Signy Henderson
- Dean for Student Success
- Institute and Professional Services Directors
- Email: signy.henderson@cumbria.ac.uk
- Location: Lancaster
Biography
My current role focusses on students’ academic opportunities and outcomes across the University.
Qualifications and memberships
BA, MA, PhD
Academic and research interests
Theatre history; performance theory; interdisciplinary performance; Shakespeare and his contemporaries; 20th and 21st Century British Theatre.
Recent external roles
PhD 1994 Dalhousie University in English and Theatre
1995-2010: Lecturer in Drama, Middlesex University
2010/2011: Associate Dean, Curriculum, Learning and Quality in the Institute for Work Based Learning, Middlesex University
2011/2012: Deputy Dean, School of Arts and Education
2012 – 2016: Deputy Dean, School of Media and Performing Arts, Middlesex University
March 2016: Joined University of Cumbria as Deputy Dean, and became Dean for Student Success in August 2017.