Kent Professor Amanda Perry-Kessaris is a finalist for Law Teacher of the Year 2017.

Professor Perry-Kessaris is one of six teachers across the UK who is shortlisted in the prestigious national competition sponsored by Oxford University Press. She now moves on to the second round of judging, which involves a campus visit, observed teaching session, and interviews with students and colleagues.

With qualifications in economics and visual communication as well as in law, Professor Perry-Kessaris takes an innovative and cross-disciplinary approach to her teaching and research. She focuses primarily on the application of design strategies (such as user interaction and prototyping) and design outcomes (such as images, sound and typography) to understand and communicate about processes of econo-legal change. Her current research project, funded by a grant from the Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA), investigates the use of graphic design in the negotiations over the possible reunification of Cyprus.

In her endorsement of Professor Perry-Kessaris’s nomination, Head of Kent Law School Professor Toni Williams praised her capacity to engage, inspire and motivate students which she said had become legendary at Kent since she joined the Law School in 2013.
She described her development of legal pedagogy through images and objects as truly innovative and said her teaching practice was notable for its breadth.

Professor Perry-Kessaris said: ‘I see teaching as an opportunity to refresh, sustain and apply my own learning. I learn through formal empirical and theoretical research as well as casual daily inquiry.’

Professor Perry-Kessaris blogs about her work at econosociolegal.wordpress.com. She also tweets @aperrykessaris and publishes videos on Vimeo.

The Law Teacher of the Year award was previously won by Kent Law School Senior Lecturer Dr Karen Devine in 2012. This year’s winner will be announced on Thursday 29 June.