List of University of Essex people
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The following is a list of notable University of Essex people (in alphabetical order).
Chancellors
- Rab Butler (1966–1982)
- Sir Patrick Nairne (1982–1997)
- Michael Nolan, Baron Nolan (1997–2002)
- Andrew Phillips, Baron Phillips of Sudbury (2003–2014)
- Shami Chakrabarti (2014–present)
Notable faculty
Vice-Chancellors
- Sir Albert Sloman (1963–1987)
- Martin Harris (1987–1993)
- Ron J. Johnston (1993–1995)
- Sir Ivor Crewe (1995–2007)
- Colin Riordan (2007–2012)[1]
- Anthony Forster (2012–present)[2]
Economics
- George Christopher Archibald - Professor (1964–1971)
- Anthony Barnes Atkinson - Professor of Economics (1971 to 1976)
- Albert Rex Bergstrom - Professor of Economics (1970–1992)
- Graciela Chichilnisky - Chair in Economics (1980 to 1981)
- Sanjeev Goyal - Professor of Economics (2003-2006)
- Oliver Hart - Lecturer in Economics (1974 to 1975)
- Ravi Kanbur - Professor in economics (1983–87)[3]
- David Laidler - Lecturer (1966–1969)
- Richard Lipsey - Head Professor of Economics (1963–1969)
- Sheri Markose - Professor of Economics
- Michio Morishima - Visiting Professor of Economics (1968 to 1970)
- Motty Perry - Professor of Economics
- Peter C.B. Phillips - Lecturer in Economics (1972 to 1976)
- Anthony Shorrocks - Professor of Economics [4]
- Anthony Venables - Lecturer in Economics (1978 to 1979)
Sciences
- George Alfred Barnard - Professor of Mathematics (1966 to 1975)
- Richard Bartle - FRSA, Senior Lecturer and Honorary Professor of Computer Science
- Mohammed Ghanbari - Professor, Department of Electronic Systems Engineering (1996 - )
- Martin Henson - FRSA, Professor of Computer Science
- Owen Holland - Professor of Computer Science
- Ahmad Ismail - Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Ecotoxicology Universiti Putra Malaysia
- Edward Tsang - Director of Centre for Computational Finance and Economic Agents; Professor of Computer Science
Humanities
- Robert D. Borsley - Professor of Linguistics (2000 - )
- Peter Carruthers - Lecturer, Philosophy Department (1985–1991)
- Donald Davie - Professor of Literature (1964–1968)
- Peter Dews - Professor of Philosophy (1988 - )
- Elaine Feinstein - Assistant Lecturer, English Literature (1967–1970)
- David Musselwhite - Senior Lecturer, English Literature (1974–2010)
- José Emilio Pacheco - Visiting Professor of Literature
- Michael Podro - Professor of Art History (1973 to 1997)
- Mark Sacks - Professor of Philosophy (1993–2008)
- Derek Walcott - Nobel Laureate 1992, Professor of Poetry (2010 - 2015)
- Dawn Ades, CBE - Professor of Art History
Social sciences
- Brian Barry - Professor of Politics
- Robin Blackburn - Professor of Sociology
- Jean Blondel - Professor of Politics (1964 to 1984)
- Kevin Boyle - former Director, Human Rights Centre (3 terms)
- Hugh Brogan - Professor of History, (1974 to 1998)
- Ian Craib - Professor of Sociology (1973–2003)
- Vic Gatrell - Professor of British History (2003 - )
- Paul Hunt - former Director, Human Rights Centre (2001 to 2003)
- Bob Jessop - Professor, Department of Government (1975 to 1989)
- Anthony King - Professor, Department of Government
- Alan Knight - Lecturer, History Department (1973 to 1985)
- Ernesto Laclau - Visiting Professor, Department of Government
- Michael Mann
- Geoffrey Martin - Professor, Department of History
- Harvey Molotch - Professor of Sociology
- Sir Nigel S. Rodley - current Head of Human Rights Centre (also a graduate: see below)
- Fatos Tarifa - guest lecturer
- Peter Townsend - founding professor of Sociology
Notable alumni
Academia in economics
- Cliff Attfield - Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Bristol, Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society; Fellow of the Journal of Econometrics[5]
- Erkin Bairam - Professor of Economics, University of Otago (1991–2001)[6]
- Robert L. Crouch - active Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of California, Santa Barbara[7]
- Panicos O. Demetriades - Professor of Financial Economics, University of Leicester
- Jean Drèze - Professor of Economics, Delhi School of Economics[8]
- Alan Harrison - Provost, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada[9]
- Colm Kearney - Professor of International Business, University College Dublin
- Graham Loomes - Professor of Economics, University of Warwick [10]
- Christopher A. Pissarides - Nobel Laureate 2010 British-Cypriot Economists, Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics [11]
- Michael Riordan - Professor of Economics, Columbia University
- Norman Schofield - Professor of Political Economy, Washington University, St. Louis
