Staff
EXPERTS
PROFESSIONALS
RESEARCHERS
OUR STAFF
OUR STAFF TO GUIDE, INSPIRE AND CHAMPION YOU
Full of specialist knowledge, insight and experience, many of our teachers still work, research or consult within the fashion industry, so their expertise has a relevant, contemporary edge. We also have a programme of inspiring guest lecturers who bring invaluable perspectives from every aspect of the fashion world.
Staff Profiles and Contacts
Dr Phoebe Apeagyei
Senior Lecturer (Fashion Technology)
Mary Aspinall
Technical Officer, Fashion Technology & Innovation
Emma Atherton
Technical Officer, Fashion Technology & Innovation
Dr Susan Atkin
Senior Lecturer (Division Head - Fashion Design)
Dr Douglas Atkinson
Reader in Fashion Technologies
Tina Ball
Senior Lecturer (Pattern Technology)
Professor Liz Barnes
Professor/Head of Manchester Fashion Institute
Yvonne Bell
Assistant Technical Officer, Fashion Technology & Innovation
George Beswick
Technical Officer, Technical Mechanic
Rachel Booth
Assistant Technical Officer, Fashion Technology & Innovation
Dr Kathryn Brownbridge
Senior Lecturer (Fashion Design)
Professor Margaret Bruce
Research Professor
Dr Priscilla Chan
Senior Lecturer (International Fashion Business)
Sam Chandrasekara
Senior Lecturer - Fashion Business
Georgina Chappell
Senior Lecturer (Fashion History and Culture)
Cathy Chase
Senior Lecturer (Programme Leader - Fashion Buying & Merchandising)
Dr Eddie Chen
Lecturer in Fashion Marketing
Sarah Collins
Senior Lecturer | Deputy Division Head (Fashion Design)
Laura Costin
Senior Lecturer & Programme Leader BA (Hons) Fashion Communication
Pollyanna Cotton
Lecturer (Knit Design)
Dr Morolake Dairo
Lecturer
Becky De Lacy
Senior Lecturer (Fashion Design & Technology)
Willow Dill-Russell
Technical Manager, Resource Centres
Gavin Douglas
Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader - BA (Hons) Fashion Design and Technology
Cat Doyle
Tutor in Fashion Design
Alec Dudson
Lecturer (Fashion Communication)
Sarah Easom
Senior Lecturer (BA Fashion)
Dr Farag Edghiem
Senior Lecturer in Digital Marketing Communications
Anze Ermenc
Senior Lecturer (Fashion Image) | Programme Leader BA (Hons) Fashion Art Direction
Victoria Eskdale
Lecturer
Elena Etheridge
Senior Lecturer in Fashion
Nathalie Evans
Senior Lecturer (Fashion Business)
Rebecca Faragher
Technical Officer, Creative Makers
Gayle Fenny
Senior Lecturer (Fashion Design)
Darren Gamble
Technical Officer, Resource Centres
Sonia Genders
Lecturer (Fashion Art Direction)
Jayne Gill
Technical Manager, Creative Makers
Alicia Gledhill
Technical Officer, Creative Makers
Katie Greenwood
Lecturer (Fashion Design)
Aisling Griffin
Lecturer: Luxury Brand Strategy
Professor Fiona Hackney
Professor of Fashion
Nick Hall
Senior Lecturer: Fashion Business
Mike Hansell
Lecturer (Fashion Business)
Dr Gaby Harris
Lecturer (Fashion Cultures)
Noelle Hatley
Deputy Division Head: Fashion Business. Senior Lecturer Fashion Business & Sustainability.
Dr Hilde Heim
Senior Lecturer (Deputy Division Head - Fashion Communication)
Julie Hodson
Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader for the Fashion Business Courses (Fashion Business & Management, Fashion Buying and Merchandising and Fashion Marketing)
Dr Jo Jenkinson
Reader and Deputy Head (Fashion)
Gemma Johnstone
Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader BA(Hons) Fashion Promotion.
