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Holly Vass

Assistant Professor in English and Languages| holly.vass@coventry.ac.uk Holly works in the area of TEFL and she is a Cambridge-approved CELTA tutor. Holly’s background is in Spanish and applied linguistics, and she lived and taught EFL in Spain for over two decade.


Nicole Panizza

Assistant Professor in Music Performance| nicole.panizza@coventry.ac.uk Nicole Panizza is one of Ireland’s and the UK’s leading vocal accompanists, recitalists and coaches. Nicole studied at the Elder Conservatorium of Music, South Australia before continuing her postgraduate studies in London with Malcolm Martineau and Roger Vignoles. 


Joff Chafer

Assistant Professor in Theatre| jof.chafer@coventry.ac.uk Joff Chafer works in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities in the School of Media and Performing Arts.


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.


Dr Michael Cribb

Assistant Professor of English Language | School of Humanities | Faculty of Arts and Humanities | Email: aa6177@coventry.ac.uk


Simon Smith

Assistant Professor in Academic English| simon.smith@coventry.ac.uk Simon is a published, research-active corpus linguists who consider himself first and foremost language teacher.


Jay Taylor

Course Director and Assistant Professor in Fine Art and Illustration| jay.taylor@coventry.ac.uk Jay Taylor graduated in 2005 with a BA (hons) Illustration degree from the University of Central Lancashire. He has since gone on to work as a freelance illustrator internationally for clients in editorial, design and advertising, publishing, music and new media.


Tim Turner

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Dr James Dawson

Assistant Professor (Politics/ IR) | Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations 


Dr James Henry

Lecturer in English | School of Humanities | Faculty of Arts and Humanities | Email: bsx271@coventry.ac.uk 


Malcolm Bradbrook

Malcolm is the Course Director for Journalism and has been working in the media and public relations for more than two decades as a writer, designer, videographer, news editor and manager.


Tiziana Cervi-Wilson

Assistant Professor | School of Humanities | Faculty of Arts and Humanities | Email: t.cervi@coventry.ac.uk 


Dr Lewis Herrington

Dr Lewis Herrington | Lecturer in International Relations | School of Humanities | College of the Arts and Society


Dr Gavin Leigh

Course Director for LLB Programmes, Assistant Professor | Faculty of Business and Law | Email: Gavin.Leigh@coventry.ac.uk


Dr Stuart MacLennan | Business and Law

Associate Professor of Law | Coventry Law School | Faculty of Business and Law | Email: stuart.maclennan@coventry.ac.uk


George Hulene

Lecturer in Finance | School of Economics, Finance and Accounting | College of Business and Law | Email: ab1778@coventry.ac.uk


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. Paul Gower

Assistant Professor in Finance; Course Director MSc Banking and Finance | paul.gower@coventry.ac.uk Paul Gower is an Assistant Professor in Finance and Course Director for MSc Banking and Finance - he teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate modules. His research interests focus on the impact of financial regulation on the banking sector.


Hamza Bukenya

Lecturer in Accounting | ab0149@coventry.ac.uk Hamza is a Lecturer in Accounting, with teaching specialisms across both undergraduate and postgraduate modules. He is also involved in preparing students for professional exams.


Dr. Hailin Liao

Assistant Professor in Banking and Finance |  ab8576@coventry.ac.uk As an Assistant Professor in Banking and Finance, Dr. Liao is involved in the teaching of all banking and finance related modules and courses, at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.