Who We Are

Associate Dean (Research) and interim Director for Postgraduate Researchers

Mat Dimmock, Professor of Early Modern Studies

Email: M.Dimmock@sussex.ac.uk

Mat's research is focused on early modern English conceptions of and interactions with the non-Christian world and he has published widely in this area, including the monograph Elizabethan Globalism (Yale/Paul Mellon, 2019) and the prize-winning article 'Tudor Turks' (English Literary Renaissance, 2020). Recent work includes the expanded second edition of the anthology Amazons, Savages, and Machiavels, co-edited with Andrew Hadfield (June 2022), and Writing Tudor Exploration: Richard Eden and West Africa (Cambridge Elements, July 2022). He is currently working on a book-length study of the polar explorer and all-round fascinating individual Captain John Davis. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

As Associate Dean for Research Mat leads the research portfolio in the Faculty of Media, Arts, and Humanities. He works closely with the Senior Research Manager, the Professional Services Team, and the Directors of Research and Knowledge Exchange to plan and implement the Faculty's research strategy.

Director for PGR Professional Development and CHASE Academic Lead (Sussex)

Dr Emile Devereaux, Senior Lecturer in Digital Media

Email: E.Devereaux@sussex.ac.uk

Emile Devereaux, Senior Lecturer in Digital Media at the University of Sussex, interrogates digital histories, technologies, and practices through writing and production. His interdisciplinary research engages with Visual, Media, and Gender Studies and methods of participatory and socially-engaged practices of Interaction Design.

As Director for Professional Development and CHASE Academic Lead, Emile is a member of the CHASE Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) Management Board, representing the University within the DTP. As part of this, Emile has oversight of the CHASE Studentship competition. In this newly created role, Emile will be the lead for funding opportunities and will oversee professional development opportunities for postgraduate researchers within the School.

PGR Convenors

The Director for Postgraduate Researchers oversees a team of people whose roles are designed to provide support and guidance for you throughout your time at Sussex. The Faculty has ten PGR Convenors, who have oversight of Media, Arts and Humanities PhD courses. Convenors of the different PhD courses are on hand if you need advice about your PhD and you think it would be helpful to talk to someone outside your supervisory team. They have oversight of PhD courses, PhD supervision and the development and well-being of our PGR community. The PGR Convenors will also need to sign off most request forms throughout your PhD.

If you would like to contact them, please contact the relevant Convenor for your PhD course (see below):

Senior CHASE EDI Coordinator

Tendai Lewis – tl389@sussex.ac.uk

Tendai is currently a postgraduate researcher in the Faculty of Media, Arts and Humanities. As the Senior CHASE EDI Coordinator, Tendai’s role focuses on ensuring that postgraduate researchers from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and other underrepresented backgrounds are supported and advocated for as well as signposting resources and opportunities with EDI being a central priority.

Tendai’s research explores the relationship between theory and material reality, investigating how identity, society, and culture shape embodied experiences, with a particular focus on how race influences these experiences.

Tendai works both remotely and on campus. For more information or inquiries, you can reach her at tl389@sussex.ac.uk. You can also find relevant information about EDI within MAH on the dedicated Canvas site.  

MAH Senior PGR Events Officer

Charlotte Fraser, PhD in Cultural Studies – Charlotte.Fraser@sussex.ac.uk

Now in its fourth year, the post was introduced in the Faculty to facilitate the conceptualisation, planning and organisation of events by and for PGRs as part of an overall events programme contributing to our research culture. The Officer works closely with PGRs and the Director for Postgraduate Researchers, PGR Convenors, and the Research Support team in relation to queries and requests relating to a PGR events programme.  The post is recruited annually from our current postgraduate researchers. If you have an idea for an event, you can contact the PGR Events Officer directly for support. The Officer for 2024-25 is Charlotte Fraser.  

Research Support Team

There is a small team of support staff in Media, Arts and Humanities who provide administrative support and advice for postgraduate researchers in the School. They will be your first port-of-call for any queries about your studies and will be happy to help or point you in the right direction.

Alison Burrell, Research Support Coordinator

Claudia George, Research Support Coordinator

Paige Thompson, Assistant Research Manager (PGR)

Alison, Claudia and Paige can be contacted by email at MAH-PGR@sussex.ac.uk

They are located in the Silverstone building in the Research Office SB220.

 

Medeni Fordham, Senior Research Manager

M.Fordham@sussex.ac.uk

Silverstone SB226

Medeni works with the Associate Dean for Research, the Director for Postgraduate Researchers and the Directors of Research and Knowledge Exchange to develop and support the research environment for all researchers in the Faculty.

PGR Rep

Becky Hunt, Linguistics PhD – rrh23@sussex.ac.uk

The Student Rep scheme is run jointly by the University of Sussex and the University of Sussex Students’ Union

Student Reps are Undergraduate and Postgraduate students elected by Sussex students to represent the views and interests of students in their subject, department or school cohort. They are elected to post and to membership of committees and meetings by their peers through fair and transparent elections processes.

Reps find out about issues affecting students' studies and experience and represent these issues to the University and to the Students’ Union both informally, and formally at committees and meetings. 

Find out more about Student Reps