People

Director

Dr Morven Shearer

Morven is the head of the Graduate School and has overall responsibility for its academic and administrative operations.

Deputy Director

Dr Walter Pedriali

Walter is responsible for the academic operations of the Graduate School. Walter is the Graduate School's director of teaching and also fulfils the duties of assessments officer and academic misconduct officer.

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 Careers Link and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Officer.

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.

Administrator

Mrs Donna Marr

Donna 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.

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.

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.

Energy Ethics MSc - Director

Dr Emilka Skrzypek

Emilka is the director of the MSc in Energy Ethics, and the deputy director of the University of St Andrews Centre for Energy Ethics. Emilka’s research is focused on issues associated with supplying so-called energy transition metals for the global energy transition, and the expansion of extractive industries in the Pacific under conditions of climate change.

Energy Ethics MSc - Deputy Director

Dr Mette M. High

Mette M. High is Reader in Social Anthropology, Director of the Centre for Energy Ethics, and Deputy Director of the MSc in Energy Ethics. She has carried out extensive research on the oil and gas industry in the US and on a current gold rush in Mongolia. In addition to regular contributions to energy policy making in the UK and artistic collaborations that challenges the status quo, she has authored high-profile publications on the relationship between extractive economies and ethical sensibilities.

Gender Studies MLitt - Co-Director

Dr Jade Fletcher

Jade is Co-Director of the MLitt in Gender Studies, Deputy Director of the St Andrews Institute for Gender Studies, and a Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy. Jade's research focuses on a variety of issues in feminist philosophy and social metaphysics.

Gender Studies MLitt - Co-Director

Dr Ana Gutierrez 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.

Global Social and Political Thought MLitt - Co-Director

Dr Joe Gazeley

Joe is co-director of the MLitt in Global Social and Political Thought. He is a historian and his research focuses on the post-colonial relationship between France and Africa.

Global Social and Political Thought MLitt - Co-Director (Semester 1 only)

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.

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.

Sustainable Development MSc - Deputy Director

Dr Jessica Hope

Museum and Heritage Studies MLitt - Co-Director

Dr Catherine Eagleton

Throughout her career, Katie’s work has combined library, archival and museum collections. Moving into the cultural heritage sector after completion of her PhD at the University of Cambridge, she became a curator in the British Museum developing new projects on global history and the history of Africa, and then Head of Asian and African Collections for the British Library, initiating a number of large digitisation projects, international collaborations, and service improvement projects. Katie joined the University as Director of Museums in July 2019 and was appointed Director of Libraries and Museums on 1 August 2020.

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.

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.

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.