Black Female Professors in the UK (March 2017)

Home , Ann Phoenix, Iyiola Solanke, Patricia Daley, University of Warwick

Compiled by Iyiola Solanke [email protected]

1 Table of Contents

SUMMARY ...... 3 INSTITUTIONAL DISTRIBUTION ...... 4 ANTHROPOLOGY ...... 6 ART AND DESIGN ...... 7 BIOLOGY ...... 9 BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & ACCOUNTING ...... 10 DEVELOPMENT ...... 15 ECONOMICS ...... 17 EDUCATION ...... 21 ENGINEERING ...... 26 FILM AND TV ...... 27 GEOGRAPHY ...... 28 HEALTH AND NURSING ...... 30 HISTORY ...... 34 LAW ...... 35 LITERATURE ...... 41 MATH ...... 45 MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATICS ...... 46 MEDICINE ...... 49 PHARMACY ...... 51 PHYSICS ...... 52 PSYCHOLOGY ...... 53 POLITICS ...... 54 SCIENCE ...... 56 SOCIAL WORK & SOCIAL POLICY ...... 58 SOCIOLOGY & SOCIAL SCIENCES ...... 60 EMERITUS PROFESSORS ...... 64

2 Summary

This document lists 99 (including 4 Emeritus) Black1 female professors in the UK, who are or have been employed on a full time, permanent basis in a Higher Education Institute (HEI). Honorary Professors are for this reason not included. There are two Heads of School (Birkbeck & Kent) and one Dean (Wolverhampton). Five hold an MBE; one has a CBE and DBE.

The Black female Professors are engaged across 25 different areas in 45 (out of 164)2 HEI’s. The top three are Law (11) followed by Education (10) and Health and Nursing (9). The full breakdown is as follows:

Anthropology (1); Art & Design (3); Biology (1); Business, Management & Organisation (9); Development (4); Economics (7); Education (10); Engineering (2); Film & TV (1); Geography (3); Health & Nursing (8); History (1); Law (11); Literature & Creative Writing (7); Math (1); Media, Communications & Informatics (4); Medicine (4); Pharmacy (2); Physics (2); Psychology (2); Politics (3); Science (4); Social Work & Social Policy (3); Sociology & Social Science (7).

According to HESA data, there are around 350 Black female professors in the UK, out of a total number of 18,000 professors across the UK, meaning that Black women make up less than 2% of the professoriate in Higher Education. Only five HEI’s have five or more Black female professors: Warwick (12); UCL (8); Royal Holloway (6) and Manchester (6) and Kings College London (5). Most Russell Group3 universities have just one or, even worse, none. The data suggests that some HEI’s are doing better than others but that overall there is much room for improvement.

1 Women of African, Asian and Caribbean origin and descent. 2 http://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/facts-and-stats/Pages/higher-education-data.aspx . 3 This group of 25 research intensive Universities includes: Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Durham, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Imperial, Kings College London, Leeds, Liverpool, LSE, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Oxford, Queen Mary, Queens University Belfast, Sheffield, Southampton, UCL, Warwick and York.

3 Institutional Distribution

Bedfordshire 1 Birkbeck 2 Birmingham 1 Bradford 2 Brighton 1 Brunel 3 Cambridge 1 Cardiff 1 Dundee 1 East London 2 Edge Hill 1 Essex 1 Glasgow 2 Goldsmiths 3 Greenwich 1 Huddersfield 1 Institute of Education 1 Kent 2 Keele 1 Kings College London 5 Leeds 2 Leeds Beckett 2 Leeds Trinity 1 Liverpool John Moores 2 LSE 1 London South Bank 1 Manchester 6 Newcastle 1 Nottingham 1 Oxford 3 Plymouth 3 Queen Mary 2 Reading 2 Royal Holloway 7 School of Advanced Studies 1 School of Oriental and African Studies 3 Sheffield Hallam 1 Southampton 1 South Wales 1 Staffordshire 1 Suffolk 1 Sunderland 1 Surrey 1 Sussex 2 University of the Arts 1 University College London 8 UCLAN 1 Warwick 12

4 West London 1 Wolverhampton 2

5 Anthropology

Raminder Kaur

Professor of Anthropology & Cultural Studies University of Sussex [email protected] http://www.sussex.ac.uk/profiles/158815

6 Art and Design

Sonia Boyce

Chair of Black Art and Design University of the Arts [email protected] http://www.arts.ac.uk/research/ual-staff-researchers/a-z/professor-sonia-boyce/

