Head of Department
Dr Tanya Le Roux

Dr Tanya Le Roux is acting Head of Department for Communication & Journalism. She is an excellent educator and accomplished researcher who will bring to the role a broad range of expertise from higher education and as a communication professional in both the UK and South Africa.
Tanya is currently Programme Leader for the UG Marketing Communications suite of programmes and is leading the complex revalidation of these degrees. She also serves on the BU Research Ethics Committee. Prior to joining Bournemouth University in 2017 she also served on two Faculty Boards and Senate at previous institutions.
Tanya has a PhD in Corporate communication from North-West University, South Africa, and her research focuses on crisis and disaster communication management. She is an active researcher with a good publication record and strong commitment to public engagement, including delivering research-led training and capacity building for crisis communication. As a communication professional, Tanya has worked for large and small companies, and consulted on issues such as strategic communication and communication in change management.
All department staff:
Deputy Head of Department
Academic staff
Visiting academics
- Professor Dave Trotman - Visiting Professor
- Professor Paul Mihailidis - Visiting Professor
- Professor Susan Orr - Visiting Professor
- Gavin Rees - Visiting Fellow
- Sandra Laville - Visiting Fellow
- Dr Steve Connolly - Visiting Fellow
- Peter Jackson - Visiting Fellow
- Dr Marketa Supa - Visiting Fellow
- Stuart Hughes - Visiting Fellow
- Dr John Potter - Visiting Fellow
- Professor Tom Watson - Emeritus Professor
- Dr Annamaria Neag - Visiting Fellow
- Jon Sopel - Visiting Fellow
- Dr Salman Heydari Khajepour - Visiting Fellow
- Professor Stephen Jukes - Emeritus
- Professor Steen Steensen - Visiting Professor
- Dr Sarah Jones - Visiting Fellow
- Professor Noha Mellor - Visiting Professor
Demonstrators
Postgraduate researchers
- Katayoun Abbasirad
- Yasser Abuali
- Wed Mohammed H Alfotawi
- Jasem Alnasser
- Raed Alshammari
- Zaid Alsubaie
- Rayan Alyusufi
- Stuart Armon
- Phil Barber
- Paul Bradshaw
- Emanuele Bussa
- Adrian Butterworth
- Dan Charlton
- Christian Constantine Cosmo
- Louise Cottrell
- Suzanne Dixon
- Quoc Bao Duong
- Annabel East
- Sofronis Efstathiou
- Shepuya Famwang
- Alan Fox
- Isabel Gray Forrest (Sleight)
- Jason Hallett
- Daniel Hills
- Rebecca Hindley
- Kim(Khanh)Hoang
- Mary Hogarth
- Dee Hughes
- Heyam Kani
- Denyse King
- Hua Li
- Maynard Manyowa
- Louise Matthews
- Richard Mayers
- Simon McGuire
- Giles Milner
- Alexa Munn
- Searchmore Muridzo
- Wesley Nolan
- Sydney Ochieng
- John Omoregie
- Peng Peng Ooi (previously Hatch)
- Miriam Phillips
- Anna Pietrzak
- Rebecca Lucy
- Vianna Renaud
- Catharine Russell
- Rutherford
- Richard Sanders
- Endah Saptorini
- Neil Slawson
- Lynda Smith
- Alison Smith
- Jacqueline Speculand (Bleetman)
- Michael Sunderland
- Michelle Thomason
- Nurist Ulfa
- Wallace
- Richard Waring
- Edward Wright
Taught phase
- Nicole Ponsford
- Claudia Fasola-Moore
- Emma Stacey Smyth
- Louise-Marie Davies
- Mike Scott
- Rebecca Soumati
- Linda Julie Blackman (previously Perrett)
- Thomas Mitchell
- Rachael Brenann
- Nancy Newman
- Estella Pochin
- Aaron Singh Takhar
- Hilary Stepien
- Neil Cooper
- Becca Bonda