List of University of Essex people
The following is a list of notable University of Essex people (in alphabetical order).
Notable Faculty
Vice Chancellors
- Sir Albert Sloman (1963 - 1987)
- Professor Martin Harris (1987 - 1993)
- Professor R J Johnston (1993 - 1995)
- Sir Ivor Crewe (1995 - 2007)
- Professor Colin Riordan (2007 - present)
Business & Economics
- George Christopher Archibald - Professor, Economics Department (1964 - 1970)
- Anthony Barnes Atkinson - Professor of Economics (1971 to 1976)
- Albert Rex Bergstrom - Professor Emeritus, Economics (1970 - 1992)
- Peter J. Hammond - Lecturer/Professor of Economics (1971 to 1979)
- Oliver Hart - Lecturer in Economics (1974 to 1975)
- Richard Lipsey - Head Professor of Economics (1963 - 1969)
- Michio Morishima - Visiting Professor of Economics (1968 to 1970)
- Michael Parkin - Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Chairman in Economics (1967 to 1970)
- Peter C.B. Phillips - Lecturer in Economics (1972 to 1976)
Sciences
- George Alfred Barnard - Professor of Mathematics (1966 to 1975)
- Mohammed Ghanbari - Professor, Department of Electronic Systems Engineering (1996 - )
- Owen Holland - Professor of Computer Science
- Edward Tsang - Professor of Computer Science
Humanities
- Dawn Ades - Professor, Art History and Theory Department
- Robert D. Borsley - Professor of Linguistics (2000 - )
- Peter Carruthers Lecturer, Philosophy Department (1985 - 1991)
- Donald Davie - Professor of Literature (1964 - 1968)
- Peter Dews Professor of Philosophy (1988 - )
- Elaine Feinstein - Assistant Lecturer, English Literature (1967 - 1970)
- Michael Podro - Professor of Art History (1973 to 1997)
- Mark Sacks - Professor of Philosophy (1993 - 2008)
- José Emilio Pacheco Visiting Professor of Literature
Social Sciences
- Jean Blondel - Professor of Politics (1964 - 1984)
- Kevin Boyle - Former Director, Human Rights Centre (3 terms)
- Hugh Brogan - Professor of History, (1994 to 1998)
- Ian Craib - Professor of Sociology (1973 - 2003)
- Vic Gatrell - Professor of British History (2003 - )
- Paul Hunt - Former Director, Human Rights Centre (2001 to 2003)
- Anthony King - Professor, Department of Government
- Emil Kirchner - Professor, Department of Government
- Alan Knight - Lecturer, History Department (1973 - 1985)
- Ernesto Laclau - Visiting Professor, Department of Government
- Geoffrey Martin - Professor, Department of History
- Harvey Molotch - Professor of Sociology
- Nigel S. Rodley - Current Head, Human Rights Centre (also a graduate: see below)
- David Sanders - Current Head, Department of Government
- Fatos Tarifa - Guest Lecturer
Notable Alumni
Academia
- Erkin Bairam - Professor of Economics, University of Otago (1991 - 2001)
- Martin J. Ball - Professor of Communicative Disorders, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
- Andrew Bennett - Principal, Saint Joseph's Institution International (Singapore)
- Richard Barbrook - Senior Lecturer in Humanities & Social Science, University of Westminster
- John Barrell - Professor of English, University of York
- David M. Barrett - Professor of Political Science, Villanova University
- Anthony Cohn - Professor of Automated Reasoning, University of Leeds
- Jean Drèze - Professor of Economics, Delhi School of Economics
- Kusuma Karunaratne - Sri Lankan Academic in the field of Sociology
- Alberto Pérez-Gómez - Professor of Architectural History, McGill University
- Stephen F. Jones - Academic in the field of Eastern European Affairs
- Ladislav Kohout - Professor of Computer Science, Florida State University
- Ernesto Laclau - Post-Marxist political theorist at Northwestern University, also Visiting Professor at Essex's Department of Government
- Peter Matanle - Academic Sociologist & Lecturer, University of Sheffield
- Maxine Molyneux - Professor of Sociology, Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London
- Farish Ahmad Noor, Senior Fellow, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Nigel S. Rodley - International Human Rights Lawyer and Academic, University of Essex
- Jörg Siekmann - Professor of Computer Science, Universität des Saarlandes
- Michael Taylor - Professor of Politics, University of Washington
- Yeap Wai Kiang - Director of the Institute for Information Technology Research at the Auckland University of Technology.
