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 

• Dr David Borthwick

Cultural history

• Professor Edward J Cowan
• Dr Lizanne Henderson
• Dr Sean Johnston

Ecology; environmental sustainability

• Dr G. Matt Davies
• Dr Steven Gillespie
• Dr Bethan Wood

Health policy

• Dr Alexander Whitelaw

Health and social policy

• Dr Carol Hill

Historical, social and philosophical studies of science and technology; 20th century history

• Dr Sean Johnstone

History; Scottish History

• Professor Edward J Cowan
• Dr Lizanne Henderson

Literature and philosophy; Thomas Carlyle

• Dr Ralph Jessop

Modern languages: 20th century French literature and politics; foreign language acquisition

• Ms Jane Cavani

Palliative and end of life care

• Professor David Clark

Philosophy of psychology; existentialism

• Dr Stuart Hanscomb

Political philosophy; ethics

• Dr Benjamin Franks

Scottish folklore and ethnology

• Dr Valentina Bold
• Dr Lizanne Henderson

Scottish literature

• Dr David Borthwick
• Dr Valentina Bold

Scottish poetry (and song)

• Dr Valentina Bold

Sociology and anthropology of tourism

• Dr Donald MacLeod