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Dr Giorgia Aiello
Director of Research and Innovation; Associate Professor in Media and Communication
g.aiello@leeds.ac.uk / 0113 343 5828
Clothworkers' Building North, 1.03
Office hours: By appointment during non-teaching weeks

Christopher Anderson
Professor of Media and Communication
C.W.Anderson@leeds.ac.uk / 0113 343 5814
Clothworkers' Building North, Room 2.18
Office hours: by appointment.
Dr Joanne Armitage
Teaching Fellow in Digital Media
J.L.Armitage@leeds.ac.uk / 0113 343 9946
Clothworkers' Building North, Room G23.c
Office hours: Tuesday 12:00–13:00

Dr Melanie Bell
Associate Professor in Film & Media
Latest Publication Learning to Listen: Histories of Women's Soundwork in the British Film Industry, Screen, Vol. 58, Issue 4 (2017), pp. 437-457. https://academic.oup.com/screen/article/58/4/437/4772797 http://melaniebell.webstarts.com/index.html
M.J.Bell@leeds.ac.uk / 33226
Clothworkers' North, Room 1.28

Dr Molly Bettie
Lecturer in Media and Communication
M.Bettie@leeds.ac.uk
Clothworkers' North, Room G.23d
Office hours: Tuesday, 10:00-12:00

Dr Chris Birchall
Lecturer in Digital Media / Programme Leader BA Digital Media
c.t.birchall@leeds.ac.uk / 0113 343 1111
Clothworkers' Building North, 2.13
Office hours: Monday and Tuesday 1-2pm (see chris.leedsnewmedia.net/tutorials for more time slots)

Dr Jim Brogden
Lecturer in Visual Communication Culture / Programme Leader MA in Film, Photography, and Media
j.w.brogden@leeds.ac.uk / 0113 343 3751
Room 1.12
Office hours: Thursday, 1.00pm.-3.00pm.

Ian Bucknell
Senior Teaching Fellow in Journalism
My role is to teach students the production skills and journalistic understanding they need to create factual television and digital media.
i.bucknell@leeds.ac.uk / 0113 343 5806
Clothworkers' Building North, Room 2.22
Office hours: Wednesday 10.30am.-12.00

Dr Jason Vincent Cabañes
Lecturer in International Communication; Deputy Director of Research and Innovation & Programme Leader, BA Communication and Media
j.v.a.cabanes@leeds.ac.uk / 0113 343 5803
Clothworkers' Building North, Room 2.27
Office hours: Mondays, 1.00pm to 3.00pm

Dr Allison Cavanagh
Lecturer
a.e.cavanagh@leeds.ac.uk / 0113 343 4034
Clothworkers' Building North, 1.27

Professor Stephen Coleman
Professor of Political Communication
s.coleman@leeds.ac.uk / 0113 343 5872
Clothworkers' Building North, 2.15
Office hours: Fridays, 1-3pm

John Edmonds
Senior Teaching Fellow in Digital Production
icsjme@leeds.ac.uk / 0113 343 7604
Clothworkers' Building North, 2.21
Office hours: Thursday 10am - 11am; Friday 11am -12pm

Kristofer Erickson
Associate Professor in Media and Communication
K.Erickson@leeds.ac.uk / 0113 343 5816
Clothworkers' Building North 1.15
Office hours: Mondays 3:00pm - 5:00pm

Stefan Fairlamb
Film and Photography Instructor
s.l.fairlamb@leeds.ac.uk
Clothworkers' Building North, 2.22

Dr Julie Firmstone
Associate Professor in Media and Communication; Postgraduate Research Tutor
j.a.firmstone@leeds.ac.uk / 0113 343 5874
Clothworkers' Building North, 1.01

Dr Todd Graham
University Academic Fellow in Political Communication and Journalism
Todd is a University Academic Fellow at the School of Media and Communication. His main research interests are i) the use of new media in representative democracies; ii) the intersections between popular culture and formal politics; iii) online election campaigns; iv) social media and journalism; v) forms of online deliberation and political talk; vi) online civic engagement; vii) public sphere and deliberative democratic theory.
T.Graham@leeds.ac.uk / 0113 343 9945
Clothworkers' Building North, Room G.23b
Office hours: Tuesdays, 14.00-16.00

