Even though many of our graduates will have progressed in their careers since completing a case study, they are still of interest to students who wish to gain an understanding of the world of work.

As Dean of our Law School, I am leading a transformational growth of our department as we double in size and focus on core research strengths. I've developed new critical strategic planning, people and progression strategies and introduced new managerial structures over a short time period with immediate rises in league tables.

As a Professor of Law and Government, I am very active in research and impact activities. I have written several books (most notably 'Becoming British' in 2016) and advise the Labour Party. I'm a frequent commentator on television and other media discussing immigration with over 800 appearances since 2013.

As a professor, a typical day would involve working on research and some teaching. But as Dean of a leading law school, no such thing as a typical day and lots of new challenges.

EDUCATION

1992—97 BA Music and Political Science, William Paterson University, 1997
1997—99 MA Political Science, Arizona State University, 1999
1999—2000 MA Philosophy (1st class), University College Dublin, 2000
2001—4 PhD Philosophy, University of Sheffield, 2004
2005—6 Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice, Newcastle University, 2006

EMPLOYMENT

2014— Durham University, Chair in Law and Government
Inaugural Dean, Durham Law School, 2017—
Head of School, Durham Law School, 2016—17
Appointed in Law School, 2012—
Associate Member, Philosophy Department, 2012—
Associate Member, School of Government and International Affairs, 2015—
2015 Yale University, Yale Law School, Yale Center for Law and Philosophy, Visiting Fellow
2012— Durham University, Reader in Law (Appointed in Law School, Associate in Philosophy)
2012 University of Oxford, St John’s College, Visiting Scholarship
2011 Uppsala University, Department of Government, Visiting Fellow
2010—11 University of Oxford, Faculty of Philosophy, Academic Visitor
2007—12 Newcastle University, Politics Department, Reader in Political and Legal Philosophy
2004—5 University of St Andrews; Centre for Ethics, Philosophy, and Public Philosophy; Department of Moral Philosophy; Visiting Fellow
2004—7 Newcastle University, Politics Department, Lecturer in Political Thought

NON-ACADEMIC SERVICE

2017 Completed Academic Leadership Programme (ALP) run by Leadership Foundation for Higher Education
2017 Presented evidence on immigration and integration to All-Party Parliamentary Group on Social Integration
2017— Member, Deterrence and Assurance Academic Alliance, Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl)
2016— Columnist, Daily Telegraph newspaper
2016 Member, BBC One – Look North (North East and Cumbria) roundtable on future programming
2016— Advisor, Advisory Group, Education4Democracy
2015—17 Member, Community Involvement Panel, Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) North East
2015— Communications Lead, Phil Wilson MP (Labour) and the Sedgefield Constituency Labour Party
2015 Labour Response Team for General Election 2015
2015— Columnist (fortnightly), The Journal (Newcastle) newspaper, the UK’s 2015 regional newspaper of the year
2013 Member, Roundtable on the Prosecution and Punishment of Trolling chaired by Steve Rotheram MP, Portcullis House, Westminster
2006—9 Trustee, Executive Board member, Political Studies Association
2004— Member, University and College Union (UCU)
2004— Media appearances and interviews – Durham University’s most interviewed on television and radio since 2013 (800+ appearances overall):
• Television – UK: BBC One, BBC Two (including Newsnight), BBC News, BBC News Channel, BBC World, ITV (including Good Morning Britain), ITV Tyne Tees, Channel 5, Sky News, British Forces Broadcasting Service, Made in Tyne and Wear (including The Week), Tip TV Finance; USA: CNN, CNN International, Reuters TV, WNET, WTNH; Australia: ABC News; Canada: Bloomberg Canada; China: CCTN, CCTV China, CCTV America, CNTV; France: France 24, NRJ 12; Gambia: Eye Africa TV; Germany: Deutsche Welle; Qatar: Al Jazeera (including Inside Story); Russia: RT; Turkey: TRT World; UAE: Al Arabiya
• Newspapers/periodicals – UK: Daily Express, Daily Mail, Daily Mirror, Daily Telegraph, Durham Times, The Economist, Fabian Review, Financial Times, The Guardian, The Huffington Post, The Independent, i news, International Business Times, The Journal (Newcastle), Mail Online, Mail on Sunday, The Metro, Morning Star, New Europe, New Statesman, Northern Echo, Press Association, Scotsman, Scotland on Sunday, Sunday Express, Sunday Sun, The Times, Yorkshire Post, Times Higher Education, The Week; Australia: The Australian, Australian Financial Review; China: Chinese Social Sciences Today; Colombia: Semana; France: L’Agefi Hebdo, Les Echos, Lui; Greece: To Vima; Poland: Polish News Agency; Spain: El Español, Expansión, La Razon; USA: Chronicle of Higher Education, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post among many others.
• Radio – BBC World Service, BBC Radio 4 (including ‘Start the Week’ with Andrew Marr, ‘World Tonight’ at 10pm and ‘You and Yours’), BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Berkshire, BBC Coventry, BBC Cumbria, BBC Derby, BBC Humberside & Lincolnshire, BBC Leicester, BBC London, BBC Merseyside, BBC Newcastle, BBC Northampton, BBC Nottingham, BBC Oxford, BBC Scotland (including Good Morning Scotland), BBC Sussex, BBC Tees, BBC Wales (including Good Morning Wales), BBC York, Capital FM, Global Radio, LBC Radio (Nick Ferrari Show), Real Radio, Lithuanian Public Radio (LRT Radio) and several others.




HONOURS AND AWARDS

• Distinguished Alumni Award, School of Politics and Global Studies, Arizona State University, 2017
• University’s Excellence in Learning and Teaching Award, Durham University, 2016
• Selected for inclusion in Debrett’s People of Today 2016 edition, 2015
• Runner-up for Inspiring Academic Award, Durham Students’ Union, 2015
• Shortlisted, Law Teacher of the Year Award, Northern Law Awards, 2015
• Law Teacher of the Year, Durham Law School, Durham University, 2015
• Lecturer of the Year, Faculty of Social Sciences and Health, Durham Students’ Union, Durham University, 2014
• Runner-up for ‘Closing the Loop’ Award, Durham Students’ Union, Durham University, 2014
• Fellow, Higher Education Academy (FHEA), 2014
• Outstanding Contributions to Media Award, Faculty of Social Sciences and Health, Durham University, 2013
• Punishment winner of European Sociological Association ‘Book of the Month’, 2012
• Fellow, Royal Society of Arts (FRSA), 2012
• Fellow, Royal Historical Society (FRHisS), 2010
• Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS), 2009
• Graduate Essay Prize (‘Is Hegel a Retributivist?’), Hegel Society of Great Britain, 2004
• Professor Magennis Memorial Prize, Department of Philosophy, University College Dublin, 2000
• Distinguished Student Award, William Paterson University of New Jersey, 1997

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