Sociology and Criminology staff
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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 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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Dr Melindy Duffus
Senior Lecturer in Sociology
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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Dr 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 Birgan Gokmenoglu
Lecturer in Sociology
Birgan (she/her) is a political ethnographer and sociologist working on time and futurity, social movements, radical grassroots politics, and experiments in alternative forms of democracy. She holds a PhD in Political Sociology from the London School of Economics (LSE), and has taught at the LSE (London, UK), Bogazici...
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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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O’Bryan Grandison
Senior Lecturer in Policing
O’Bryan Grandison joined BCU in April 2024 as a lecturer on the BSc (Hons) Professional Policing degree. He has over 30 years’ experience as an operational police officer. He spent time in a number of policing teams including response policing, neighbourhood or community policing, Central Traffic and Motorway Departments, the...
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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 Lead in MA International Relations and Security
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.
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Nawaz Hanif
Lecturer in Criminology and Policing
Nawaz joined BCU in April 2024 from the Institute of Policing at Staffordshire University where he taught the Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship program to officers from all Midlands police forces. Prior to lecturing at Staffs, Nawaz spent almost a decade at West Midlands Police as a specialist Investigator in their...