- Richard J. Smith - Professor of Econometric Theory and Economic Statistics, University of Cambridge[12]
- Yanis Varoufakis - Professor of Economics, University of Athens; Finance Minister of Greece (2015 onward)[13][14]
- John Whalley - Professor of International Trade at University of Western Ontario[15]
Academia in other areas
- Martin J. Ball - Professor of Speech Language Pathology, Linköping University, Sweden
- Richard Barbrook - Senior Lecturer in Humanities and Social Science, University of Westminster
- John Barrell - Professor of English, University of York
- David M. Barrett - Professor of Political Science, Villanova University
- Kusuma Karunaratne - Sri Lankan academic; university administrator; professor and scholar in the fields of Sinhalese language, comparative literature, and sociology, University of Colombo
- James Gomez - Associate Professor at the School of International Studies, Universiti Utara Malaysia
- Stephen F. Jones - academic in the field of Eastern European affairs
- Ernesto Laclau - Post-Marxist political theorist at Northwestern University; Visiting Professor at Essex's Department of Government
- Jill Marsden - scholar of the work of philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche; lecturer at the University of Bolton
- Maxine Molyneux - Professor of Sociology, Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London
- John Warwick Montgomery - American lawyer, theologian and academic known for his work in the field of Christian apologetics; Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy and Christian Thought at Patrick Henry College[16]
- Farish Ahmad Noor - Senior Fellow, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Alberto Pérez-Gómez - Professor of Architectural History, McGill University
- Nigel S. Rodley - international human rights lawyer and academic, University of Essex
- Michael Tappin - academic associated with Keele University
- Michael Taylor - Professor of Politics, University of Washington
- Nathan Widder - Professor of Political Theory, Royal Holloway, University of London
- Jonathan Wilson - Fletcher Professor of Rhetoric and Debate; Director of the Center for Humanities, Tufts University
- Wong Chin Huat - Malaysian political scientist, activist and columnist
Politics and government
- Óscar Arias - President of Costa Rica and 1987 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
- Ian Austin - MP for Dudley North[17]
- John Bercow - Speaker of the House of Commons [18]
- John Biehl - Chilean lawyer, political scientist and diplomat
- Thozamile Botha - South African politician
- Virginia Bottomley - Conservative Party politician [19]
- Dragiša Burzan - Serbian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, former Foreign Minister of Montenegro
- Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury - Speaker of the Bangladesh National Assembly
- Fátima Choi - Director of Audit, Macau SAR, China
- James Duddridge - Conservative Party politician, MP for Rochford and Southend East
- Sean Farren - former Northern Irish politician
- Anne Gibson, Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen - British trade unionist
- Reshef Hen - former member of the Knesset
- Peter Housden - Permanent Secretary, Department for Communities and Local Government
- Omar Asghar Khan - Pakistani social activist, economist and politician
- Leung Yiu-chung - member of the Hong Kong SAR Legislative Council
- Edward Lord - Liberal Democrat politician and a leading figure in English local government
- Siobhain McDonagh - Labour Party politician
- Priti Patel - Conservative Party politician
- Donald C. Pogue - Chief Judge, United States Court of International Trade
- Dimitrij Rupel - first Foreign Minister of Republic of Slovenia
- Mark Shields - Deputy Commissioner of the Jamaica Constabulary Force from 2005 to 2009[20]
- Duncan Shipley-Dalton - former Northern Irish politician
- David Triesman, Baron Triesman - Labour Party Member in the House of Lords; Chairman of the English Football Association
- Yanis Varoufakis - Professor of Economics, University of Athens; Finance Minister of Greece (2015 onward)[13][14]
- Hoshyar Zebari - Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs
Business and economics
- Richard Douthwaite - economist, co-founder of Feasta
- Mar Gudmundsson - Governor of the Central Bank of Iceland
- Hanif Lalani - ex-CEO of BT Global Services[21]
- Charles Mbire - Ugandan businessman, entrepreneur and industrialist
- Thorarinn G. Petursson - Chief Economist of the Central Bank of Iceland
- George Provopoulos - Governor of the Bank of Greece and European Central Bank Governing Council Member.
