Jane Bryan is a Professor in the School of Law at the University of Warwick.
Jane was the WLS lead for the successful Athena Swan Bronze Application (April 2019). She has co-chaired the WIHEA Peer Dialogue Learning Circle and WIHEA Restorative Justice in Higher Education Learning Circle.
Jane is a founding member of the University’s Student Research Working Group and leads the Student Research Staff Network. Jane also sits on the British Conference of Undergraduate Research executive group and the Alliance of Global Undergraduate Research executive committee. In 2022, Jane was appointed lead of the prestigious annual Posters in Parliament display of undergraduate research from across the country to MPs and people of influence.
Jane is also a passionate advocate for the benefits of mediation. She is a nationally and internationally accredited civil/commercial and workplace mediator and established (and led until 2024) Warwick University’s peer mediation service and was appointed the Chair of the Academic Forum of the Civil Mediation Council in 2023. Jane has been awarded two prestigious National Mediation Awards at the House of Commons for her work embedding mediation in Higher Education.
Jane’s research on the importance of name pronunciation and the negative impacts of name avoidance, hesitation and mispronunciation, which led to her successful Say My Name campaign, has been widely praised for its positive impact on inclusion, being selected as a case study of excellence by the Office of Students and by several health organisations. Jane has spoken nationally and internationally on the importance of names and the efficacy of audio name badges in profiles/signatures.
Jane graduated from the University of Warwick in 1991 and returned to do a Ph.D. on the legal treatment of pregnant women, having in the meantime worked as a solicitor specializing in criminal law and medical negligence.
Jane won a Warwick Award for Teaching Excellence (WATE) in 2022 and was a finalist in the OUP Law Teacher of the Year Award 2019.