Professor Claire Parkinson
Co-Director
Claire is Professor of Culture, Communication and Screen Studies and Co-Director of the Centre for Human Animal Studies (CfHAS).
Dr Richard Twine
Co-Director
Richard is Reader in Sociology and Co-Director of the Centre for Human Animal Studies (CfHAS).
Dr Paula Arcari
Leverhulme Trust Post-doctoral Fellow
Paula is a Leverhulme ECR Fellow located within the Centre for Human Animal Studies (CfHAS).
Dr Claire Blennerhassett
Health
Claire is a Lecturer in Nutrition and Health, and a CfHAS member.
Dr. Brett Mills
Creative Arts
Brett is a Senior Lecturer in Creative Arts and a CfHAS member.
Dr Victoria Foster
Social Sciences
Victoria is a Senior Lecturer in Social Sciences and a CfHAS member.
Graham Bloor
Accountancy
Graham is a Senior Lecturer in Accountancy, a CfHAS member and a PhD researcher.
Dr. Hannah Parathian
Post-doctoral Research Associate
Hannah works with Professor Claire Parkinson on the AHRC funded project, ‘Multi-species storytelling’.
Dr. David Gould
Post-doctoral Research Assistant
Dave is a research assistant working on three CfHAS projects: dangerous dogs, a book project on animal activism and film, and the multispecies network.
Kerri Waters
PhD Researcher
Kerri is a PhD researcher and CfHAS member. Her project is externally funded by the charity VIVA.
Cameron Dunnett
PhD researcher/GTA
Cameron is a PhD researcher, GTA and CfHAS member.
Abi Masefield
PhD researcher
Abi is an advisor to the EU development section and a CfHAS PhD researcher.
Katherine Jones
PhD Researcher
Katherine is a PhD researcher in Health and a CfHAS member.
Bianca Friedman
PhD Researcher
Bianca is a PhD Researcher, GTA and CfHAS member. Her project is entitled ‘The construction of the equine point of view: strategies and implications of film representation of equine characters’.
Associates:
Professor Jody Berland: (CfHAS Visiting Professor 2017-2020)
Dr Luke Blazejewski (Independent scholar)
Dr Tobias Linne (Lund University)
Dr Donelle Gadenne (Winchester University & CfHAS Graduate)
Dr Helena Pedersen (Stockholm University)
Dr Karynn Capilé (Visiting PhD student 2017)
Dr Naomi Griffin (Postdoctoral Researcher)
Dr Lara Herring (Postdoctoral Researcher)
Dr Eva Marie Lindahl (CfHAS Graduate)
CfHAS Advisory Board
The CfHAS Advisory Board is a non-voting informal body. The main role of the Board is to:
- Advise on the direction of the Centre’s priorities to ensure that they harmonise with, support, work with and/or otherwise complement those of partner groups, networks, centres and other Human Animal Studies initiatives.
- Provide insights on key Human Animal Studies developments and events.
- Advise on priority issues and how best the Centre should engage with these.
- Propose and advise, where appropriate, on funding opportunities that the Centre should pursue.
CfHAS Advisory Board members:
Professor Steve Baker (Emeritus Professor of Art History, UCLAN)
Dr Rod Bennison (Chair, Minding Animals International)
Professor Erica Fudge (University of Strathclyde; Director, British Animal Studies Network)
Kim Stallwood (European Director, Animals and Society Institute; Executive Director, Minding Animals International)
Dr Tom Tyler (University of Leeds)