Athena Swan Team

In the School of Psychology & Neuroscience, we are committed to fostering an equal, diverse and inclusive working environment for all people working and learning with us.  Through the Athena Swan Charter, we’ve been addressing gender inequality in higher education and research. As part of our activities, the Athena Swan Team has created working groups to develop and implement actions to foster equality, diversity and inclusiveness:

  • StCDG: Staff Career Development Group
  • FWG: Flexible Working Group
  • CDG: Culture Development Group
  • SCDG: Student Career Development Group
  • P&SS: Professional and Support Staff
  • WIRN: Women in Research Network

18 Women / 12 Men

SAT Members

Rachael Jack (Academic)

  • Woman; Full time; Flexible working; First generation
  • SAT Roles: Chair; Mentoring; Paper Writing Group
  • Married with stepdaughter studying PhD. Mentor for the Nuffield Research Placements and Robertson Trust  

Stephany Biello (Academic)

  • Woman; Full time
  • SAT Roles: Deputy chair; Parental champion
  • Married, two young children.  International/National program mentor for women. Active in public engagement, encouraging women to pursue STEM

 Philippe Schyns (Academic)

  •  Man; full-time
  •  Professor of Psychology (CCNi)
  •  Married. One daughter studying PhD in Physics/Chemistry

Emily Cross (Academic)

  • Woman; Full time
  • SAT Roles: Lead; Culture Development Group
  • Married, one young baby, recently returned from maternity leave. Works flexibly with partner based in Wales. STEM Ambassador

Alessio Fracasso (Academic)

  • Man; Full time
  • SAT Roles: Lead; Staff Career Development

Maxine Swingler (Academic)

  • Woman; Part-time, Flexible working
  • SAT Roles: Lead; Flexible Working Group
  • Married, two children under 12. Works part-time with flexible hours. Interested in learning and teaching, employability, health and well-being

 

Working Group Members

Culture Development Group

Judith Stevenson (Academic)

  •  Woman; full-time
  •  Roles: Culture development group member
  •  Ambassador for Body Focused Repetitive Behaviours and passionate about reducing stigma surrounding mental health

Marc Becirspahic (P&SS)

  •  Man; full-time
  •  Roles: Culture development group member

 

Flexible Working Group

Lorna Morrow (Academic)

  •  Woman; part-time
  •  Roles: Flexible working group member


Student Career Development Group

Carolyn Saund (PGR)

  •  Woman; full-time
  •  Roles: Student career development group member; Social Media Lead

Greta Todorova (PGR)

  •  Woman; part-time
  •  Roles: Student career development group member
  •  Postgraduate student studying at PhD level. Works part-time as graduate teaching assistant

Heather Cleland-Woods (Academic)

  •  Woman; full-time
  •  Roles: Student career development group member
  •  Two young daughters. Interested in transition to Higher education as well as enhance in gender equality for undergraduate psychology students 

Olivia Davis (PGR)

  •  Woman; full-time
  •  Roles: Student career development group member

Ian Bushnell (Academic)

  •  Man; part-time
  •  Roles: Student career development group member

Jaedeok Kwan (PGR)

  •  Man; full time
  •  Roles: Student career development group member

Jaime Torrance (Academic)

  •  Man; full time; first generation 
  •  Roles: Student career development group member
  •  Self-funded. Dyslexic. Interested in widening participation

Kerry Kilborn (Academic)

  •  Man; full-time
  •  Roles: Student career development group member

Wilhelmina Toivo (Academic)

  •  Woman; full-time
  •  Roles: Student career development group member

Staff Career Development Group

David Simmons (Academic)

  •  Man; full-time
  •  Roles: Staff career development group member
  •  Married. Daughter studying engineering at university and son at college.

Robin Ince (Academic)

  •  Man; full-time
  •  Roles: Staff career development group member
  •  Full time. Married, no children (1 dog). STEM ambassador 

Sara Sereno (Academic)

  •  Woman; full time
  •  Roles: Staff career development group member

Affiliate Members

Dianne Masson (P&SS)

  •  Woman; full-time
  •  Head of School Administration

Stacy Marsella (Academic)

  •  Man; full-time

John Riddell (Academic)

  •  Man; full-time
  •  Head of Centre for Neuroscience 

Gregor Thut (Academic)

  •  Man; full-time
  •  Head of Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging (CCNi)

Keith Muir (Academic)

  •  Man; full-time