Research themes

The faculty of the Dumfries Campus publish on a wide variety of research themes, and can supervise postgraduate research students in these areas:

Creative writing; poetry
Mr Thomas Pow (Senior Lecturer)

Ecology; environmental sustainability
Dr Bethan Wood (University Teacher)

Health policy
Dr Alexander Whitelaw (Lecturer)

Health and social policy
Dr Carol M Hill (Senior Lecturer)

Historical, social and cultural studies of science and technology; 20th century history
Dr Sean F Johnston (Reader)

History; Scottish History; Cultural History
Professor Edward J. Cowan (Professor)
Dr Lizanne Henderson (Lecturer)

Literature and philosophy; Thomas Carlyle
Dr Ralph Jessop (Senior Lecturer)

Modern languages: 20th century French literature and politics;  foreign language acquisition
Ms Jane S Cavani (University Teacher)

Philosophy of psychology; existentialism
Dr Stuart R Hanscomb (University Teacher)

Political philosophy; ethics
Dr Benjamin Franks (Lecturer)

Scottish folklore and ethnology
Dr Valentina  Bold (Senior Lecturer)
Dr Lizanne Henderson (Lecturer)

Scottish literature
Dr David Borthwick (University Teacher)
Dr Valentina  Bold (Senior Lecturer)

Scottish poetry (and song)
Dr Valentina  Bold (Senior Lecturer)

Social work 
Ms Sara Driscoll (University Teacher)

Sociology and anthropology of tourism
Dr Donald MacLeod (Senior Lecturer)