Members
CEEN is comprised of core and associate members including academic staff in the School of Education (SoE), doctoral students and national and international affiliates.
Interested parties (including students and staff from within and outside of the University of Exeter and from any discipline) are welcome to join CEEN. Please contact Professor Kerry Chappell for more information about the CEEN Network, studying with us or attending our events.
Professor Anna Craft (1961 – 2014)
Academic Lead for Creativity, the Arts and Educational Futures (2007-2014). We will always remember Anna and continue to work with her brilliant ideas. To find out more about her work and legacy please see this archive from a decade-long series of the Anna Craft Memorial Lecture. This ran between 2014 and 2025 to celebrate the profound contributions Anna made to the field of creativity and education.
| Name | |
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| Professor Kerry Chappell, Associate Professor in Education, School of Education | Network leader |
| Dr Deborah Osberg, Senior Lecturer in Education, School of Education | Core member (retired) |
| Sarah Campbell, Associate Director of Arts and Culture, UoE | Associate member |
| Professor Justin Dillon, Professor of Science and Environmental Education, University College London | Associate member |
| Professor Paul Ernest, Emeritus Professor in Mathematics Education | Associate member |
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Professor Lindsay Hetherington, Associate Professor in Education, School of Education |
Associate member |
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Dr Matthew Isherwood, Lecturer in Creativity and Arts Education. School of Education |
Core member |
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Dr Caitlin Kight, Senior Lecturer in Education Studies, School of Education |
Associate member |
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Dr Katie Natanel, Lecturer, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, UoE |
Associate member |
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Professor Fatima Pirbhai-Illich, Honorary Professor in Education |
Associate member |
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Dr Judith Kleine Staarman, Senior Lecturer in Education, School of Education, UoE |
Associate member |
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Professor Salah Troudi, Senior Lecturer in Education, School of Education |
Associate member |
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Dr Christopher Turner, Honorary Lecturer in Education |
Associate member |
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Dr Erin Walcon, Senior Lecturer, Drama Department, UoE |
Associate member |
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Dr Anthony Wilson, Senior Lecturer in Education, School of Education |
Associate member |
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NAME |
THESIS TITLE |
SUPERVISOR(S) |
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Yasamiyan Almasoudi |
Barriers and opportunities for practising creative teaching in primary level schools in Saudi Arabia for gifted students. |
Associate Professor Kerry Chappell |
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Sue Benton |
Inclusivity or integration? An exploration of inclusive mainstream education for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). |
Dr Hannah Anglin-Jaffe |
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Ursula Crickmay |
Exploring co-becomings in creative music workshop practices. |
Associate Professor Kerry Chappell |
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Richard D’Souza |
Constructing a grounded theory for assessing creativity in children’s narrative writing |
Professor Deborah Myhill and Dr Anthony Wilson |
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James Hunt |
How an active pedagogy influences the teaching of, and learning about Shakespeare in Key Stage 4 |
Associate Professor Kerry Chappell |
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I obtained my master’s degree in TESOL from the University of Exeter in 2022. My doctoral thesis focused on EAP collaborative teaching in UK universities. |
Dr. Esmaeel, Abdollahzadeh |
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Nancy Katingma Day |
Towards a philosophy of education for music education in contemporary Kenya |
Dr Jonathan Doney and Dr Deborah Osberg |
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Alice Potter |
The inclusion of children with lesbian or gay parents. |
Associate Professor Alexandra Allen |
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Dr Chryssa Sgouridou |
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Associate Professor Lindsay Hetherington |
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Rui Shu |
How can traditional culture and creative novelty be symbiotic in Chinese higher education in dance? |
Associate Professor Kerry Chappell |
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Elsa Urmston |
The pedagogy of periodization in vocational dance training. |
Associate Professor Kerry Chappell |
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Heather Wren |
An affective, embodied empathy for environmental education. |
Associate Professor Kerry Chappell |
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NAME |
THESIS TITLE |
SUPERVISOR(S) |
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Dr Alydh Aljeddani |
Incorporating sustainable development in social studies and citizenship education curriculum: A collaborative community of practice case study in a Saudi High School context. |
Dr Fran Martin |
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Dr Shazia Awan Nawaz |
English language teachers’ perceptions of academic integrity and classroom behaviour of culturally diverse adult English Language Learners (ELLs) in Canada: A critical perspective. |
Dr Fran Martin |
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Dr Andrea Blair |
Being in Brazil: An autoethnographic account of becoming ethically responsible as a practitioner-researcher in education. |
Dr Fran Martin |
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Dr Caroline Emeka-Ogbonnia |
An emancipatory approach in the use of entertainment in non-formal education for community change. |
Dr Deborah Osberg |
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Dr Linzi McKerr |
Birth, death and survival: An Arendtian analysis of pre-service teacher identity on the PGCE route. |
Dr Fran Martin |
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Dr Alison Pearson
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Sustaining a teaching career: Listening to teachers' reasons for staying in the profession | Dr Karen Walshe |
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Dr Anneke Schmidt
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Discovering views of the divine: An inter-religious, transcendence- orientated approach to theological content in religious education. | Dr Karen Walshe and Professor Rob Freathy |
| Affiliate | |
|---|---|
| Patricia Angoy | |
| Yasamiyan Almasoudi | |
| Oded Ben-Horin | Head of Dept., Institute for Arts Education / Associate Professor Deputy Chair, Center of Creativities, Arts and Science in Education (CASE) |
| Karen Chandler | Associate Professor, Practice Learning, Kingston University |
| Dr Sarah Chave | |
| Dr Helen Clark | To follow |
| Teresa Cremin | Professor of Education (Literacy) at The Open University |
| Patrick Dillon | Visiting Professor, Philosophy, University of Eastern Finland |
| Katherine Evans | |
| Keri Facer | Professor of Educational & Social Futures, University of Bristol |
| Maria Falkembach | |
| Dr Lisa Gentle | Research Manager/Fellow, Norland College, Bath |
| Vlad Glaveanu | Associate Professor, Webster University Geneva |
| Dr Riadh Ghemmour | Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London |
| James Hull | |
| Professor James Kaufman | NEAG School of Education at University of Connecticut |
| Nancy Katingma Day | |
| Martin Levinson | Professor of Education, Bath Spa University |
| Dr Fran Martin | Honorary Research Fellow |
| Manal Sabbah | |
| Alexander Schmoelz | Department of Education at University of Vienna (Austria) |
| Elsa Urmston | |
| Debbie E. Watson | The Yet Project |
| Debbie Watson | Reader in Childhood Studies, University of Bristol |
| Dr Sharon Witt | |
| Hen Wilkinson | Director, Community Resolve |
| Heather Wren | |
| Royal College of Art | |
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Chryssa Sgouridou |
| Partner |
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| Webster University Centre for Creativity and Innovation |
| Western Norway centre of applied science in Education: Centre of Creativities, Arts and Science in Education |
| Partner Centre: CREET Education Futures Cluster |
| Arts and Social Change Research Group, University of Bath Spa |
