Meet the Lecturers

Head of School

Rachel Wicaksono Headshot
Head of School – Dr Rachel Wicaksono
R.Wicaksono@yorksj.ac.uk

‘I am very proud to be your Head of School and look forward to hearing about your own achievements. We hope to make your time at York St John fun too, by working with your Chair of School and the academic reps to provide a wide range of extra-curricular activities.’

Senior Academic Leadership Team

  • Katy Bloom Miller Headshot
    Learning & Teaching Lead –
    Dr Katy Bloom Milner
  • Matthew Clarke Headshot
    Research Lead –
    Professor Matthew Clarke
  • Gracie Kelly Headshot
    Operations Manager – Gracie Kelly

Programme Leads and Lecturers

Children, Young People and Education

  • Sarah Trussler Headshot
    Children, Young People and Society Programme Lead – Dr Sarah Trussler
  • Early Years Education and Care Programme Lead – Sue Shippen
  • Dr Paul McGivern Headshot
    Education Studies Programme Lead – Dr Paul McGivern
  • Charlotte Haines Lyon Headshot
    MA in Education Programme Lead – Dr Charlotte Haines Lyon
  • Carole Pugh Headshot
    FD Degree and Top-up Programme Lead – Carole Pugh
  • Kate Long Headshot
    MA SENI and SENCO National Award Programme Lead (On Parental Leave) – Kate Long
  • Acting Programme Lead for MA SENI and SENCO National Award – Dr Emma Walker

To see all lecturers within Children, Young People and Education, please click here.

Counselling

  • PG Counselling Programme Lead –
    Lynne Lacock
  • Counselling, Coaching and Mentoring/Counselling and Mental Health Programme Lead –
    Dr Penn Smith

To see all lecturers within Counselling, please click here.

Initial Teacher Education

  • Primary Education Programme Lead – Dr Peter Raymond
  • PGCE Secondary Programme Lead – Emma Thraves-Ferguson
  • PGCE Primary University Centred Programme Lead – Ann Jones
  • PGCE Primary School Direct Programme Lead – David Scott

To see all lecturers within Initial Teacher Education, please click here.

Languages & Linguistics

  • Dr Dai O-Brien Headshot
    BSL and Deaf Studies Programme Lead – Dr Dai OBrien
  • Dr Chisato Danjo Headshot
    East Asian Languages Programme Lead (On Parental Leave) –
    Dr Chisato Danjo
  • Acting Programme Lead for East Asian Languages – Dr Maja Skender-Lizatovic
  • Acting Programme Lead for East Asian Languages
    – Mary Murata
  • Postgraduate Languages and Linguistics Programme Lead –
    Dr Indu Vibha Meddegama

To see all lecturers within Languages and Linguistics, please click here.

Psychology

  • Programme Director – Doctorate of Counselling Psychology –
    Professor Divine Charura
  • Melanie Douglass Headshot
    Psychology Foundation Year Programme Lead –
    Dr Melanie Dawn Douglass
  • Dr Beth Bell Headshot
    Psychology Master’s Programmes Lead – Dr Beth Bell
  • Psychology BScs Programme Lead – Dr Robert Vaughan

To see all lecturers within Psychology, please click here.

To see all Lecturers within the School of ELP, please click here.