Stephen Hay
Lecturer in Film Production
s.j.hay@leeds.ac.uk / 0113 343 5819
Clothworkers Building North, 2.10
Office hours: Monday - Wednesday, 9.00am - 11.00am

Professor David Hesmondhalgh
Professor of Media, Music and Culture
d.j.hesmondhalgh@leeds.ac.uk
Clothworkers' Building North, 1.16

Dr Tom Jackson
Lecturer in Digital Media, Director of International Activities
t.jackson@leeds.ac.uk / 0113 343 1117
Clothworkers' Building North, 1.29
Office hours: Thursdays 12.00-13.00 and 15.00-16.00

Dr Beth Johnson
Director of Student Education; Associate Professor in Film and Media
B.L.Johnson@leeds.ac.uk / 0113 343 5853
Clothworkers' Building North, Room 1.20

Professor Bethany Klein
Professor of Media and Communication
b.klein@leeds.ac.uk / 0113 343 6979
Clothworkers' Building North
Office hours: Please contact for appointment

David Lancaster
Senior Teaching Fellow
d.p.lancaster@leeds.ac.uk / 0113 343 5811
Clothworkers' Building North, 2.33
Office hours: Wednesday 10:30 am - 12:30 pm

Dr Stephen Lax
Senior Lecturer, Communication Technology
s.e.lax@leeds.ac.uk / 0113 343 5817
2.14 Clothworkers' Building North, 2.14
Office hours: Tuesdays 11.30-12.30 term-time

Dr David Lee
Lecturer in Cultural Industries and Communication
My teaching and research focuses on the cultural industries, cultural policy, cultural economy and television studies. I have published broadly in all these areas.
d.j.lee@leeds.ac.uk / 0113 343 5802
Clothworkers' Building North, Room 1.14
Office hours: Thursday 11-1pm

Dr Jairo Lugo-Ocando
Deputy Head of School; Associate Professor
I teach both theory and practice in journalism and media. One of the strands of my research deals with the intersection between journalism, development and poverty/social exclusion. The other explores the use of statistics by journalists and the news media.
J.Lugo-Ocando@leeds.ac.uk / +44 - 113 3435815
Clothworkers' Building North, Room 1.02
Office hours: Thursdays 9 am to 11 m

Dr Leslie Meier
Lecturer in Media and Communication
l.meier@leeds.ac.uk / 0113 343 6906
Clothworkers' Building North, 2.25
Office hours: Thursdays 4:30-5pm and Fridays 2-3:30pm during teaching weeks

Dr Tracey Mollet
Lecturer in Media and Communication
t.l.mollet@leeds.ac.uk / 0113 343 8457
Clothworkers' Building North, 2.23
Office hours: Tuesdays 11am-12pm, Thursdays 9-10am

Dr Giles Moss
Associate Professor in Media and Communication; Undergraduate Admissions Tutor
g.s.moss@leeds.ac.uk / 0113 343 5826
Clothworkers' Building North, 2.35
Office hours: Thursdays 2-3pm, Fridays 2-3pm (please email for an appointment during non-teaching weeks)

Dr Kate Nash
Head of School and Associate Professor, Media and Communication
k.nash@leeds.ac.uk / 0113 343 4443
Clothworkers' Building North, Room 1.23

Professor Kate Oakley
Professor of Cultural Policy
Kate Oakley is Professor of Cultural Policy at the School of Media and Communication, University of Leeds. She was previously Head of the Centre for Cultural Policy and Management at City University and a Visiting Professor at the University of the Arts.
k.oakley@leeds.ac.uk / 0113 343 5810
Clothworkers' Building North, 1.09

Dr Katy Parry
Associate Professor in Media and Communication; Programme Leader for Political Communication MA
My research interests cover a range of subjects across media and communication studies, including: visual communication and photojournalism; visual media activism, political communication; war and the media; visual research methods.
k.j.parry@leeds.ac.uk / 0113 343 4586
Clothworkers' Building North, 2.05
Office hours: Tuesdays 2-3pm and Thursdays 11am-12 noon (semester two)

