Hannah Cobb | |
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Awards | National Teaching Fellowship (2022) |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Edinburgh (MA) University of Manchester (PhD) |
Thesis | Media for movement and making the world : an examination of the Mesolithic experience of the world and the Mesolithic to Neolithic transition in the northern Irish Sea basin (2008) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Archaeology Pedagogy |
Institutions | University of Manchester |
Website | hannahcobbarchaeology |
Hannah Cobb FSA FSA Scot MCIfA is an archaeologist at the University of Manchester,noted for her work on pedagogy, [1] post-humanist theory,and diversity and equality in archaeology. [2] [3] [4]
Cobb was educated at the University of Edinburgh [5] and the University of Manchester where she was awarded a PhD in 2008. [6]
Cobb is a Professor of Archaeology and Pedagogy at the University of Manchester. [3] Her research focuses on the Mesolithic archaeology of north-west Europe,archaeological pedagogy,and equality and diversity in archaeology. Cobb has co-edited several monographs,including Investigating the Role of Fieldwork in Teaching[ citation needed ] and Learning Archaeology and Reconsidering Archaeological Fieldwork. [7] Her work on archaeological pedagogy is strongly influenced by Manuel DeLanda and assemblage theory. [8]
Cobb was the Founder and chair of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (CIFA) Equality &Diversity Group (2015-2021), [9] and founded the EveryDigSexism Project. [10] She also co-directs the Whitworth Park Community Archaeology and History project. [11]
Cobb's publications [2] [12] include:
Cobb was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship from Advance HE in 2022. [16] [17] She is also a Member of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA) in 2016 [18] and the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (FSA Scot).[ when? ] The Ardnamurchan Transitions Project,which Cobb co-directs,was awarded the 2014 Archaeology Training Forum (ATF) Training Award. [19]