Meet The Team
AHEAD Management and Delivery Team
AHEAD TEAM
Professor Catherine Fletcher
Professor • History, Politics & Philosophy
Christopher Fox
Faculty Director of Research
Arts & Humanities
Esther Lisk-Carew
AHEAD
Engagement Co-ordinator
Arts & Humanities
Helen Darby
Research Impact & Engagement Manager
Arts & Humanities
Jess Edwards
Head of Department • English
Josh Edelman
Reader • Art & Performance
Professor Kirsty Fairclough
Professor • SODA
School of Digital Arts
Rachel Coldwell
Head of Marketing (Creative & Culture)
Professor Rob Drummond
Professor • Languages, Information & Communications
Research Group Spotlight :
Centre For Fiction
We create and celebrate new stories, made in Manchester and shared with the globe. Set up by a team of novelists, literary critics and postgraduate researchers, we bring together the best in critical and creative approaches to fiction.
We have expertise in every part of the fiction-writing process, from creating prize-winning books to studying the publishing industry. Our unique focus on process emphasises fiction as something that is made.
Our identity is intrinsically linked to Manchester’s history of radical thinking and industrial success, and its status as a UNESCO City of Literature.
We encourage collaboration between critics, fiction writers and external partners to promote engagement with fiction by writers and readers.
