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Dr. Crystal Zhang

Associate Head of School (Quality and Accreditation); Associate Professor in HRM/Organisational Behaviour | crystal.zhang@coventry.ac.uk Dr. Crystal Zhang, is Associate Head of School for quality and accreditation within the School of Marketing and Management, and an Associate Professor in HRM and OB. Her research interests are in international human resource management.


Kim Craig

Course Director Health Studies and Nursing Studies | School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health | Faculty of Health and Life Sciences 


Dr. Lynda Diane Irving

Assistant Professor in Human Resource Management | diane.irving@coventry.ac.uk Dr. Irving is responsible for the delivery of all law modules within the School of Marketing and Management. Her main research interest is ageism and age discrimination.


Dr. Tom Williamson

Head of School | tom.williamson@coventry.ac.uk Dr Williamson has been head of the School of Economics, Finance and Accounting since 2018. His research interests include Business Start-Ups, Regional Development, Student Entrepreneurship, and Entrepreneurship Education.


Ian Webster

Assistant Professor in Event Management| i.webster@coventry.ac.uk Ian Webster is an Assistant Professor in Event Management, and a module leader for various modules. He also supervises research students, including serving as a subject expert for numerous PhD candidates.


Glenn Noble

Assistant Professor in Theatre| glenn.noble@coventry.ac.uk Glenn is a highly skilled and versatile theatre arts practitioner, having seventeen years experience of devising and directing professional theatre and teaching within Higher Education.


Lisa Perry

Lisa Perry is an award-winning former journalist working across print, digital and broadcast media for 15 years. Newspapers; local, regional, national, press agencies and trade magazines, BBC local radio and ITV Regional News.


Dr. Nicholas Wylie

Associate Professor in Human Resource Management | nick.wylie@coventry.ac.uk Dr. Wylie is Course Director for numerous postgraduate HRM courses, as well as teaching Leading Managing and Developing People at postgraduate level. His research focuses on internal consultancy.


Angela Armstrong

Course Director and Assistant Professor in Fashion| angela.armstrong@coventry.ac.uk Angela is leading research on testing the latest smart fabrics, coatings and trims and their assessment in relation to current health and safety standards, investigating the sustainability of materials and manufacturing processes.


John Burns

Course Director and Assistant Professor in MA Illustration and Animation| john.burns@coventry.ac.uk John has had animation work shown at the Astrium Space Technology Conference, Space Room, The Science Museum, London Oct 2010 and at Farnborough Airshow between 2007-2009. He has had exhibitions in Blackburn, The Lake District, Birmingham (MAC), Bath, Wardour Street, London, Frankfurt, and Paris individually and within groups.


Gwénola Bescond

Course Director, Languages for Global Communication | School of Humanities | Faculty of Arts and Humanities | Email: aa2799@coventry.ac.uk


Dr Abi Rhodes AFHEA

Dr Abi Rhodes is an academic, a researcher, and project and campaigns coordinator with a specialism in grassroots story telling and social movement communication, and professional experience in the third-sector.


Dr Henry Bang | Engineering, Environment and Science

Teaching Fellow in Disaster and Emergency Management | School of the Environment | College of Engineering, Environment and Science | Email: ae2254@coventry.ac.uk


Paul Smith

Deputy Head of School| paul.smith@coventry.ac.uk He originally studied Fine Art at Coventry University and as part of his course he undertook a research project into contemporary art which included living on an Aboriginal reserve for four months.


Michael Charles Goatman

Associate Professor| michael.goatman@coventry.ac.uk Michael Goatman BA (Hons), MA (Res) MCSD FRSA is a Product/Industrial Designer who worked in industry for fifteen years before moving to teaching and leadership in Higher Education. 


Christina Thompson

Senior Lecturer in Crime | Faculty of Business and Law | Email: christina.thompson@coventry.ac.uk


Dr. Dong-Wook Kwak

Assistant Professor in Operations and Supply Chain Management; Associate, Centre for Business in Society | d.kwak@coventry.ac.uk Dr Kwak is an Assistant Professor in Operations and Supply Chain Management and an associate course director for BA in European Business Management. He teaches in the the area of international logistics.


Patricia Routh

At Coventry, I am Assistant Professor & Course Director for MA Media Management, School of Media, and Performing Arts, where I lead and develop the MA Media Management course and teach on both core and cluster MA modules. I also teach and support some modules and projects for the BA (Hons) Film & Media Production course.


Dr. Parveen Samra

Associate Dean – Quality and Accreditation, EEC| csx223@coventry.ac.uk Dr. Parveen Samra is the Associate Dean for Quality and Accreditation within the Faculty of Engineering, Environment and Computing.


Geoff Booth

Metrology Specialist and Senior Lecturer in Dimensional Metrology | Faculty of Engineering, Environment and Computing | Email:geoffry.booth@coventry.ac.uk