College of Business, Law and Social Sciences staff

Joel is currently Assistant Head of Law and Programme Leader for the Undergraduate LL.B Law Programmes. His areas of interest include Commercial Law, International Trade and International Economic Law. He has a further interest in ensuring that the Law School engages with the local community and subscribes to values of Social Justice for the benefit of the local community.

Alison is Head of the Discipline of Marketing and Operations in Derby Business School, working with a team of expert lecturers across marketing, logistics, supply chain, purchasing and information technology management. Alison supervises PhDs in marketing and publishing and contributes to teaching in these areas. Prior to joining the University in 2010, she worked in publishing.

Amanda Lee is a Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management at the University of Derby. She teaches across a range of undergraduate and postgraduate modules and programmes.

Dr Sung-Hee Lee has developed a broad understanding in sociology and social policy, mainly focused on care and gender issues within the context of comparative study between Europe and East Asia. Sung-Hee is currently commencing a research project investigating childcare policy development in East Asia and assessing the impact on working mothers' work-life balance. 

Pouria is a Senior Lecturer at Derby Business School. He is a Chartered Member of Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) and a Chartered Member of the Institute of Logistics and Transportation (UK). He supervises student projects at undergraduate, postgraduate and DBA (Doctor of Business Administration) levels.

Head of Derby Business School

Xueer Ma is a lecturer in Business and Management, BLSS. Her research area focuses on strategic transformation and cross-culture studies. She also focuses on entrepreneurship and strategic human resource management (SHRM). She has abroad experience in the field of empirical studies. She is a Fellow of the HEA (Higher Education Academy) in 2019 with HE teaching experience.

Duncan is a Lecturer in Tourism and Applied Management.

Larry teaches Equity and Succession which is a core module for final year undergraduate Law students. He is also module tutor for the undergraduate Company Law and Evidence modules. His research interests are auditor independence and expert opinion evidence.