School of Social Science staff

Sociological Studies

Disability Studies

Health, Wellbeing, Social Care

Social Work

Community Engagement

Social Policy
Name	Job title	Email
Dr Steven Corbett	Academic Lead and Senior Lecturer in Social Policy	corbets@hope.ac.uk
Dr David Neary	Lecturer in Social Policy	nearyd@hope.ac.uk
Dr Sam Mercer	Lecturer in Social Science	mercers@hope.ac.uk

Sociology
Dr Michael Brennan	Professor of Sociology and Head of School of Social Sciences	brennam@hope.ac.uk
Dr Jasna Balorda	Senior Lecturer in Sociology	balordj@hope.ac.uk
Dr Cat Hugman	Lecturer in Sociology	hugmanc@hope.ac.uk
Dr Marzana Kamal	Lecturer in Social Science	kamalm@hope.ac.uk
Dr Christian Robitaille	Senior Lecturer in Sociology	robitac@hope.ac.uk

Name	Job title	Email
Dr Claire Penketh	Academic Lead and Professor in Disability Studies	penketc@hope.ac.uk
Dr Ana Be Pereira	Senior Lecturer in Disability Studies	pereira@hope.ac.uk
Dr Alan Hodkinson	Professor in Disability Studies	hodkina@hope.ac.uk
Dr David Bolt	Professor of Disability Studies	boltd@hope.ac.uk
Dr David Feeney	Senior Lecturer in Disability Studies	feeneyd@hope.ac.uk
Dr Ella Houston	Senior Lecturer in Disability Studies	houstoe@hope.ac.uk
Dr Erin Pritchard	Senior Lecturer in Disability Studies	pritche@hope.ac.uk
Dr Irene Rose	Network of Hope Tutor in Disability Studies	rosei@hope.ac.uk
Miss Fran Zerva	Support Worker	zervaf@hope.ac.uk

Health and Well-being / Health and Social Care

Name	Job title	Email
Dr Joanne Hogan	Academic Lead: Health, Well-being and Social Care	hoganj@hope.ac.uk
Dr Simona Palladino	Senior Lecturer in Social Science	pallads@hope.ac.uk
Dr Lucy Hanson	Senior Lecturer in Social Work	hansonl@hope.ac.uk
Dr Natalija Atas	Senior Lecturer in Social Policy	atasn@hope.ac.uk
Dr Leah Burch	Senior Lecturer in Social Science	burchl@hope.ac.uk
Dr Matt Oakes	Lecturer in Health and Wellbeing and Social Care	oakesm@hope.ac.uk
Dr Laura Waite	Principal Lecturer in Disability Studies	waitel@hope.ac.uk
Dr Laura Adnum	Senior Lecturer in Social Science	adnuml@hope.ac.uk

Name	Job title	Email
Dr Joanne Hogan	Academic Lead: Social Work	hoganj@hope.ac.uk
Mr Scott Massie	Subject lead: Social Work	massies@hope.ac.uk
Dr Hakan Acar	Senior Lecturer in Social Work	acarh@hope.ac.uk
Dr Nicki Blundell	Senior Professional Tutor in Social Work	blunden@hope.ac.uk
Dr Wendy Coxshall	Senior Lecturer in Social Sciences	coxshaw@hope.ac.uk
Dr Dan Allen	Principal Lecturer in Social Work	allend@hope.ac.uk
Ms Sadia Khalid	Professional Tutor in Social Work	khalids@hope.ac.uk
Ms Niamh Breslin	Professional Tutor in Social Work	breslin@hope.ac.uk

Name	Job title	Email
Ms Tracy Ramsey	Professional Tutor in Youth and Community Work	ramseyt@hope.ac.uk
Ms Natasha Howarth	Professional Tutor in Youth and Community Work	howartn@hope.ac.uk
Mr David Brereton	Professional Tutor in Youth and Community Work	breretd@hope.ac.uk

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