Politics & Government
- Ian Austin - Labour Party Politican, MP for Dudley North
- John Bercow- Conservative Party Politician, MP for Buckingham
- Virginia Bottomley - Conservative Party politician
- Thozamile Botha - South African Politician
- Dragiša Burzan - Serbian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Former Foreign Minister of Montenegro
- Fátima Choi - Director of Audit, Macau SAR, China
- Sean Farren - former Northern Irish Politician
- Duncan Shipley-Dalton - former Northern Irish Politician
- James Duddridge - Conservative Party Politican, MP for Rochford and Southend East
- Anne Gibson, Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen - British Trade Unionist
- James Gomez - Second Assistant Secretary to the Workers' Party of Singapore and Political Researcher
- Peter Housden - Permanent Secretary, Department for Communities and Local Government
- Omar Asghar Khan - Pakistani social activist, economist and politician
- Leung Yiu Chung - Member of the Hong Kong SAR Legislative Council
- Siobhain McDonagh - Labour Party politician
- Priti Patel - Conservative Party politician
- Paduka Osman bin Pengiran Haji Patra - Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade, Brunei
- Sipho Pityana - Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, South Africa
- Dimitrij Rupel - Foreign Minister of Slovenia
- Oscar Arias Sanchez - President of Costa Rica and 1987 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
- Muhammad Ali Saif - Former Pakistani Minister of Tourism
- David Triesman, Baron Triesman - Labour Party Member in the House of Lords, Chairman of the English Football Association
- Martin Whelton - Labour Party Politician, Mayor of London Borough of Merton
- Dr Kevin Roberto Casas Zamora - Former Vice-President of Costa Rica (2004 - 2007)
- Hoshyar Zebari - Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs
Business & Economics
- Richard Douthwaite - Economist, co-founder of Feasta
- Christopher A. Pissarides - British-Cypriot Economists, Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics
- George Provopoulos - Governor of the Bank of Greece & European Central Bank Governing Council Member.
- Yusli Mohamed Yusoff - CEO of Bursa Malaysia (Malaysia Exchange)
Actors & Directors
- William Burdett-Coutts - renowned Artistic Director of The Assembly, London
- Stephen Daldry - Film & Theatre Director (East 15 Acting School), BAFTA award-winner
- Nick Broomfield - Documentary film maker
- Mike Leigh - Film & Theatre Director (East 15 Acting School)
- Alison Steadman - Actress (East 15 Acting School), twice-nominated for BAFTA award
Law and Order
- Peter Joslin - Chief Constable of Warwickshire
- Michael J. Todd - Chief Constable of Greater Manchester from 2002 till 2008
Media and Journalism
- Dotun Adebayo - Radio Presenter on BBC FiveLive
- Brian Hanrahan - BBC foreign correspondent
- Isobel Lang - Meteorological Office weather forecaster (BBC, Sky) and TV presenter
- Nick Margerrison - Radio Presenter on Kerrang!Radio
Musicians
- Clint Boon - Keyboardist and lead singer of the Inspiral Carpets
- Steve Chandra Savale - Asian Dub Foundation guitarist
Architecture & Urban Planning
- Daniel Libeskind - architect to build the Freedom Tower and Memory Foundations on the site of the World Trade Center in New York City
Philosophy
- Simon Critchley - British Philosopher, Academic at the New School for Social Research
- William McNeill - British Philosopher, Academic at DePaul University
Literary Figures and Artists
- Charlie Connelly - Author and Broadcaster
- Claudia Jenner - Peruvian Linguist
- Kee Thuan Chye - Malaysian dramatist, poet and journalist
- Fraser Harrison - English Writer
- M. Murat İldan - Turkish Playwright
- Nigel Jenkins - Renowned Welsh Poet & Writer
- Marianne Majerus - Photographer
- Okello Oculi - Ugandan Novelist & Poet
- Ben Okri - Booker Prize Winner
- Douglas Oliver - English Contemporary Poet and Novelist
- Kate Rhodes - British Poet
- Michelene Wandor - English Playwright & Poet
- Nathan Zach - Israeli Poet
Science & Technology
- Richard Bartle - Co-creator of MUD1, the first ever MUD (Multi-User Dungeon)
- Phil O'Donovan - Founder (Cambridge Silicon Radio) Developer of bluetooth technology
- Roy Trubshaw - Co-creator of MUD1, the first ever MUD (Multi-User Dungeon)
- Rodolfo Neri Vela - Mexico's first astronaut
Human Rights
- Akram H. Chowdhury - Founder of the Bangladesh Rehabilitation Centre for Trauma Victims
- Alex Neve - Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada
- Antonio Pradjasto - Deputy Director of Demos’ Center for Democracy and Human Rights Studies, Indonesia