Our People
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Professor Craig Jackson
Professor of Occupational Health Psychology
As Professor of Occupational Health Psychology, Craig Jackson is interested in the effect of workplaces and working on people’s health and psychological wellbeing. He is also the Head of the Psychology department.
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Vanessa Jackson
Course Leader - Media Production
Vanessa Jackson is the Course Leader in Media Production at Birmingham City University, deciding to pursue a career in higher education after working in television production at the BBC for 20 years. She is a television practitioner teaching practical television craft and production skills to undergraduates covering both...
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Professor Howard Jackson
Visiting Lecturer
Howard Jackson gained his PhD from Reading University, and his research interests are in English Grammar, Vocabulary and Lexicography. Howard Jackson has written eight books (for Longman and Routledge among others) and numerous articles on grammar, vocabulary and lexicography. An invited speaker at conferences all over Europe,...
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Joanna Jarvis
Lecturer in Performance Design
Joanna graduated from the City of Birmingham Polytechnic (now Birmingham City University) with a degree in Theatre Design. Her first design job was with a Theatre in Education group run by the National Trust. They toured the country creating experiential shows for primary school children in NT properties. For the show to...
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Colette Jeffrey
Associate Professor - Wayfinding and Inclusive Design
Colette is an Associate Professor in Wayfinding and Inclusive Design. Before joining Birmingham City University in 2009, she worked for 15 years as a wayfinding consultant, inclusive design director and information designer. She researched and co-wrote the NHS official guidance on wayfinding in hospitals, published in 1999 and...
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Helen Jenkins
Associate Professor/Head of Department
Helen is Head of Department for Speech and Language Therapy and Rehabilitation Studies in Visual Impairment and is responsible for overseeing the department’s programme development, research profile and enterprise activity. Helen qualified as a Speech and Language Therapist in 1984 at Leicester Polytechnic. She initially...
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Catharine Jenkins
Reader in Dementia Care
Catharine’s teaching responsibilities are focused around the care of older people with mental health problems and her main area of expertise is dementia care. She also teaches on diversity issues and transcultural mental health nursing. Catharine is interested in creative approaches to active learning for nurse education...
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Professor Jiehong Jiang
Professor of Chinese Art, Head of Research, Director of CCVA
Professor Jiang Jiehong is Head of Research at School of Art, Director of the Centre for Chinese Visual Arts, Birmingham City University, and he is also Principal Editor of the Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art (Intellect). Jiang has extensive research and curatorial experience in contemporary art and...
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Dr Les Johnson
Visiting Lecturer/Post-Doctoral Fellow
Dr Les Johnson gained his PhD from Birmingham City University for his research in black popular culture, new media and design. He uses new media design processes and practice to explore and archive black music phenomena developing new research with colleagues for example in: jazz, reggae, hip-hop, blues, gospel, new forms and...
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Marion Johnson
Senior Lecturer
Prior to coming to Birmingham City University as a lecturer later upgraded to Senior Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing, in 2000 Marion worked in the below areas: In patient in an acute setting Drugs and alcohol Rehabilitation Older adult inpatient ward North Birmingham Home Treatment Team Early...