Key Staff
Dean
Professor Matthew Craven BA, LLM, PhD (Nottingham) DipEd
Associate Dean (Learning & Teaching)
Dr Nigel Poole BSc (Notts), MSc (Reading), PhD (London)
Associate Dean (Research)
Dr Deborah Johnston BA, MSc (Cantab), PhD (London)
Faculty Administrator
Carolyn Heath BA (Leeds), MA(Sussex) (job share)
Cate Knowles (job share)
Academic Staff
Matthew Craven
Dean
Public international law, human rights (economic, social and cultural rights), international legal theory, history of international law (colonialism and decolonisation), international dispute settlement - Tel: 020 7898 4673
- Email: mc7@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 263
- Office Hours: By appointment
Nigel Poole
Associate Dean (Learning and Teaching)
Agrifood marketing, market coordination and information issues in agribusiness and poverty reduction, sustainable use of natural resource products, food safety and quality, urban and rural development.
- Tel: 020 7898 4375
- Email: n.poole@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 531
- Office Hours: Monday 12-1pm
Deborah Johnston
Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Law and Social Sciences
Analysis and measurement of poverty; the working of rural labour markets; agrarian change and rural development; the socio-economic impact of HIV/AIDS
- Tel: 020 7898 4494
- Email: dj3@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 270
- Office Hours: Mondays 12pm - 2pm
Matthew Haigh
Faculty Senior Tutor
Postcolonial finance, semiotics, sustainability
- Tel: 0207 898 4145
- Email: mh92@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 548
- Office Hours: Monday 11-1pm
Administrative Staff
Carolyn Heath
Faculty Administrator, LSS (Job share)
- Tel: 020 7898 4411
- Email: ckch@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 262
Cate Knowles
Faculty Administrator, LSS (Job share)
- Tel: 020 7898 4411
- Email: ckch@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 262
Student Support Office
Wangari Muoria-Sal
Team Leader (Student Support)
Fire Warden
- Tel: 020 7898 4401
- Email: wm@soas.ac.uk
- Room: R201
Jack Footitt
Faculty Officer (Student Support) - Development Studies
- Tel: 020 7898 4404
- Email: jf47@soas.ac.uk
- Room: R201
Yvonne Henry
Faculty Officer (Student Support) - Politics
- Tel: 020 7898 4405
- Email: yh22@soas.ac.uk
- Room: R201
Anya Kropfitsch
Faculty Officer (Student Support) - DeFIMS
- Tel: 020 7898 4487
- Email: ak84@soas.ac.uk
- Room: R201
Natasha De Meric
Faculty Officer (Student Support) - Law Postgraduate (job share)
- Tel: 020 7898 4402
- Email: pglaw@soas.ac.uk
- Room: R201
- Office Hours: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
Ian Munro
Assistant Faculty Officer (Student Support) - UG Law
- Tel: 0207 898 4476
- Email: im18@soas.ac.uk
- Room: R201
Jeanne Spencer
Faculty Officer (Student Support)- Economics
- Tel: 0207 898 4473
- Email: js71@soas.ac.uk
- Room: R201
Juliet Ssentongo
Faculty Officer (Student Support) - Undergraduate Law
- Tel: 020 7898 4403
- Email: js59@soas.ac.uk
- Room: R201
Caroline Strickson
Qualified first aider
Faculty Officer (Student Support) - Politics Department
- Tel: 020 7898 4357
- Email: cs71@soas.ac.uk
- Room: R201
Academic Support Office
Atikah Chowdhury
Faculty Officer (Academic Support) - undergraduate Law
- Tel: 020 7898 4485
- Email: ac8@soas.ac.uk
- Room: R201
- Office Hours: Monday to Thursday, 10am - 4pm
Catherine Farinhas-Gray
Faculty Officer (Academic Support) - Law
- Tel: 0207 898 4477
- Email: cf30@soas.ac.uk
- Room: R201
Christian Gates
Faculty Officer (Academic Support) - Politics
- Tel: 020 7898 4416
- Email: cg33@soas.ac.uk
- Room: R201
Nathifa Hall
Faculty Officer (Academic Support) - Economics
- Tel: 020 7898 4430
- Email: nh34@soas.ac.uk
- Room: R201
Jenny Higgins
Faculty Officer (Academic Support) - Development Studies
- Tel: 020 7898 4241
- Email: jh86@soas.ac.uk
- Room: R201
Matthew Jaggar
Faculty Officer (Academic Support) - Defims
- Tel: 020 7898 4438
- Email: mj13@soas.ac.uk
- Room: R201
Brita Pouget
Assistant Faculty Officer (Academic Support)
- Tel: 020 7898 4431
- Email: bp@soas.ac.uk
- Room: R201