Actors and directors
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- Nick Broomfield - documentary filmmaker
- William Burdett-Coutts - Artistic Director of The Assembly, London
- Stephen Daldry - film and theatre director (East 15 Acting School), BAFTA award-winner
- Blake Harrison - actor (Neil from The Inbetweeners) (East 15 Acting School)
- Vera Kolodzig - actress in theatre productions and several Portuguese soap operas (East 15 Acting School)
- Mike Leigh - film and theatre director (East 15 Acting School)
- Alison Steadman - actress (East 15 Acting School), twice nominated for BAFTA award
- David Yates - multi-BAFTA winning English film and television director
Law and order
- Peter Joslin - Chief Constable of Warwickshire
- Michael J. Todd - Chief Constable of Greater Manchester from 2002 until 2008
Media and journalism
- Dotun Adebayo - radio presenter on BBC FiveLive[22]
- Brian Hanrahan - BBC foreign correspondent[23]
- Isobel Lang - Meteorological Office weather forecaster (BBC, Sky) and TV presenter
- Nick Margerrison - radio presenter on Kerrang!Radio
- Rhys Stevenson - Editor of the Metal music website Global Metal Apocalypse and twice runner-up at the UK Blog Awards [24][25]
Musicians
- Gilad Atzmon - Israeli-born British jazz saxophonist
- Clint Boon - keyboardist and lead singer of the Inspiral Carpets
- John Etheridge - British jazz/fusion guitarist associated with the Canterbury Scene
- Steve Chandra Savale - Asian Dub Foundation guitarist
Architecture and urban planning
- Daniel Libeskind - architect of the Freedom Tower and Memory Foundations on the site of the World Trade Center in New York City
Philosophy
- Simon Critchley - British philosopher, academic at the New School for Social Research
- William McNeill - British philosopher, academic at DePaul University
Literary figures and artists
- Kee Thuan Chye - Malaysian dramatist, poet and journalist
- Charlie Connelly - author and broadcaster
- Nick Dear - writer for stage, screen and radio
- Mark Felton - author and historian
- Fraser Harrison - English writer
- Nigel Jenkins - Welsh poet and writer
- John Lawton – novelist
- Marianne Majerus - photographer
- Okello Oculi - Ugandan novelist and poet
- Ben Okri - Booker Prize winner
- Douglas Oliver - English contemporary poet and novelist
- Kate Rhodes - British poet
- Mike Ripley – novelist
- Michelene Wandor - English playwright and poet
- Nathan Zach - Israeli poet
- The Kipper Kids - Performance Artists (at East 15 Acting School)
Science and technology
- Richard Bartle - co-creator of MUD1, the first ever MUD (Multi-User Dungeon)[26]
- Phil O'Donovan - founder of Cambridge Silicon Radio; developer of bluetooth technology[27]
- Roy Trubshaw - co-creator of MUD1, the first ever MUD (Multi-User Dungeon)[28]
- Rodolfo Neri Vela - Mexico's first astronaut [29]
Human rights
- Akram H. Chowdhury - founder of the Bangladesh Rehabilitation Centre for Trauma Victims
- Alex Neve - Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada
- Carry Somers - Founder and Director of Fashion Revolution UK
References
- ^ "A Short History of the University". Retrieved 26 September 2010.
- ^ "Latest News: New Vice Chancellor Appointed". Retrieved 9 Feb 2012.
- ^ http://www.kanbur.aem.cornell.edu/papers/VitaeLatest.pdf
- ^ http://www.wider.unu.edu/aboutus/people/Former-staff/former-directors/en_GB/shorrocks-anthony/. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Attfield, Clifford. "CV Clifford L. F. ATTFIELD". Retrieved 26 September 2010.
- ^ Knowles, Stephen; John McCombie (August 2002). "Erikin Bairam: 1958-2001" (PDF). University of Otago. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
- ^ "UCSB Economics – Faculty Directory". Retrieved 26 September 2010.
- ^ "Curriculum Vitae- Jean Dreze" (PDF). Retrieved 26 September 2010.
- ^ Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic), Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
- ^ "ISI CV: Loomes, Graham". Retrieved 26 September 2010.
- ^ "Christopher A Pissarides: CV" (PDF). Retrieved 26 September 2010.
- ^ "Richard J Smith Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Retrieved 18 September 2010.
- ^ a b http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/greece/11373325/For-radical-Greek-politicians-the-only-way-is-Essex.html. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ a b http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/11369851/Yanis-Varoufakis-Greeces-future-finance-minister-is-no-extremist.html. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "John Whalley - CV" (PDF). Retrieved 26 September 2010.
- ^ "JWM's WEB SITE". Retrieved 10 September 2012.
- ^ "Biography". Retrieved 26 September 2010.
- ^ "Biog Rt Hon John Bercow MP - Member of Parliament for Buckingham". Retrieved 26 September 2010.
- ^ Davidson, Andrew (May 15, 2005). "The Andrew Davidson Interview: Bottomleys dual role - Times Online". The Times. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
{{cite news}}: C1 control character in|title=at position 41 (help) - ^ Deeson, Martin; Pilkington, Ed (2007-03-30). "Cricket, murder and a very British copper". The Guardian. Retrieved 2012-07-21.
- ^ "BT's Hanif Lalani ends 26-year career under global services cloud" Financial Director website, 25 January 2010.
- ^ "Department of Philosophy :: Student Profiles". Retrieved 26 September 2010.
- ^ "University of Essex :: Brian's broadcasting masterclass ::". Retrieved 26 September 2010.
- ^ [1] Global Metal Apocalypse, 23 September 2015.
- ^ [2] Brentwood Gazette, 23 September 2015.
- ^ "Richard Bartle - Curriculum Vitae". Retrieved 26 September 2010.
- ^ "Distinguished Alumni Profiles - University of Essex". Retrieved 26 September 2010.
- ^ "Smart Computing Encyclopedia Entry - Trubshaw, Roy". Retrieved 26 September 2010.
- ^ "Astronaut Bio: Rodolfo Neri Vela". December 1985. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
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