Chuham Jagjit

Professor of Art and Design Liverpool John Moores University [email protected] https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/staff-profiles/faculty-of-arts-professional-and-social- studies/liverpool-school-of-art-and-design/jagjit-chuhan

7 Lubaina Himid

Professor of Contemporary Art UCLAN [email protected] http://www.uclan.ac.uk/staff_profiles/lubaina_himid.php

8 Biology

Eriko Takano

Professor of Synthetic Biology Manchester University [email protected] https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/eriko.takano.html

9 Business, Management & Accounting

Nelarine Cornelius

Professor of Organisation Studies Queen Mary, University of London [email protected] http://www.busman.qmul.ac.uk/staff/corneliusn.html

Donna Chambers

Professor of Tourism University of Sunderland [email protected] https://www.sunderland.ac.uk/research/researchstaffprofiles/facultyofbusinesslaw/profdonnac hambers/

10 Irene Ng

Professor of Marketing and Service Systems Warwick University [email protected] https://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/wmg/people/profile/?wmgid=849

Gloria Agyemang

Professor of Accounting and Head of School (Management) [email protected] Royal Holloway University of London https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/gloria-agyemang(b2e0c74b-49e6-44e4-b243- d30e022f3900).html

11 Alice Lam

Professor of Organisational Studies Royal Holloway University London [email protected] https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/alice-lam_bd6b870a-eb76-41bc-9b2b- eee97aa8351a.html

Sukanya Sen Gupta

Professor of Management Royal Holloway University of London [email protected] https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/sukanya-sen-gupta(c28e2c2f-b2f1-41ca- bebe-654ec83e2b56).html

Salima Paul

Professor of Credit Management Plymouth University [email protected] https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/staff/salima-paul

Shaofeng Liu

Professor of Operations Management and Decision Making Plymouth University [email protected] https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/staff/shaofeng-liu

Jingjing Xu

Professor of Maritime Law and Economics & Associate Dean of Research Plymouth University [email protected] https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/staff/jingjing-xu

14 Development

Uma Kothari

Professor of Migration and Postcolonial Studies Manchester University [email protected] http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/uma.kothari/

Bina Agarwa

Professor of Development Economics and Environment Manchester University [email protected] http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/bina.agarwal/ Naila Kabeer

Professor of Gender and Development London School of Economics and Political Science [email protected] http://www.lse.ac.uk/genderInstitute/whosWho/Home.aspx#Naila_Kabeer

Nyovani Madise

Professor of Demography and Social Statistics Southampton University [email protected] http://www.southampton.ac.uk/demography/about/staff/njm2.page

16 Economics

Bishnupriya Gupta

Professor of Economics University of Warwick [email protected] https://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/staff/bgupta/

Wiji Arulampalam

Professor of Economics Warwick University [email protected] http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/staff/swarulampalam/

Amrita Dhillon

Professor of Economics Kings College London [email protected] http://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/departments/politicaleconomy/People/academic/dhillon.aspx

Anandi Mani

Professor of Behavioural Economics and Public Policy Oxford University [email protected] http://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/people/anandi-mani Sonia Bhalotra

Professor of Economics Essex University [email protected] https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/people/srbhal

Sarmistha Pal

Professor of Financial Economics University of Surrey [email protected] http://www.surrey.ac.uk/sbs/people/sarmistha_pal/

Uma Kambhampati

Professor of Economics University of Reading u.s.kambhampati@reading https://www.reading.ac.uk/hedgehogs/about/staff/u-s-kambhampati.aspx

20 Education

Kalwant Bhopal

Professor of Education and Social Justice and Bridge Professorial Research Fellow in the Centre for Research in Race and Education in the School of Education University of Birmingham [email protected] http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/education/bhopal-kalwant.aspx

Ann Phoenix

Professor of Psychosocial Studies Institute of Education [email protected] https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=AAPHO81

21 Janis Fook

Professor of Education Leeds Trinity [email protected] http://research.leedstrinity.ac.uk/en/persons/janis-fook(4e76ce94-1e14-4a4e-9f7a- cf6a441c9ca3).html

Uvanney Maylor

Professor of Education University of Bedfordshire [email protected] https://www.beds.ac.uk/howtoapply/departments/education-and-english- language/aboutus/staff/uvanney-maylor

22 Erica Joslyn

Professor of Education Policy and Head of Department for Children, Young People and Education University of Suffolk [email protected] https://www.uos.ac.uk/people/dr-erica-joslyn

Iram Siraj

Professor of Early Childhood Education University College London [email protected] https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=ISIRA10

23 Divya Jindal-Snape

Professor of Education, Inclusion and Life Transitions & Associate Dean (Research) [email protected] https://www.dundee.ac.uk/esw/staff/details/jindal-snapedivya.php