Dr Chris Paterson
Senior Lecturer in International Communication; Programme Leader, MA in International Communication
I teach and research in the areas of international journalism and international communications. My research concerns the production and flow of international news; the safety of journalists; media and journalism in Africa; and communication for development. I have written extensively on news agencies and on news production research methodology.
c.paterson@leeds.ac.uk / 0113 343 7619
Clothworkers' Building North, 2.03
Office hours: (6 October to 8 December) Wednesday and Friday, 11-12; and by appointment

Dr Alison Peirse
Lecturer in Film and Media
My research, writing and teaching is in storytelling and scriptwriting with a specialism in horror. I am particularly interested in horror film, television and podcasts.
A.Peirse@leeds.ac.uk / 0113 3437007
Clothworkers Building North, 1.26
Office hours: Semester Two 2017/18: Tuesdays 10 - 12

Simon Popple
Deputy Director of Research and Innovation; Senior Lecturer in Photography and Digital Culture
s.e.popple@leeds.ac.uk / 0113 343 7607
Clothworkers' Building North, 1.07a
Office hours: My office hours are Wednesday 10-12 and by appointment

Dr Adrian Quinn
Programme Leader, MA in International Journalism
a.a.quinn@leeds.ac.uk / 0113 343 5812
Clothworkers' Building North, 1.25
Office hours: Wednesdays, from 1-2pm and by appointment

Dr Matthias Revers
Lecturer in Media and Communication
M.Revers@leeds.ac.uk / 0113 343 3618
Clothworkers' Building North, Room 1.13
Office hours: Tuesday 4-5pm, Wednesday 11am-12pm

Dr Penny Rivlin
Lecturer in Media and Communication
P.L.Rivlin@leeds.ac.uk / 0113 343 6247
Clothworkers' Building North, Room 1.30
Office hours: Thursdays 3.00-5.00pm, and by appointment

John Sinclair
Lecturer in Radio Journalism
j.sinclair@leeds.ac.uk / 0113 343 5825
Clothworkers' Building North, 1.21
Office hours: Tues 10am-12pm. Please e-mail to confirm a time. By appointment outside teaching weeks.

Dr Paul Taylor
Senior Lecturer, Communications Theory
p.a.taylor@leeds.ac.uk / 0113 343 5818
Clothworkers' Building North, 2.19
Office hours: Sem 1 Thursdays 1-3pm

Dr Helen Thornham
Associate Professor, Digital Cultures. Programme Leader MA New Media
h.thornham@leeds.ac.uk / 0113 343 5824
Clothworkers' Building North, 2.06

Dr Nancy Thumim
Associate Professor in Media and Communication; Postgraduate Tutor
n.thumim@leeds.ac.uk / +44 (0)113 343 1390
Clothworkers' Building North, 2.20
Office hours: Wednesday 10-12 except WK 6 Thursday 1st March 11-1 Fri 9 March 1-3

Dr Tom Tyler
Lecturer in Digital Culture
T.Tyler@leeds.ac.uk / 0113 343 3447
Clothworkers’ Building North, 1.31
Office hours: By appointment

Professor Katrin Voltmer
Professor of Communication and Democracy; Acting Director of Postgraduate Studies
k.voltmer@leeds.ac.uk / 0113 343 5829
Clothworkers' Building North, 1.36
Office hours: Outside teaching time please email me to arrange a meeting.

Kate Watkins
Undergraduate Tutorand Director of TV News Training, Broadcast Journalism programme
k.watkins@leeds.ac.uk / 0113 343 8376
Clothworkers' Building North, 1.04
Office hours: Tuesday 10-1300. Wednesday 11-12available by email appointment.

Dr Anna Zoellner
Lecturer in Media Industries; Programme Leader MA Media Industries
a.zoellner@leeds.ac.uk / 0113 343 5813
Clothworkers' Building North, 2.26
Office hours: Tuesdays 12-2pm

