The loveliest aspect of this award is receiving the written comments from my PhD students, and then being able to share the news with them. In an increasingly automated and bureaucratic world, fostering and being part of a small intellectual community in which there is learning and growth on all sides and in various respects is something to be especially treasured. This award is an opportunity to make that treasuring explicit.
Professor Susannah Ticciati, Department of Theology & Religious Studies
28 October 2025
Arts & Humanities 2025 Supervisory Excellence Award winners announced
Professor Susannah Ticciati, Professor of Christian Doctrine and Dr Shuangyu Li, Reader in Clinical Communication and Cultural Competency, have been announced as joint winners of the Supervisory Excellence Awards 2025 for the Faculty of Arts & Humanities.
It is a pleasure and also a privilege to be a PhD supervisor who shapes the next generation of scholars, while constantly being inspired by their curious and creative minds. This award brings me great joy and affirmation. It reminds me of the importance of my job. I will continue to listen deeply, guide with care, and create an environment where curiosity, integrity, and kindness in research can thrive.
Dr Shuangyu Li, Department of Interdisciplinary Humanities
The awards, which were established in 2006 by the King’s Doctoral College, recognise and celebrate exemplary PhD supervision across King’s and the Faculty winners were chosen from over 30 nominees.
Each year, hundreds of doctoral researchers complete PhDs and other doctoral degrees at King’s, before going on to academia, research, industry, and beyond. Central to every successful doctorate is the close support of their supervisory team, whose expertise and experience will help shapes their project.
Many congratulations to all those nominated from the Faculty of Arts & Humanities:
Alana Harris
Anna Bernard
Anthony Joseph
Astrid Van den Bossch
Ben Quash
Benjamin Wood
Christine Mathias
Christopher Holliday
Cliff Eisen
Daniel DeHanas
Daniel Hadas
David Edgerton
David Papineau
Elisa Oreglia
Emrys Jones
Erik Ketzan
Eva Nieto McAvoy
Flora Willson
Hannah Dawson
Hugh Bowden
James Corke-Webster
James Stazicker
Javed Majeed
Lawrence Warner
Mark Textor
Martin Dinter
Matthew Bell
Michelle Fletcher
Nick Srnicek
Patrick ffrench
Peter Chonka
Rafal Zaborowski
Ruth Padel
Sara Marzagora
Sarah Atkinson
Siobhán McIlvanney
Virginia Crisp
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Reader in Clinical Communication and Cultural Competency
Professor of Christian Doctrine