Leadership Team

Name	Title	Email	Biography
Professor Clare Saunders	Head of Humanities and Social Sciences Cornwall	c.saunders@exeter.ac.uk	Clare is Head of Department for Humanities and Social Sciences, Cornwall and the Senior Academic Lead for Politics in Cornwall.
Professor Nicola Whyte	Senior Academic Lead, Humanities Cornwall	n.h.whyte@exeter.ac.uk	Nicola is the Senior Academic Lead for Humanities in Cornwall, overseeing History, English, and Environmental Humanities.
Dr Mark Mackarel	Senior Academic Lead, Law Cornwall	m.mackarel@exeter.ac.uk	Mark is the Senior Academic Lead for Exeter Law School in Cornwall.
Dr Jordina Sala-Branchadell	Senior Academic Lead, Modern Languages Cornwall	J.Sala-Branchadell@exeter.ac.uk	Jordina coordinates the university-wide language programme on Penryn Campus.
Prof Catriona Pennell	Director of Research and Impact	C.L.Pennell@exeter.ac.uk	Catriona provides strategic leadership and champions Departmental research and impact excellence and culture.
Dr Caroline Keenan	Director of Education and Student Experience	c.keenan@exeter.ac.uk	Caroline’s role is to maintain the excellent standards that support each student’s education and enable our students and educators to feel part of our learning community.
Dr Tiago de Melo Cartaxo	Director of Postgraduate Research	t.m.cartaxo@exeter.ac.uk	Tiago delivers the strategy for recruitment, student research culture, and quality assurance for department’s PGRs.
Dr Rob Magnuson Smith	Director of Global Engagement	r.magnuson.smith@exeter.ac.uk	Rob directs efforts to further the international strength and global diversity of our students and staff at HaSS Cornwall.
Dr Harry Pitts	Director of Business Engagement and Innovation	f.h.pitts@exeter.ac.uk	Harry leads our collaborative work with business, civil society, government and other external partners in Cornwall and beyond.
Dr Garry Tregidga	Co-Director of the Institute of Cornish Studies	g.tregidga@exeter.ac.uk	Garry is the co-director of the Institute of Cornish Studies.
Dr Joanie Willett	Co-Director of the Institute of Cornish Studies	J.m.a.willett@Exeter.ac.uk	Joanie is the co-director of the Institute of Cornish Studies.
Dr Janet Keliher	Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Lead	j.keliher@exeter.ac.uk	Janet is an EDI Lead for HaSS Cornwall and one of the University’s Speak Out Guardians.
Dr Shubranshu	Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Lead	s.mishra@exeter.ac.uk	Shubranshu is an EDI Lead for HaSS Cornwall and a member of our Decolonising Collective.
Professor Richard Noakes	Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Lead	r.j.noakes@exeter.ac.uk	Richard is part of HaSS Cornwall’s EDI Committee and his particular brief is to consult with staff on issues of gender equality.
Dr Sarah Bulmer	Academic Director of Arts and Culture (Cornwall)	S.E.Bulmer@Exeter.ac.uk	Sarah works within the wider Arts and Culture team at the University of Exeter to promote and facilitate creative engagement.
Mark Plummer	Department Manager, HaSS Cornwall	m.plummer@exeter.ac.uk	Mark works closely with the Department Leadership Team and the Faculty and Cornwall Executives to support strategy and operations.