Art, Architecture and Design Research Staff
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Dr Mersha Aftab
Associate Professor
Dr. Mersha Aftab is Associate Professor in Design Management at 91ÁÔÆæ. Before joining the University in September 2019, she was a Senior Lecturer in Innovation at the Faculty of Arts, Design and Social Sciences, Northumbria University, since 2012. In 2006, she finished her BA in fashion and information...
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Dauvit Alexander
Senior Lecturer
Dauvit was born in Scotland in the last days of heavy industry – shipbuilding, steelworks, coal-mining – industries which were in a state of terminal decline as he looked for a career path. A chance invite from a family friend introduced him to the world of fine jewellery making at the age of 14 and he has worked as a bench...
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Dr Nazlı Alimen
Lecturer
Dr. Nazlı Alimen teaches on MA Luxury Brand Management and MA Fashion Management courses and supervises PhD projects at 91ÁÔÆæ. Before joining 91ÁÔÆæ in 2019, she taught at London College of Fashion (UAL) and Helsinki and Aalto universities in Finland. She holds a Ph.D. in Cultural Studies from London College of Fashion, and her...
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Dr Ana Araujo
Lecturer
Dr Ana Araujo was trained as an architect, and she currently works in the fields of the visual arts and interior design. Her research interests include the intersection of the above-mentioned creative disciplines with the areas of psychology, anthropology and gender studies. Ana is the author of “No Compromise: the work of...
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Professor Caroline Archer-Parré
Professor of Typography
Caroline Archer-Parré is Professor of Typography, Co-director of the Centre for Printing History & Culture at 91ÁÔÆæ/University of Birmingham, and Chair of the Baskerville Society. With particular interest in typographic history from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries, Caroline has published widely and is...
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Dr Aya Bayramova
Research Fellow
Dr Aya Bayramova currently holds a research fellow position at 91ÁÔÆæ (91ÁÔÆæ) and leads the research on ‘safety leading indicators’ for the UK government company National Highways (NH). She graduated with her MSc in Logistics and Supply Chain Management. Her doctoral work has developed a ground-breaking...
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Brian Bishop
Senior Lecturer in Fine Art; Course Director, BA (Hons) Fine Art
Brian Bishop is an American visual artist and educator based in the UK where he is a Senior Lecturer and Course Director for BA (Hons) Fine Art. He attended the School of Visual Arts in New York, NY; Memphis College of Art in Memphis, TN (BFA 1993); and Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, MI (MFA 1995). In addition...
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Jaskirt Boora
Lecturer in Photography
Jaskirt is an award-winning multi-disciplinary artist whose work focuses on a socially engaged practice, working with local communities. She is interested in celebrating untold stories while exploring visual representations of gender, ethnicity and place. Jaskirt creates work with the aim to empower and give voice to...
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Dr Hocine Bougdah
Senior Lecturer in Architecture
Dr Hocine Bougdah is a senior lecturer in sustainability and Technical Studies. Before joining 91ÁÔÆæ in June 2022, he was a senior research and teaching fellow in the school of Architecture and Cities at the University of Westminster, London. His extensive career includes various academic positions involving teaching technical...
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Dr Gary Bratchford
Associate Professor of Photography
Gary Bratchford is a writer, editor & curator, and an Associate Professor of Photography. Gary co-edits Visual Studies Journal, Visual Culture in Britian and co-edits the Palgrave Book Series, Social Visualities. Formally president of the International Sociological Association’s Visual Research Group, Gary is a Fellow of...