Vini Lander

Professor in Education & Head of Research Edge Hill University [email protected] https://www.edgehill.ac.uk/education/research/professor-vini-lander/

Farzana Shain

Professor of Sociology of Education Keele University [email protected] https://www.keele.ac.uk/sspp/people/staff/farzanashain/

Tehmina N. Basit

Professor of Education Staffordshire University [email protected] http://www.staffs.ac.uk/staff/profiles/tnb3.jsp

25 Engineering

Jennifer Wen

Professor of Engineering Warwick University [email protected] http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/eng/people/profile/?tag=jxw

Jihong Wang

Professor of Electrical Power & Control Engineering Warwick University [email protected] https://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/eng/research/profile/jhw/

26 Film and TV

Florence Ayisi

Professor of International Documentary Film University of South Wales [email protected] http://staff.southwales.ac.uk/users/6797-fayisi01

27 Geography

Patricia Daley

Professor of the Human Geography of Africa Helen Morag Fellow and Tutor, Jesus College, Oxford [email protected] http://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/staff/pdaley.html

Cecilia Wong

Professor of Spatial Planning Manchester University [email protected] http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/cecilia.wong/

28 Jay Mistry

Professor in Geography Royal Holloway University of London [email protected] https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/jay-mistry_21cb3408-1419-4ec2-9b70- bcf46c0bfac4.html

29 Health and Nursing

Laura Serrant

Professor of Nursing Sheffield Hallam University [email protected] https://www.shu.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/staff-profiles/laura-serrant

Udy Archibong MBE

Professor of Diversity and Director of Centre for Inclusion and Diversity (CfID) University of Bradford [email protected] http://www.bradford.ac.uk/about/management/directors/professor-udy-archibong/

Gina Marie Awoko Higginbottom MBE

The Mary Seacole Professor of Ethnicity and Community Health University of Nottingham [email protected] https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/healthsciences/people/gina.higginbottom

Magi Sque

Professor of Clinical Practice and Innovation University of Wolverhampton [email protected] http://www.wlv.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/centre-for-health-and-social-care- improvement-chsci/staff-directory/professor-magi-sque/

31 Seeromanie Harding

Professor of Social Epidemiology & Nutrition Kings College London [email protected] http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lsm/research/divisions/dns/about/people/Profiles/Seeromanie- Harding.aspx

Tara Dean

Professor in Health Sciences & Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research and Enterprise) University of Brighton https://www.brighton.ac.uk/about-us/governance-and-legal/management-board/professor- taraneh-tara-dean.aspx

32 Leena Patel

Professor of Child Health & Medical Education Manchester University [email protected] https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/leena.patel.html

Lorraine De Souza

Professor in Clinical Science & Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Equality, Diversity and Staff Development) Brunel University [email protected] http://www.brunel.ac.uk/people/lorraine-de-souza

33 History

Joya Chatterji

Professor of South Asian History Cambridge University [email protected] http://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/directory/[email protected]

34 Law

Patricia Tuitt

Professor of Law & Dean, School of Law Birkbeck, University of London Email: [email protected] http://www.bbk.ac.uk/law/our-staff/department-of-law/academic-staff/tuitt

Maleiha Malik

Professor of Law Kings College London Email: [email protected] http://www.kcl.ac.uk/law/people/academic/mmalik.aspx Diamond Ashiagbor

Professor of Law and Director of Research School of Advanced Studies [email protected] http://ials.sas.ac.uk/about/about-us/people/diamond-ashiagbor

Iyiola Solanke

Professor of EU Law and Social Justice University of Leeds [email protected] http://www.law.leeds.ac.uk/people/staff/solanke/

36 Shaheen Sardar Ali

Professor of Law University of Warwick [email protected] http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/people/Shaheen_Ali

Fareda Banda

Professor of Law School of Oriental and African Studies [email protected] https://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff30610.php

37 Ambreena Manji

Professor of Land Law and Development University of Cardiff [email protected] http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/people/view/478886-manji-ambreena

Phoebe Okowa

Professor of Public International Law Queen Mary, University of London [email protected] http://www.law.qmul.ac.uk/staff/okowa.html

38 Toni Williams

Professor of Law and Head of Law School University of Kent [email protected] https://www.kent.ac.uk/law/people/academic/Williams,_Toni.html

Mira Sundara Rajan

Professor of Intellectual Property Law Glasgow University [email protected] http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/law/staff/mirasundararajan/

39 Carol G. S. Tan

Professor in Law & Head of School School of Oriental and African Studies [email protected] https://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff46049.php