Dr Celina Jones
Reader in Fashion and Textile Technologies
Dr Tahera Kalsoom
Lecturer (Fashion Business)
April Kalu
Lecturer Fashion Marketing
Dr Elizabeth Kealy-Morris
Senior Lecturer in Dress and Belonging
Richard Kelly
Senior Lecturer (Fashion Art Direction)
Robin Kerr
Senior Lecturer (BA Fashion)
Christian Kuhwald
Senior Lecturer (Creative Pattern Cutting)
Lynne Kyte
Technical Officer, Resource Centres
Collin Lawton
Senior Lecturer (Manufacturing Technology)
Karen Lea-Swain
Lecturer in Fashion Business
Dr Paddy Lonergan
Senior Lecturer in Brands & Consumer Culture
Jamal Majid
Senior Lecturer (Fashion Business)
Eve Malam
Technical Officer, Creative Makers
Anna Mangas
Lecturer (Fashion Business)
Victoria Markham
Senior Lecturer Fashion Business/ Exchange Manager MFI
Helen Mather
Technical Officer, Creative Makers
Dr Helen McCormick
Faculty Director of Education, Arts and Humanities
Fiona McGuire
Assistant Technical Officer, Resource Centres
Clare Mcturk
Principal Lecturer & Sustainability Lead
Jayne Mechan
Senior Lecturer (Fashion Technology)
Matthew Miller
Lecturer (Fashion Design)
Anita Mitchell
Principal Lecturer / Section Head - Fashion Design
Rebecca Neary
Lecturer (Fashion Design & Technology)
Barbara Nigro
Lecturer in Fashion Communication
Dr Sharon Nunoo
Lecturer (Fashion Business)
Ijeoma Onwumere
Lecturer (Marketing Analytics)
Daniel Orwin
Lecturer (Fashion Film)
Vincent Patterson
Lecturer Graphic Communication. Digital and Design Curriculum Lead.
Dr Patsy Perry
Reader in Fashion Marketing
Dr Lucie Pocinkova
Lecturer (Fashion Business)
Professor Susan Postlethwaite
Professor of Fashion Technologies
Helen Price
Tutor (Fashion Design)
Lesley Raven
Senior Lecturer (Fashion Art Direction)
Jackie Rayner
Senior Lecturer in Fashion Business & New Technologies
James Roscoe
Technical Officer, Technical Mechanic
Kate Ryabchykova
Lecturer (CAD Fashion)
Professor Daniella Ryding
Professor
Dr Tasneem Sabir
Senior Lecturer in Textiles Technology
Ruth Sanderson
Senior Lecturer - Branding DNA & Design Theory
Dr Abu Sadat Muhammad Sayem
Project Lead, UKRI AHRC Digital Fashion Network
Kat Scott
Senior Lecturer (Fashion Design)
Barbara Shepherd
Reader in Fashion Business
Rachel Shepherd
Lecturer fashion design - digital specialism. Faculty Placement Co-ordinator.
Liz Silvester
Lecturer (Fashion Art Direction)
Cathie Sivinska McCartan
Technical Officer, Fashion Technology & Innovation
Marie Slater
Technical Manager, Fashion Technology & Innovation
Maria Sykes
Technical Officer, Fashion Technology & Innovation
Kat Thiel
Senior Research Associate
Adrian Thornton
Senior Lecturer Creative Pattern Cutting (Fashion Design & Technology)
Mandy Tolley
Technical Officer, Creative Makers
Lisa Trencher
Senior Lecturer, Fashion Business & Employability Lead for Manchester Fashion Institute
Professor David Tyler
Emeritus Professor
Sian Vance
Lecturer in Fashion Communication
Dr Prabhuraj Venkatraman
Senior Lecturer - Technical Textiles and Sustainable Fashion and Doctoral College Department Lead
Professor Gianpaolo Vignali
Professor
Vicki Vyse
Senior Lecturer (Fashion Buying & Merchandising)
Dr Zhe Wang
Lecturer in Fashion Art Direction
Geoff Watkin
Technical Officer, Technical Mechanic
Dr Benjamin Wild
Senior Lecturer in Fashion Narratives | Division Head for Fashion Communication
Julie Williams
Academic Support
Veronika Wilson
Technical Officer, Creative Makers
Laura Wonfor
Senior Lecturer (Marketing)
Carly Wraeg
Senior Lecturer (Marketing)
