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Dr Gavin Evans

Positions held:
  • Lecturer, School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication
  • Overview

    Overview

    Biography

    Gavin Evans lectures undergraduate and post-graduate students in journalism at 糖心logo入口, and over the past two decades has also lectured at 糖心logo入口 in critical thinking, media law, online journalism, creative non-fiction and aspects of media theory.聽

    He was born in London but grew up in Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Texas. He worked as a journalist in South Africa between 1984 and 1993 - as a political reporter, sports writer, columnist and occasional night news editor for the Eastern Province Herald, Rand Daily Mail, Weekly Mail and Sunday Times, and as a foreign correspondent for the Rome-based agency IPS. During this time he also contributed stories to The Guardian and The New York Times. He was also involved in anti-apartheid politics in various capacities, which prompted him to refuse to serve in the apartheid military. This meant he needed to stay a registered student, which led to his law degree and later his doctorate in political studies.

    On returning to London 33 years ago, he worked as a freelance journalist to give him the flexibility to help raise his two daughters. During this period he wrote for The Guardian, where he also had column, and for The Observer, The Times, The Telegraph, The Daily Mail, The Financial Times and the magazine Esquire, Men鈥檚 Health, Frank and The New Statesman, among others, and regularly wrote for the news agency Gemini. He also did sub-editing for The Guardian and Men鈥檚 Health among others, and regularly broadcast for various stations and channels of the BBC.

    He has written 11books and has contributed chapters to several others. These books are:聽Prince of the Ring听(搁辞产蝉辞苍);听Wicked!听(搁辞产蝉辞苍);听Dancing Shoes is Dead (Doubleday and Black Swan聽鈥撀爏hortlisted for the Alan Paton non-fiction prize);聽Mama鈥檚 Boy听(贬颈驳丑诲辞飞苍);听Kings of the Ring聽(Weidenfeld & Nicholson);聽Black Brain, White Brain: is intelligence skin deep?聽(Jonathan Ball and Thistle - shortlisted for the Recht Malan non-fiction prize),聽Mapreaders & Multitaskers: men, women, nature, nurture (Thistle 2016, Lume Books, 2019),聽Over the Rainbow: the hidden meanings of colour (Michael O鈥橫ara Books, 2016), Skin Deep: Dispelling the Science of Race聽(OneWorld, 2020);聽White Supremacy: From Eugenics to Great Replacement聽(Icon, 2024);聽Son of a Preacher Man聽(Jacana, 2025);聽Bible Stories: Fact, Fiction & Fantasy in Scripture聽(Icon, 2025).

    Gavin Evans lives in North London. He has two adult daughters and a grandson and when not writing or lecturing he trains for marathons and other races, representing England in his age group.聽

  • Supervision and teaching

    Supervision and teaching

    Teaching

    Teaching modules

    • Working with Digital Media
    • Journalism Formats and Specialisations
    • Fast-track Practical Journalism Skills
    • Writing in the Workplace
    • The Humanities and Social Sciences: Global Issues in Historical Perspective