Profiles
Andre Stitt is Professor of Performance Art at the Cardiff School of Art & Design. He is considered one of Europe's foremost performance and interdisciplinary artists. He has created unique performances throughout the world and has had several books published about his life and work. He launched TRACE Install-action Artspace in Cardiff, initiating a robust programme of international time-based work. Professor Stitt has received the key to the City of Manila and the Ivor Davies Award. He is visiting professor in Canada, Israel, Belfast and in the USA at the North West Pacific College of Art, Portland, University of Northern Iowa and the School of the Museum of Fine Art, Boston.
Gaynor Kavanagh was appointed Dean of the Cardiff School of Art & Design in 2006. Previously, she was Dean of Media and Culture at Falmouth College of Art. She was instrumental in the setting up of the Graduate School at Bath Spa University, and has worked for a number of years in the world-renowned Department of Museum Studies at the University of Leicester. Professor Kavanagh is an internationally recognised scholar in the field of museum studies, whose published work includes History Curatorship, Museums and the First World War, and Dream Spaces; Memory and the Museum. Her research focus is on the role that objects and images play in memories of trauma and how collections are built as a means of bearing witness to profound social experiences.
Tim Coward is Professor of Design Studies at the Cardiff School of Art & Design. His research focuses on the role of design in the process of human development. He is a founding member of The Cardiff Group, an interdisciplinary, international research network in the field of design and development, and was recently a lead researcher in an ESRC funded Seminar Series ‘Educating Designers for Global Citizenship’. Professor Coward has served on the Network of Development Researchers management group and is an experienced research degree supervisor and examiner. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers, and was recently a member of the AHRC Peer Review College.
David Egan is Professor of Education at the Cardiff School of Education and Director of the Institute for Applied Education Research. He has recently completed a two-year secondment to the Welsh Assembly Government as Special Adviser for Education. He has published extensively on teacher education and professional development, learning and teaching pedagogy, education leadership and school effectiveness. Professor Egan has particular interest in education policy and practice in post-devolution Wales. He has carried out major research commissions for the Welsh Assembly Government, the Assessment and Curriculum Authority for Wales, the General Teaching Council for Wales, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Nuffield Trust.
Janet Laugharne is Professor of Language in Education and Director of Research in the Cardiff School of Education. Her research interests are in bilingualism, Welsh and English, and in narrative and critical literacy. She has been instrumental in developing and leading programmes in education at all levels, including the recently introduced professional doctorate.
Professor Laugharne has been a principal investigator on the Foundation Phase collaborative project sponsored by the Welsh Assembly Government, and continues to collaborate extensively with colleagues in the UK and overseas on education research. She is a member of the advisory panel for the Teaching and Learning Research Project Northern Ireland (TLRP NI) on teacher education and executive member of the Welsh Educational Research Network/ Rhwydwaith Addysg Cymru (WERN/ RHYAC).
Adrian Peters is Director of Research at the Cardiff School of Health Sciences. His research interest is in biofilm microbiology, the control of biofilm in food production and the application of Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point system (HACCP) in the food industry. He has been instrumental in the development of novel cleaning processes to remove biofilm from narrow-bore tubing systems. Professor Peters has published widely on the subject in scientific journals and academic conferences. He is a member of an expert group on water microbiology and a member of the UK Automatic Vending Association.
Arthur Tatham joined the Cardiff School of Health Sciences in 2005 as Professor of Food Science and Nutrition. Previously, he worked for the Defence Science and Technology Laboratories (Dstl) at Porton Down in Biomedical Sciences on vaccine development. Professor Tatham's research focus is on cereal seed storage proteins and he has been developing a stream of work on allergies and intolerances. He was awarded a DSc in Agricultural Sciences from the University of Bristol in 2004.
Chris Griffith is Head of the Food Research and Consultancy Unit (FRCU) in the Cardiff School of Health Sciences. He is a specialist in food safety and the management of healthcare associated infections. He has written more than 380 books, book chapters, scientific papers and conference proceedings relating to food safety and infection control. Professor Griffith is editor of the British Food Journal and is on the editorial board of three other journals including the American Journal of Infection Control. He is a visiting research fellow and invited speaker in Europe, Africa, USA, New Zealand, and the far East.
Daniel O’Leary joined UWIC in 2005 as Dean of Graduate Studies. His prior academic positions have been Professor of Optometry, Head of the Department of Optometry & Ophthalmic Dispensing and Director of Research in the Faculty of Science and Technology at Anglia Ruskin University, Head of the School of Optometry at the University of New South Wales and Commonwealth and Professor of Optometry at the National University of Malaysia.
George Karani is Professor of Environmental Health at the Cardiff School of Health Sciences. He has authored several papers and book chapters on Pollution and Health. He is actively engaged in research and knowledge transfer projects in the UK, Finland, Holland, Spain, Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda, and has instigated a homework club for the Somali pupils in Cardiff. As part of an EU Trans-European funded project, Professor Karani has been working with Government, the voluntary sector and european partners to develop policy that addresses racism and discrimination in the labour market. He is member of the Environmental Protection Advisory Committee Wales (EPAC), Vale Health Board and the All Wales Review Panel on Continuing Care and elected Chair of the Board of Trustees for All Wales Ethinic Minority Association (AWEMA). Previously, he was consultant for the World Health Organisation and the World Bank.