people

Professor Katrina Navickas is director of Heritage Hub.

She promotes local and regional history and heritage research and has expertise in community co-production and Lottery Heritage Fund grant applications.

Professor Owen Davies is Professor of Social History and runs the MA Folklore Programme. Prof Davies co-founded Heritage Hub in 2010.

Professor Jonathan Morris is Professor of History and runs Heritage for Business.

Dr Sue Davies is a Lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire’s Business School with a special interest in the management on non-profit organisations. Before joining the University in 2021 she worked in the heritage sector for several decades.

Andrew Green is Senior Research Fellow and runs the Oral History Team.

Professor Grace Lees-Maffei is Professor of Design History and Director of DHeritage, the Professional Doctorate in Heritage. She is co-editor with Prof Rebecca Houze (Northern Illinois University, USA) of Design and Heritage:  The Construction of Identity and Belonging (Routledge).

Dr Steven Adams is Associate Dean Research in Creative Arts

Dr Samantha George is Associate Professor Research in English Literature.

Associate Professor Susan Parham runs the UH Urbanism Unit and is the Academic Director of the International Garden Cities Institute

Howard Berry,  Principal Lecturer and Head of Post-Production for the Film and Television degrees in the School of Creative Arts,

Dr Deirdre O'Neill is senior lecturer in film.

Our research associates include:

Liz Currie - currently taking a PhD in History and research assistant for Heritage Hub and the Research Office

Dr Barbara Wood - associated research fellow and DHeritage graduate

Fabian Hiscock - Oral history team member and MA History graduate

We have a lively cohort of DHeritage students and graduates working in professional heritage across the UK and world. Read about the DHeritage cohort's work on the Director's blog: https://www.graceleesmaffei.org/home/tag/DHeritage