School of Creative and Cultural Business Staff

Jo Royle

Jo Royle is Head of the School of Creative and Cultural Business. The school encompasses a variety of subject areas in the creative and cultural industries including: media, journalism, fashion management, tourism, events management, hospitality, public relations, marketing and advertising. It also incorporates Information Management.  

Graeme Baxter

Dr Graeme Baxter is a Research Fellow specialising in library and information science.  

Sally Berrisford

Sally Berrisford is Lecturer in Communication, Marketing and Media.  

Josh Bircham

Josh Bircham is a Lecturer in Digital Marketing and Analytics at RGU.  

Fiona Blunsdon

Fiona is a lecturer in Communication, Marketing & Media at RGU.  

Pauline Bremner

Pauline Bremner is a Teaching Excellence Fellow and lecturer in Retail and Fashion Management.  

Simon Burnett

Prof Simon Burnett is Research theme leader. His interests are in the importance of the knowledge economy and its development.  

Tim Conner

Tim Conner is a Lecturer in Communication, Marketing and Media.  

Neil Connon

Dr Neil Connon is a Senior Lecturer in Marketing. His research interests include the use of technology in retail and technology acceptance in small and medium businesses  

Fionnuala Cousins

Fionnuala is a lecturer in Information Management, and is also course leader for the Petroleum Data Management course.  

Izzy Crawford

Izzy Crawford is a senior lecturer in Communication, Marketing & Media and is Subject Leader for Public Relations, Media and Journalism.  

Karen Cross

Karen Cross is a Senior Lecturer and the Subject Leader for Fashion Management.  

Helen Dargie

Helen is a lecturer in Digital Marketing within the Creative and Cultural Business School at RGU.  

Dorothy Giles

Dorothy is a part time lecturer teaching on the BA (Hons) Fashion Management Course.  

David Gray

David Gray is a Professor of Transport Policy at RGU.  

Ebuka Ibeke

Dr Ebuka Ibeke is a Lecturer in Business and Data Analytics at RGU.  

Rachael Ironside

Dr Rachael Ironside is a Senior Lecturer and Course Leader for the BA (Hons) Events Management Course.  

Katherine Jones

Katherine Jones is a Lecturer in Events Management  

Jack Keenan

Jack Keenan is a Senior Lecturer in Communications, Marketing and Media where he is the Course Leader for MSc Digital Marketing and also a Learning Enhancement Coordinator.  

Evagelos Korobilis-Magas

Dr Evagelos Korobilis-Magas is a lecturer in Marketing, his areas of expertise include marketing strategy, research and analysis.  

Audrey Laing

Dr Audrey Laing is a Lecturer in Communication, Media and Marketing.  

Craig Leith

Craig is Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader for BA Hons International Tourism Management & BA Hons International Hospitality Management.  

Alan MacLennan

Dr Alan MacLennan is a lecturer in Information Management and teaches modules in Cataloguing and Classification, Databases, Knowledge Organisation and Records Management.  

Rita Marcella

Professor Rita Marcella has led on a wide number of research projects in areas such as; Governance, Citizenship, Information Behavior, Media, Communication, Public Libraries, Parliaments, Research Impact, University Management.  

Madeleine Marcella-Hood

Madeleine teaches fashion management at RGU.  

Andrew Martin

Andrew Martin is a Senior Lecturer in Marketing and Director of the Scottish Centre of Tourism (SCoT). His research interests are in general tourism issues, such as hotel & hospitality impacts on the economy.  

Konstantina Martzoukou

Dr Konstantina Martzoukou is Teaching Excellence Fellow and Course Leader for MSc Information and Library Studies and MSc Information Management.  

Fiona McKay

Fiona is a lecturer in Journalism in the School of Creative and Cultural Business  

James Morrison

Dr James Morrison is reader in journalism at RGU.  

Adrienne Muir

Adrienne Muir is Professor of Information Management. She is an active researcher in the fields of information and publishing law, ethics and preservation.  

Sarah Pedersen

Sarah Pedersen is a Professor and Director of Research in Communication, Marketing and Media. Her interests are in Computer-mediated Communication; Women’s use of Media and the History of Publishing.  

Tracy Pirie

Tracy Pirie is a Lecturer in Communication, Marketing and Media.  

Elliot Pirie

Dr Elliot Pirie is an Academic Strategic Lead within the School of Creative and Cultural Business where he is responsible for recruitment, international and commercial developments.  

Peter H Reid

Professor Reid is a Professor of Librarianship and Information Management. His principal research interests are Local Studies Librarianship, Historical Bibliography and library history, Reference and Enquiry Services and Digital Reference Services.  

Anne Singleton

Anne Singleton is a Lecturer in Communication, Marketing and Media and teaches in the subject areas of Hotel, Tourism and Retail.  

Fiona Smith

Dr Fiona Smith is a senior lecturer in Communication, Marketing and Media and course leader for the BA Hons Public Relations and BA Hons Media course. Her research interests include the Role of the Media in the Construction of Memory and Postmodern Theory.  

Jill Smith

Jill Smith is Lecturer in Communication, Marketing and Media and teaches in the areas of Food & Beverage.  

Graeme Stephen

Graeme Stephen lectures in the marketing team with primary teaching areas in strategy, consumer, business and brand marketing.  

Christina Stewart

Christina Stewart is the course leader for Digital Marketing BA (Hons). She is interested in online co-creation, digital marketing strategy, fashion management and brand management.  

Nichola Strachan

Nichola is a Lecturer within the School of Creative and Cultural Business, teaching on the MSc and BA(Hons) Fashion Management courses.  

Nicci Thompson

Nicci Thompson is a lecturer and module coordinator in Film and Media.  

Seáron Thornton

Lecturer – Tourism and Hospitality  

Andrew Turnbull

Andrew Turnbull is a Senior Lecturer. His research interests are in Tourism Marketing, Marketing and Entrepreneurship Education and Retail marketing.  

Andy Grinnall

Andy is a Research Assistant specialising in Information Management.  

Hayley Lockerbie

Hayley is a Research Assistant specialising in Social Science research.  

Lyndsay Mesjar

Lyndsay Mesjar is a Research Assistant specialising in Social Science research.