College of Arts, Humanities and Education staff

Emma Twigg is a Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader on the BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies degree at the University of Derby.

Maria Urbina Montana is a Senior Lecturer in Journalism. Her research interests focus on news media and Latin American politics, particularly social media, nationalism, and neoliberal change in Chile and the Southern cone. She has been working in the UK higher education for more than 8 years and worked as a journalist for Chilean and Latin American outlets covering politics and economics.

Hannah Valenzuela is a Senior Lecturer in Education Studies

Dr Paul Vandemast-Bell is a lecturer in Music Production and leads the BSc (Hons) Music Technology and Production programme. He is a composer and sound designer, and publishes research in the field of Live Electronic Music.

Alex Wainwright is our Technical Instructor for Television, Film and Media. He has developed and built the Television Studio, Green Screen Studio, TV Control Room and Video Edit Suites at our Markeaton Street site and supports Media Production, Film Production and Broadcast Journalism programmes.

Su Wall is a senior lecturer at the University of Derby. She taught across all three stages of the BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies programme.

Amanda is a senior lecturer in theatre arts. Amanda comes from a background as an actor and has an MA in Ensemble Physical Theatre. Amanda's particular interests are in psycho-physical theatre and devising theatre using live foley and puppetry. 

Senior Lecturer in Film Production

Paul is a Lecturer in English.