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\"Staff<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Professor Claire Parkinson<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Co-Director<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Claire is Professor of Culture, Communication and Screen Studies and Co-Director of the Centre for Human Animal Studies (CfHAS).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr Richard Twine<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Co-Director<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richard is Reader in Sociology and Co-Director of the Centre for Human Animal Studies (CfHAS).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr Claire Blennerhassett<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Health<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior Lecturer in Applied Health and Social care & Director of Sustain.net<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Zayneb<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Zayneb Allak<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

English & Creative Arts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zayneb is a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Michelle<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Professor Michelle Howarth<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Health and Social Care<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michelle specialises in nature-based social prescribing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Staff<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Dr Victoria Foster<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Social Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Victoria is a Senior Lecturer in Social Sciences.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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\"Heather\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Heather Marshall<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Education<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heather is a Senior Lecturer in Secondary Humanities Education.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Liam\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Liam George Pope<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

PhD researcher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Liam’s project is looking at gardens and Bront\u00eb literature.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Sarah\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sarah Schofield<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Creative Writing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sarah is a Lecturer in Creating Writing. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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\"Staff<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Kerri Waters<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

PhD Researcher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kerri’s project looks at farmer’s responses to sustainable transition<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Felicity\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Felicity Silverthorne<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

PhD Researcher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Felicity’s project looks at the emotional burden of animal activism in filmmaking<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Staff<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Cameron Dunnett<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

PhD researcher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cameron’s project looks at masculinities in animal activism<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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\"Staff<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Katherine Jones<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

PhD Researcher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Katherine’s project looks at vegan transition in families<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Jesse<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Jesse Hill<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

PhD Researcher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesse’s project is entitled ‘The Sabbats<\/em>: Revolving Ecomedia Poetics’<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Chris<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Chris Fittock<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PhD Researcher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chris’ project is entitled ‘Towards a Disontological Dramaturgy’<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Associates:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Professor Jody Berland: (CfHAS Visiting Professor 2017-2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professor Brett Mills<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Luke Blazejewski (Independent scholar)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Tobias Linne (Lund University)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Bianca Friedman (CfHAS Graduate)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Donelle Gadenne (Winchester University & CfHAS Graduate)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Helena Pedersen (Stockholm University)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Karynn Capil\u00e9 (Visiting PhD student 2017)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Naomi Griffin (Postdoctoral Researcher)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Lara Herring (Lecturer in Meida & Performance at University of Salford and former CfHAS post-doc)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Abi Masefiled (CfHAS Graduate)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Eva Marie Lindahl (CfHAS Graduate)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr David Gould<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Hannah Parathian<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Paula Arcari (former CfHAS Leverhulme fellow)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graham Bloor (retired)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Christine Lewis (retired)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CfHAS Advisory Board<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The CfHAS Advisory Board is a non-voting informal body. The main role of the Board is to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Advise on the direction of the Centre\u2019s 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.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Provide insights on key Human Animal Studies developments and events.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Advise on priority issues and how best the Centre should engage with these.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Propose and advise, where appropriate, on funding opportunities that the Centre should pursue.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    CfHAS Advisory Board members:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    Professor Steve Baker (Emeritus Professor of Art History, UCLAN)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Dr Rod Bennison (Chair, Minding Animals International)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Professor Erica Fudge (University of Strathclyde; Director, British Animal Studies Network)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Kim Stallwood (European Director, Animals and Society Institute; Executive Director, Minding Animals International)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Dr Tom Tyler (University of Leeds)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Dr Claire Blennerhassett Health Senior Lecturer in Applied Health and Social care & […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1527,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-59","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMembers | The Centre for Human Animal Studies | Edge Hill University<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Meet the members, associates and advisory board members of the Centre for Human Animal Studies (CfHAS), and find out more about their work.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/cfhas\/members\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Members | The Centre for Human 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