FSU London Study Centre Faculty

The London Study Centre is very lucky to have a regular group of faculty members who return to us semester after semester, as well as a large group of visiting professors and local adjuncts who join us as required to teach a range of liberal arts and special program courses. This semester’s faculty includes:

Dr. Richard Weight

Dr. Richard Weight is a historian and broadcaster, holding degrees from the University of Cambridge and University College London. He is the author of several books, including Patriots: National Identity in Britain 1940-2000 (Macmillan, 2002) and The A-Z Guide to Modern Britain (Random House, 2003). Richard writes and presents documentaries for the BBC, is a contributor to The Times, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and of the Royal Society of Arts. He lectures in Europe and Africa for the British Council and acts as a consultant to several organisations, including the Institute for Public Policy Research. He is currently writing a history of British youth culture, to be published in Britain and the United States by Random House.

Ruth Mateer

Ruth Mateer was born in Northern Ireland. She was educated there and in the Universities of Michigan and Oxford. She has taught for many universities, including the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Edinburgh. Now she teaches American students in Oxford and London, where her subjects are World Drama, Shakespeare and Oxford in Literature. She lives in a converted barn in the Cotswolds and looks out over a beautiful landscape. She loves travelling, going to museums and art galleries, listening to music, and, of course, reading books and talking about them

Fred L. Standley

Fred L. Standley. Daisy Parker Flory Professor Emeritus of English, Florida State University (1963-2003). I was chair of the English Department on two occasions for a total of 11 years. Since 2003 I have taught regularly one course each term, and I have taught previously in London in 2004 and 2007. My areas of specialization are Nineteenth Century British Literature; 20th Century American Literature; Literature and Religion; and Literature and Censorship.

Dr. Cathy Roberts

Dr. Cathy Roberts has "popped" in and out of FSU London for several years, teaching social psychology, social problems and population and society at various times. She is otherwise an Independent Research Consultant - practicing under the banner of "Tedious Research" - a very honest person. Her main areas of research interest and writing are interpersonal violence, the evaluation of therapeutic and learning programmes, service and autism. "I love the atmosphere of the London Centre and the commitment of FSU students. I learn so much from my students when I teach.

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