40 Literature & Creative Writing

Joan Anim-Addo

Professor of Caribbean Literature and Culture Goldsmiths University of London [email protected] http://www.gold.ac.uk/ecl/staff/j-anim-addo/

Ankhi Mukherjee

Professor of English and World Literatures Wadham College, Oxford University [email protected] https://www.english.ox.ac.uk/people/professor-ankhi-mukherjee

41 Ananya Jahanara Kabir

Professor of English Literature Kings College London [email protected] http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/english/people/academic/kabir.aspx

Cathia Jenainati

Professor of English Warwick University [email protected] http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/people/jenainatidrcathia_new/

42 Bernardine Evaristo

Professor of Creative Writing Brunel University [email protected] http://www.brunel.ac.uk/people/bernardine-evaristo

Tessa McWatt

Professor in Creative Writing University of East London [email protected] https://www.uel.ac.uk/Staff/m/tessa-mcwatt

43 Jackie Kay

Professor of Creative Writing Newcastle University [email protected] http://www.ncl.ac.uk/elll/staff/profile/jackiekay.html#publications

44 Math

Xue-Mei Li

Professor of Mathematics Warwick University [email protected] http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/maths/people/staff/xue_mei_li/

45 Media, Communications and Informatics

Sarita Malik

Professor of Media, Culture and Communications Brunel University [email protected] http://www.brunel.ac.uk/people/sarita-malik

Fun Hu

Professor of Wireless Communications University of Bradford [email protected] http://www.bradford.ac.uk/ei/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/staff- profiles/profile/?u=yfhu

46 Tao Cheng

Professor of Geoinformatics University College London [email protected] http://www.ucl.ac.uk/spacetimelab

Dorothy Monekosso

Professor of Computer Science Leeds Beckett University [email protected] http://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/staff/professor-dorothy-monekosso/

47 Shushma Patel

Professor of Information Systems & Acting Head of the Department of Informatics London South Bank University [email protected] http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/about-us/people-finder/prof-shushma- patelhttp://www.lsbu.ac.uk/about-us/people-finder/prof-shushma-patel

48 Medicine

Shamima Rahman

Professor of Paediatric Metabolic Medicine University College London [email protected] https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=SRAHM75

Usha Menon

Professor of Gynaecological Cancer University College London [email protected] https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=UMENO29

Lubna Nasir

Professor of Comparative Oncology University of Glasgow [email protected] http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/vet/staff/lubnanasir/

Kwee Yong

Professor of Clinical Haematology University College London [email protected] https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=KLYON56

50 Pharmacy

Bugewa Apampa

Professor of Pharmacy Education (Biochemistry), Director of Pharmacy (School of Life Sciences), Director of Teaching and Learning (School of Life Sciences) University of Sussex [email protected] http://www.sussex.ac.uk/profiles/335514

Ijeoma Uchegbu

Professor of Pharmaceutical Nanoscience University College London [email protected] https://www.ucl.ac.uk/pharmacy/people/academic-research-staff-profiles/ijeoma-uchegbu

51 Physics

Geetha Balakrishnan

Professorial Research Fellow in Physics University of Warwick [email protected] https://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/physics/research/condensedmatt/supermag/whoswho/gee tha_balakrishnan/

Hiranya Peiris

Professor of Astrophysics University College London [email protected] https://www.ucl.ac.uk/star/people/hpeiris.html

52 Psychology

Marjan Jahanshahi

Professor of Neuropsychology University College London [email protected] https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=MJAHA29

Amina Memon

Professor of Psychology Royal Holloway University London [email protected] https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/amina-memon(a245d9ab-7d41-4b02-9763- 69d8732920fe).html

53 Politics

Shirin Rai

Professor of Politics & International Studies University of Warwick [email protected] http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/people/rai/

Funmi Olonisakin

Professor of Security, Leadership and Development Kings College London http://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/departments/alc/People/index.aspx

54 Laleh Kalili

Professor of Politics and International Studies School of Oriental and African Studies [email protected] https://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff36189.php

55 Science

Nazira Karodia

Professor of Science Education & Dean of Faculty of Science and Engineering University of Wolverhampton [email protected] https://www.wlv.ac.uk/about-us/our-schools-and-institutes/faculty-of-science-and- engineering/all-faculty-staff/school-of-biology-chemistry-and-forensic-science-staff/nazira- karodia/

Mala Shah

Professor of Neuroscience University College London [email protected] https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=MSHAH22

