Miriam Zukas was the first Executive Dean of the School of Social Science, History and Philosophy from 2009 to 2016, and Birkbeck’s Public Engagement Champion between 2016 and 2018.  

She was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship in 2008 and a Fellowship of Birkbeck in November, 2016. Miriam’s research interests include academics and academic work and learning, professional workplace pedagogies, doctors’ learning in transition, professional learning in transitions, and adult higher education.