Editorial board

The editorial board members for Mortality are ambassadors for the journal. They help to build, nurture and support the editors to grow a community around the journal. They assist with the peer review process, promote the journal, may commission or solicit content, and provide feedback and strategic direction.

Editors-in-Chief:
Dr Arnar Árnason - University of Aberdeen, UK
Professor Erica Borgstrom - The Open University, UK

Managing Editor:
Dr Bethan Michael-Fox - The Open University, UK


Book Reviews Editor:
Dr Kelly Richards D'Arcy-Reed

Editorial Board:
Professor Kathryn Almack - University of Hertfordshire, UK
Professor Heather Conway - School of Law, Queen's University Belfast, UK
Associate Professor Alissa Dark-Freudeman - University of North Carolina-Wilmington, USA
Revd Professor Douglas Davies - Department of Theology, University of Durham, UK
Dr Julie Ellis - University of Huddersfield, UK
Ms Clare Gittings - National Portrait Gallery, UK
Mr Nigel Hartley, MBE -  Mountbatten Hospice Group, Hampshire and Isle of Wight, UK
Professor Michael Hviid Jacobsen - Department of Sociology and Social Work, Denmark
Professor Avril Maddrell - University of Reading, UK
Professor Bill Noble - Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Associate Professor Penelope Papailias - Department of History, Archaeology and Social Anthropology, University of Thessaly, Greece
Professor Ruth Penfold-Mounce - Department of Sociology, University of York, UK
Dr Julie Rugg - Cemetery Research Group, University of York, UK
Dr Khyati Tripathi - South Asia Institute (LMSAI), Harvard University and School of Liberal Studies, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, India
Dr Kate Woodthorpe - University of Bath, UK
Professor Michael Ashby - University of Tasmania, Australia
Professor Carl Becker - Kyoto University, Japan
Professor George E. Dickinson - Department of Sociology and Anthropology, College of Charleston, USA
Dr Mario Erasmo - Department of Classics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
Dr Kami Fletcher - Delaware State University, USA
Dr Margaret Gibson - School of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences, Griffith University, Australia
Dr Sigurjón Baldur Hafsteinsson - Museum Studies, University of Iceland, Iceland
Professor Allan Kellehear - University of Vermont, USA
Associate Professor Sara L. Knox - School of Humanities and Communication Arts, Western Sydney University, Australia
Dr Suresh Kumar - Institute of Palliative Medicine at the Medical College in Kerala, India, and WHO Collaborating Centre for Community Participation in Palliative Care and Long Term Care
Mrs Miriam S. Moss - Arcadia University, Glenside, Pennsylvania, USA
Baroness Neuberger DBE - Chief Executive, The King’s Fund, London, UK
Professor Paul C. Rosenblatt - Department of Family Social Science, University of Minnesota, USA
Dr Marius Rotar - University of Alba Iulia, Romania
Professor Margaret Stroebe - Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands

Updated 22-01-2024