Professor Silvia Gonzalez

Professor of Natural Science and Psychology Liverpool John Moores University [email protected] https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/staff-profiles/faculty-of-science/natural-sciences-and- psychology/silvia-gonzalez

Parveen Yaqoob

Professor of Nutritional Physiology University of Reading [email protected] https://www.reading.ac.uk/food/about/staff/p-yaqoob.aspx

57 Social Work & Social Policy

Adele Jones

Professor of Social Work University of Huddersfield [email protected] https://www.hud.ac.uk/ourstaff/profile/index.php?staffid=297

Claudia Bernard

Professor of Social Work & Head of Postgraduate Research Goldsmiths, University of London [email protected] http://www.gold.ac.uk/stacs/staff/bernard-claudia/

58 Ravinder Barn

Professor of Social Policy Royal Holloway University of London [email protected] https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/ravinder-barn(cc2d3359-e92b-41ce-8247- 1b4dff6409b5).html

59 Sociology & Social Sciences

Akwugo Emejulu

Professor of Sociology University of Warwick [email protected] http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/sociology/staff/akwugoemejulu

Gurminder K. Bhambra

Professor of Sociology University of Warwick [email protected] http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/sociology/staff/gurminderkbhambra

60 Claire Alexander

Professor of Sociology Manchester University [email protected] https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/claire.alexander.html

Shirley Anne Tate

Professor of Race and Education Leeds Beckett University http://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/news/0317-first-professor-of-race-and-education-appointed-at- leeds-beckett/

Tracey Reynolds

Professor of Social Sciences University of Greenwich [email protected] https://www.gre.ac.uk/ach/study/hpss/staff/tracey-reynolds

Gargy Bhattacharyya

Professor of Sociology University of East London [email protected] https://www.uel.ac.uk/Staff/b/gargi-bhattacharyya

62 Miri Song

Professor of Sociology University of Kent [email protected] https://www.kent.ac.uk/sspssr/staff/academic/s/song-miri.html

63 Emeritus Professors

Dame Elizabeth Nneka Anionwu, DBE, CBE, FRCN, PhD

Emeritus Professor of Nursing, University of West London. Elizabeth is a qualified nurse and health visitor tutor and has held senior executive roles at various organisations. She was appointed as the first ever UK sickle cell/thalassaemia nurse counsellor and was Head of the Brent Sickle Cell & Thalassaemia Information and Screening Centre from 1979 to 1990. Elizabeth was a senior lecturer in Community Genetic Counselling at the Institute of Child Health at the University College London, and was the Dean of the School of Adult Nursing Studies and Professor of Nursing at University of West London. Elizabeth established and was Head of the Mary Seacole Centre for Nursing Practice, again at University of West London. On her retirement, Elizabeth was honoured with the award of Emeritus Professor of Nursing. http://www.elizabethanionwu.co.uk/

Heidi Safia Mirza

Emeritus Professor of Race, Faith and Culture, Goldsmiths College Heidi Safia Mirza became one of the UK’s first female black professors in the 1990s. She is an expert in equality studies in education and is internationally renowned for her research on ethnicity, gender, and human rights. She describes how Goldsmiths accepted her in the early 1980s, after 70 rejections, to pursue her PhD, at a time when opportunities for young, black women were very limited. “I wrote my first book ‘Young, Female and Black’ from the heart over 25 years ago while at Goldsmiths. It was a time of overt racism after the Battle of

64 Lewisham and the New Cross Fire. It was based on my own personal experiences of growing up in South London so for it to be quoted as a seminal sociological text is quite something.” [email protected] https://www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id=9413

Avtar Brah

Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Birkbeck Avtar Brah retired as Professor of Sociology at Birkbeck as a specialist in race, gender and ethnic identity issues. She was awarded an MBE in 2001 in recognition of her research. [email protected] http://www.bbk.ac.uk/about-us/fellows/avtar-brah

Audrey Osler

Emeritus Professor of Education, University of Leeds Audrey Osler conducts research on human rights, social justice, and democratic citizenship education policy and practice, in established democracies and post-conflict societies. She has a long-standing interest in the place of narrative and life history in education research and practice and her PhD (published as The Education and Careers of Black Teachers – 1997, Open University Press) examined the contribution of minority teachers to transformative education.

65 She has held professorships and visiting professorships at a number of universities in the U.S. (University of Washington, Utah State University) and in Europe. She is founding director of the Centre for Citizenship and Human Rights Education at the University of Leeds and currently holds visiting posts at Hong Kong Institute of Education and Buskerud University College, Norway. [email protected] http://www.siue.edu/~tyu/web/osler.html / http://www.education.leeds.ac.uk/people/academic/osler/