Staff Profiles

Crime and Criminology

Charlotte Bilby
Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Faculty Director of Research Ethics
MSc in Public Order Research and Information Management, Scarman Centre, University of Leicester 1996 BA (Hons) in European Studies, Department of Politics, University of Leicester 1995
In September 2010, Charlotte joined the Department from the University of Leicester, where she held lecturing posts in the Department of Criminology and the School of Psychology, Forensic Section. Before... more>>

Dr Ian Cook
Lecturer in Social Sciences
PhD Human Geography, University of Manchester; MA Human Geography, University of Manchester; BA (Hons) Geography, University of Portsmouth
Ian joined the Department of Social Sciences in September 2011. Ian completed his PhD in 2008, which focused on the emergence of Business Improvement Districts in England. Subsequently, he worked as a Research... more>>

Dr Matthew Jones
Senior Lecturer in Criminology
LLB Law, University of Wales, MSc Social Science Research (Criminology), Cardiff University, PG Cert Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, Liverpool John Moores University, PhD, Cardiff University
Dr Matthew Jones joined Northumbria as a Senior Lecturer in Criminology in October 2013. He was previously Senior Lecturer in Policing at Liverpool John Moores University. Matthew specialises in contemporary... more>>

Dr Mary Laing (nee Whowell)
Lecturer in Criminology
PhD Human Geography, Loughborough University 2009; MA Human Geography, University of Manchester 2005; BA (Hons) Geography, University of Manchester 2004
Mary completed both her undergraduate and MA degree at the University of Manchester in human geography. In 2006 she moved to Loughborough University to complete a PhD on the practice, performance and regulation... more>>

Professor Mike Rowe
Professor of Criminology
PhD, University of Leicester 1997
BA Politics, University of Leicester 1989
Mike joined Northumbria University in 2009 as Reader in Criminology. His teaching and research interests have focused on issues relating to policing in broad terms but particular attention to policing,... more>>

Professor Robin Williams
Professor of Forensic Science Studies
BSc
He was educated at the London School of Economics and has been a researcher and teacher at the Universities of Cardiff, Southampton, and Manchester before being appointed to a Chair in Sociology at Durham... more>>

Dr Tanya Wyatt
Learning and Teaching Champion Senior Lecturer in Criminology
PhD Criminology, University of Kent 2009; MA Criminology and Criminal Justice, Eastern Michigan University 2004; BA Biology, Mills College, Oakland, California, USA 1997
Tanya joined the University of Northumbria in October of 2010. Previously, for nearly five years, she was a deputy sheriff and police officer, which included working in a maximum-security county jail and... more>>