People
Graduate School team
Director
Dr Morven Shearer
Morven is the head of the Graduate School and has overall responsibility for its academic and administrative operations.
- Email:
- dirgs@st-andrews.ac.uk
- Phone:
- +44 (0)1334 46 3805
Deputy Director
Dr Jeffrey Hughes
Jeff is responsible for the academic operations of the Graduate School. Jeff is the Graduate School's director of teaching and also fulfils the duties of assessments officer and academic misconduct officer.
- Email:
- depdirgs@st-andrews.ac.uk
- Phone:
- +44 (0)1334 46 2033
School Manager
Ms Audrey Horsburgh
As School Manager, Audrey is responsible for the planning and coordination of the administrative operations of the Graduate School. This includes the role of Health and Safety Officer and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Officer.
- Email:
- gradschoolman@st-andrews.ac.uk
- Phone:
- +44 (0)1334 46 2032
Senior Administrator
Mrs Gayle Erwin
Gayle provides administrative support to the Graduate School. Gayle is the Graduate School's Disabilities Coordinator and is clerk to the Module Examination Board and the Degree Classification Board.
- Email:
- gradschool@st-andrews.ac.uk
- Phone:
- +44 (0)1334 46 2067
Administrator
Ms Rebecca Anderson
Rebecca provides administrative support to the Graduate School. She covers reception duties, supports teaching administration, and processes applications for incoming students. She is also clerk to the Student Staff Consultative Committee.
- Email:
- gradschool@st-andrews.ac.uk
- Phone:
- +44 (0)1334 46 2067
MSc and MLitt directors
Digital Health MSc - Co-Director
Dr David Harris-Birtill
David is co-director of the MSc in Digital Health. David's research interests include remote sensing, image and signal processing, and machine learning for patient benefit.
- Email:
- dcchb@st-andrews.ac.uk
- Phone:
- +44 (0)1334 46 2067 (Graduate School Office)
- Website:
- MSc Digital Health
Digital Health MSc - Co-Director
Dr Silvia Paracchini, FRSE FRSB
Silvia is co-director of the MSc in Digital Health. Silvia's research focuses on the genetic component of neurodevelopmental disorders such as dyslexia.
- Email:
- sp58@st-andrews.ac.uk
- Phone:
- +44 (0)1334 46 2067 (Graduate School Office)
- Website:
- MSc Digital Health
Global Social and Political Thought MLitt - Co-Director
Dr Milinda Banerjee
Milinda is co-director of the MLitt in Global Social and Political Thought. Milinda's research draws on global intellectual history, critical theory, and political theology.
Global Social and Political Thought MLitt - Co-Director
Dr Margarita Vaysman
Margarita is co-director of the MLitt in Global Social and Political Thought. Margarita specialises in late 18th to 21st century Russian and Ukrainian literature and cultural history.
International Development Practice MSc - Director
Dr Emilka Skrzypek
Emilka is the director of the MSc in International Development Practice. Emilka has a dual academic background in sustainable development and social anthropology, and her research is focused on social and geopolitical impacts of resource extraction.
Sustainable Development MSc - Director
Dr Althea Davies
Althea is director of the MSc in Sustainable Development. Althea's research focuses on understanding the ecological implications of past management and environmental change.
- Email:
- ald7@st-andrews.ac.uk
- Phone:
- +44 (0)1334 46 2067 (Graduate School Office)
- Website:
- MSc in Sustainable Development
Gender Studies MLitt - Co-Director
Dr Walter Pedriali
Walter is co-director of the MLitt in Gender Studies, module convenor for GD5501, deputy-director of the St Andrews Gender Institute, and the Director of Teaching in the Philosophy Department. Walter’s research interests include the philosophy of logic, critical theory, gender theory, and social metaphysics.
- Email:
- walter.pedriali@st-andrews.ac.uk
- Phone:
- +44 (0)1334 46 2067 (Graduate School Office)
- Website:
- MLitt Gender Studies
Gender Studies MLitt - Co-Director
Dr Ana Guitierrez Garza
Ana is co-director of the MLitt in Gender Studies and director of the St Andrews Gender Institute. Ana's research interests include migration, gender, economic anthropology, inequality, care, labour, morality and ethics.
- Email:
- apgg1@st-andrews.ac.uk
- Phone:
- +44 (0)1334 46 2067 (Graduate School Office)
- Website:
- MLitt Gender Studies
Museum and Heritage Studies MLitt - Co-Director
Nicôle Meehan
Nicôle is co-director of the MLitt in Museum and Heritage Studies. Nicôle's research focuses on digital museum objects, networks of interaction, audience engagement and inclusion, museum education and critical data ethics.
- Email:
- npm6@st-andrews.ac.uk
- Phone:
- +44 (0)1334 46 2067 (Graduate School Office)
- Website:
- Museum and Heritage Studies MLitt
Museum and Heritage Studies MLitt- Deputy Director
Matthew Sheard
Matt is Deputy Director of the MLitt in Museum and Heritage Studies. He is also Head of Experience and Engagement for the University Museums, where he is responsible for audiences, programming, learning, accessibility, audience research and evaluation, digital engagement, and marketing.
- Email:
- mjs42@st-andrews.ac.uk
- Phone:
- +44 (0)1334 46 2067 (Graduate School Office)
- Website:
- Museum and Heritage Studies MLitt
Integrated Training Programme Co-coordinator
Dr Rebecca Wilson
Rebecca is co-coordinator for the Integrated Training Programme and is based in The Centre for Education Enhancement and Development (CEED). Rebecca supports skills developments for PGT students across the University.
Honorary Lecturer
Dr Alasdair Gordon Gibson
Alasdair has worked for over twenty years with the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement planning and managing humanitarian programmes in emergency relief and economic security. He holds a PhD from the University of St Andrews with research focusing on examination of how the discourse around humanitarian principles and practice can be re-cast in the contemporary political environment to enable greater impact and relevance to communities affected by crisis. Alasdair contributes to teaching on the International Development Practice MSc.
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