Current Heads and Managers of Departments/Schools

Head of Department - Senior Lecturer, Edge Hotel School

Head of Department - Professor (R), Department of Economics

Research interests: Labour Economics; Search and Matching Theory; Macroeconomics; Quantitative Economics

Head of School - Professor (R), School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences

Research interests: Biofeedback for Knee Osteoarthritis; Autonomy of Feedback Frequency

Head of Department - Senior Lecturer (R), Department of Language and Linguistics

Research interests: English as Additional Language Learners (EAL); Academic Literacies; Student Identity in Writing at University;

Head of Department - Senior Lecturer (R), Department of Literature Film and Theatre Studies (LiFTS)

Research interests: Artificial Intelligence narratives; Climate fiction; Speculative autofiction

Head of Department - Senior Lecturer, Essex Pathways

Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Language and Linguistics

Research interests: Teacher Training; Teacher Development; The Transition from Teaching General English to EAP; Teacher Reflection; The relationship between academic locus of control and long-term perceived self-efficacy for academic writing in undergraduates

Head of Department - Professor (R), Department of Government

Head of School - Professor (R), School of Life Sciences

Research interests: Activities of, and interactions between, microbes and their effects on past and present environments; Carbon cycling in marine, estuarine and soil environments, e.g. isoprene degradation and production, hydrocarbon cycling, and cycling of extracellular polymeric substances; Bioremediation and pollution microbiology, e.g. microbial ecology of petroleum hydrocarbon-polluted marine, groundwater and soil environments; Extremophiles & Astrobiology, e.g. the influence of high salt concentrations, different types of solute, and multiple stressors on microbial physiology and ecology; Biotechnological applications of extremophiles; Long-term survival of microorganisms and preservation of cellular macromolecules; Environmental Microbiology; Isoprene Cycling

Head of Department - Professor (R), Department of Sociology and Criminology

Research interests: Social theories of knowledge and ignorance; Economic sociology; Global health governance; Human rights-based approaches to health and development

Head of Department - Professor (R), Department of Psychology

Research interests: Social language processing in normal and special populations (e.g., bilinguals, brain damaged, aging); Emotional and attitudinal language processing across different cultures; Motivational prosody processing; Event-related brain potentials

Head of School - Professor (R), School of Philosophical, Historical and Interdisciplinary Studies

Research interests: visual hagiography; charitable institutions (hospitals, confraternities); visual culture of social problems; late medieval and Renaissance Italian visual culture (1300-1600); reception theory; visual culture of the mendicant orders; gender and sexuality; medical humanities

Head of Department - Professor (R), School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)

Research interests: Brain-Computer Interfaces; Statistical and adaptive signal processing; Mobile brain and body imaging; Technology-mediated rehabilitation; Assistive technology

Head of Department - Professor (R), School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science (SMSAS)

Research interests: Actuarial Mathematics and Actuarial Modelling; Design of Optimal Bonus &ndash Malus Systems; Asset - Liability Management for Pension Funds; Performance Measurement for Pension Funds, Hedge Funds and Mutual Funds; Predictability of Financial Time Series; Risk Management and Solvency; Risk Theory

School Manager, School of Life Sciences

Ask me about: Strategic Planning; People Recruitment & Management; Financial Planning; Working with the School of Life Sciences; Curriculum Development & Teaching Planning; Space Management; Marketing & Student Recruitment; Quality Assurance & Accreditation; Harassment Support Network

Department Manager, Department of Economics

Ask me about: Professional services across the department; Supporting the department's academic leaders on planning, managing resources and representing the department across the university

Department Manager, Department of Language and Linguistics

Department Manager, Department of Psychology

Ask me about: Planning in the Department; Human Resources and Recruitment; Quality Assurance and Accreditation; Departmental Structures and Processes; Administrative Team Function; Queries, Complaints and Support for staff; Links with the Wider University

School Manager, East 15 Acting School

Department Manager, Essex Pathways

School Manager, Edge Hotel School

Ask me about: • Edge Hotel School operations • Professional Services management • Work based learning • Policies and Procedures • HR matters

Department Manager, Department of Economics

Ask me about: professional services across the department; supporting the department's academic leaders on planning, managing resources and representing the department across the university

School Manager, School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science (SMSAS)

Ask me about: Planning in the School; Leadership and delivery of all professional services activities within the School; Human Resources and Recruitment ; Financial Management; Professional Services link with Wider University and External Stakeholders

Department Manager, Department of Sociology and Criminology

Ask me about: HR matters; Departmental and University policies and procedures; Exam Boards; Quality assurance; Compliance

Head of Operations and Business Services, School of Health and Social Care

Ask me about: Policies and Process in the School of Health and Social Care

Department Manager, Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies

Ask me about: All matters to do with the Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies at the University of Essex.

Department Manager, Department of Government

School Manager, Essex Law School

Ask me about: Human Resources and recruitment; Curriculum development; Quality assurance and acceditation; Working with the School of Law; Teaching timetables

School Manager, Edge Hotel School

Ask me about: Edge Hotel School operations • Professional Services management • Exams and Assessment • Policies and Procedures • HR matters

School Manager, School of Philosophical, Historical and Interdisciplinary Studies

Ask me about: Strategic planning; HR matters and staff appointments; Timetabling; Exam Boards; Quality assurance; School and Centre finances

School Manager, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences