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Department of Anthropology
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Anthropology Department Staff

Senior leadership team

Name Position Email
Professor Yulia Egorova Head of Department yulia.egorova@durham.ac.uk 
Dr Jeremy Kendal Deputy Head of Department jeremy.kendal@durham.ac.uk 
Steve Bell Department Manager steven.bell2@durham.ac.uk
Professor Elisabeth Kirtsoglou EDI Lead elisabeth.kirtsoglou@durham.ac.uk
Professor Tom Widger Director of Education tom.widger@durham.ac.uk 
Professor Hannah Brown Director of Research hannah.brown@durham.ac.uk
Dr Liana Chase PGR Director liana.e.chase@durham.ac.uk 
Professor Ben Campbell PGT Director ben.campbell@durham.ac.uk
Dr Sally Street Admissions & Recruitment Director sally.e.street@durham.ac.uk

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Academic Staff

NameTitle
Professor Simone AbramProfessor
Professor Catherine AlexanderProfessor
Professor Helen BallProfessor
Professor Robert BartonProfessor
Professor Gillian BentleyProfessor
Professor Hannah BrownProfessor
Professor Trudi BuckProfessor (Teaching)
Professor Ben CampbellProfessor
Dr Liana ChaseAssistant Professor
Dr Michael CrawleyAssistant Professor
Professor Yulia EgorovaProfessor
Professor Yulia EgorovaHead of Department
Dr Paolo FortisAssociate Professor
Professor Kate HampshireProfessor
Dr Paolo HeywoodAssociate Professor
Professor Russell HillProfessor
Dr Leo HopkinsonLecturer in Social Anthropology
Dr Jeremy KendalAssociate Professor
Professor Rachel KendalProfessor
Professor Elisabeth KirtsoglouProfessor
Dr Kris Fire KovarovicAssociate Professor
Dr Loretta LouAssistant Professor
Professor Ann MacLarnonProfessor of Evolutionary Anthropology
Professor Jane MacnaughtonProfessor of Medical Humanities
Dr Roslyn MalcolmAssistant Professor
Professor Nayanika MookherjeeProfessor
Professor Tessa PollardProfessor
Professor Gina PorterProfessor
Dr Istvan PraetAssistant Professor In Anthropology of D
Dr Felix RingelAssociate Professor
Professor Jo SetchellProfessor
Professor Paul SillitoeProfessor
Dr Ana Sousa SantosCareer Development Fellow
Dr Alice StefanelliAssociate Professor
Dr Edward StevensonAssociate Professor
Dr Sally StreetAssistant Professor
Dr Amanda TanAssistant Professor
Professor Jamshid TehraniProfessor
Dr Thomas WidgerProfessor
Professor Thomas YarrowProfessor
Dr Emilija ZabiliuteCareer Development Fellow

Teaching Staff

NameTitle
Savita SatheSummer School Academic (Casual)

Administration Staff

Name Position Email
Steve Bell Department Manager steven.bell2@durham.ac.uk
Anna Saiger-Burns Finance Administrator anthropology.finance@durham.ac.uk 
Jade Embleton Learning and Teaching Administrator anthropology.education@durham.ac.uk
  PGR Administrator anthropology.pgr@durham.ac.uk
Jennifer Legg Learning and Teaching Coordinator anthropology.education@durham.ac.uk
Rosie Legg Learning and Teaching Manager anthropology.education@durham.ac.uk
Kate Payne Senior Research Administrator kate.payne@durham.ac.uk
Sabrina Ki Operations Administrator anthropology.operations@durham.ac.uk

 

 

Research Staff

Name Title
Jane Abel Project Administrator
Dr Andy Allan Assistant Professor (Research)
Anoushka Alexander-Rose RA
Dr Christina Bosbach PDRA
Dr Elaine Forde Assistant Professor (Research)
Laura Grieve DISC Manager
Dr Rachel Harrison Assistant Professor (Research)
Dr Jack Jenkins PDRA
Dr Danielle Johnson PDRA
Dr Andrea Lambell PDRA
Dr Mayanka Mukherji PDRA
Dr Akansha Singh Assistant Professor (Research)
Dr Rebecca Strong RA
Dr Johanna Thren PDRA
Dr Daniel Villar PDRA
Molly Westby Project Manager

Other

Name Title
Dr Nasima Akhter Honorary Fellow
Andy Allan Assistant Professor (Research)
Giuseppe Amatulli Honorary Fellow
Dr Katharine Balolia Academic Visitor
Mrs Cyrintha Barwise-Joubert Honorary Associate
Sandra Bell Emeritus Professor
Dr Salome Bukachi Honorary Fellow
Michael Carrithers Emeritus Professor
Dr Luke Duncan Honorary Fellow
Sarah Elton Honorary Professor
Leah Findlay Honorary Fellow
Dr Michele Fontefrancesco Honorary Fellow
Dr Adam Gordon Honorary Fellow
Carmen Granito Honorary Fellow
Mr Tommy Hanson Honorary Associate
Doctor Leslie Jessop Official Visitor
Dr Andrea Kaiser-Grolimund Honorary Fellow
Dr Panas Karampampas Honorary Fellow
Robert Layton Emeritus Professor
Dr Mari Miyamoto Academic Visitor
Dr Lanoi Maloiy Honorary Fellow
Sarah Rosen Honorary Fellow
Andrew Russell Emeritus Professor
Andrea Silva-Caballero Honorary Fellow
Bob Simpson Emeritus Professor
Janelle Wagnild Honorary Fellow
Dr Sian Waters Honorary Fellow
Dr Jeetandra Yadav Academic Visitor

Research Students

Name Title
Zarak Ahmed PhD Student
Halima Akhter Summer School Academic (Casual)
Al Al Thani Research Postgraduate
Ahmad Ashqar  
Tori Ball PhD Student
Vasiliki Bathrelou Combined Role
Rezza Bin Azlan  
Jem Carter Combined Role
Erik Crnkovich PhD Student
Himani Dalmia  
Skylar Davidson  
Shivani Daxini PhD Student
Shaoding Dong Research Postgraduate
Helen (Ellie) Donnelly  
Nicholas Edwards  
James Emmerson Postgraduate Fellow
Metasebia Fekadu Research Postgraduate
Dilshaad Hossain PhD Student
Emily Jeffries PhD Student
Panagiotis Karlaganis PhD Student
Julia Karuga Postgraduate Fellow
Afthab Katakath Demonstrator (Ptt)
Oliver Keynes PhD Student
Sanjana Kumari ECR Member
Daniel Lewis Research Postgraduate
Loes Lijnders Research Postgraduate
Zijie Lin Part-Time Teacher
Yumeng Lui  
Will Lloyd Combined Role
Sophie Lovell-Kennedy PhD Student
Akshita Mathur PhD Student
Lenka Medvecová Tinková PhD Candidate
Susan Morrow Research Postgraduate
Erick Nascimento Vidal PhD Student
Navile Navile Summer School Academic (Casual)
Rafaela Palacios Correa PhD Student
Emily Parker Research Postgraduate
Erika Patho Research Postgraduate
James Ridland PhD Student
Joel Saunders Part-time Teacher
Zander Simpson PhD Student
Betty Smildzina Research Assistant/Associate
Dr Metrey Tiv PhD Student
Nasir Uddin Research Postgraduate
Amy White Part-time Teacher
Bohan Xiao  
Fahmid Zaid Research Postgraduate