Meet the DCRN Team

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Digital Culture Research Network

Meet the team

Members of our Research Network

Kent's Digital Culture Research Network is a university-wide group of experts working in the field of digital culture, supported by the Institute of Cultural and Creative Industries.

Professor Howard Bowman

Professor Howard Bowman

Professor of Cognition & Logic, School of Computing

Dr Anna Jordanous

Co-Director of the Digital Culture Research Network and Senior Lecturer, School of Computing

Professor Shujun Li

Professor of Cyber Security and Director of Kent Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Cyber Security (KirCCS)

Dr Vince Miller

Co-Director of the Digital Culture Research Network. Head of School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research

Dr Caroline Li

Deputy Director of the Institute of Cultural and Creative Industries. Senior Lecturer, School of Computing.

Dr John Wills

Co-Director of the Digital Culture Research Network. Reader in American History and Culture.

Professor Catherine Richardson

Director of the Institute of Cultural and Creative Industries. Professor of Early Modern Studies, School of English.

Dr Tim Ireland

Senior Lecturer, Kent School of Architecture and Planning. Director of Digital Architecture Research Centre

Dr Mike Green

Lecturer in Digital Media. School of Engineering & Digital Arts

Lisa Dickson

Reader, Kent Law School. Forensic Evidence, Cyber Crime Security, Cyber Privacy.

Dr David Roberts

Reader in Biodiversity Conservation, School of Anthropology & Conservation

Dr Jason Nurse

Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security and Public Engagement Lead at Kent Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Cyber Security (KirCCS)

Dr Richard Perks

Lecturer in Music Performance, Music & Audio Technology dept, School of Arts

Dr Christina Kim

Director of the newly established Linguistics Laboratory in the Department of English Language and Linguistics.

Dr Howard Griffin

Programme Director: MA Architectural Visualisation, Director of Graduate Studies (PGT)

Professor Karen Douglas

Professor of Social Psychology

Dr Chee Siang (Jim) Ang

Senior Lecturer in Multimedia/Digital Systems. Digital health, human computer interaction

Professor Aylish Wood

Professor in Film, School of Arts.

Ozgur Kafali

Lecturer and Ethics Officer, School of Computing.

Heidi Colthup

Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics

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Digital culture has a much longer history than many people think. I love talking with computer scientists and engineers about computers of the past, both real and imaginary, to try and think of new ways to live with computers today.

Dr Michael Falk School of English

Quotation

I am interested in socio-technical aspects of cyber security and privacy, cybercrime, human behaviours online, and more generally people's life in the cyber-physical world, including their use of multimedia data online.

Professor Shujun Li School of Computing

The Network aims to consolidate digital-oriented research and teaching at Kent University, from game design and work on artificial intelligence through to cybersecurity and digital ethics.  

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Affiliates

Supported by ICCI