Sociology and Criminology staff
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Dr Kadian Pow
Course Lead
Though the topics have changed, Kadian Pow's experience in education spans 20 years. From prestigious museums to community programming to academia, Kadian has been fortunate to be in education in both the USA and the UK.
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Dr Licheng Qian
Lecturer in Sociology
Licheng Qian earned his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Virginia and is currently a Lecturer in Sociology at Birmingham City University. Before moving to Birmingham, he served as a tenure-track Assistant Professor at the University of Macau and Zhejiang University. Licheng's academic interests lie at the...
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Dr Euan Raffle
Lecturer in Security Studies and Criminology
Euan completed his PhD at the University of Leeds in May 2020. His thesis was entitled: Security, Emancipation and Narcotics- State Vigilantism and the War on Drugs in Southeast Asia. He then undertook a White Rose ESRC Postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Leeds, mentored by Professor Adrian Gallagher. He has published...
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Dr Mohammed Rahman
Senior Lecturer in Criminology
Dr Mohammed Rahman is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology in the School of Social Sciences. Previously he was a Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences at Nottingham Trent University.
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Laura Riley
Lecturer in Criminology
Laura Riley is a Lecturer in Criminology and PhD researcher at Birmingham City University. Her research focuses upon desistance from serious offending and the importance of the community in this process. Her teaching interests include: Policing, vulnerabilities, ethics and qualitative research methods.
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Dr Ryan Scoats
Senior Lecturer in Sociology / Course Leader BSc (hons) Sociology and Sociology & Criminology
Dr Ryan Scoats has previously been a lecturer in Sports Sociology at both Wolverhampton and Winchester Universities, lecturer in Sociology at Coventry University, and a researcher at Birmingham City University. Much of Dr Scoats’ research focuses on people’s experiences of threesomes. Utilising a sociological perspective, his...
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Leon Skerritt
Associate Lecturer in Criminology
Education is the journey to social justice and equality, and teachers are the navigators for that journey. Teaching at an institution like BCU gives the opportunity to positively impact the local community through education.
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Dr Monica Thomas
Lecturer in Criminology
Dr Monica Thomas is a Lecturer in Criminology at Birmingham City University. Monica’s research is situated within the intersecting fields of Black feminist thought, Black feminist criminology, matricentric criminology and narrative epistemology, through which she aims to critically challenge institutional contexts of...
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Steve Wadley
Senior Lecturer in Policing
Steve Wadley spent 8 years as an Authorised Firearms Officer with the Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) before making the transition to a lecturer within the FE/HE sector.
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Dr James Williams
Senior Research Fellow
Dr James Williams is a historian by background with a passionate interest in the origins and development of contemporary society and culture, both at macro and micro levels.