Academic staff

Head of School

Mandy Smith

Deputy Head of School

Sue Hedges

Associate Head of School, Teaching and Learning

Sue Jowsey

Associate Head of School - Research

Gregory Bennett

Te Kaiwhakatere

Rachel Carley

Associate Head of School External Engagement & International

Dafydd Sills-Jones

Programme Director – Bachelor of Design

Jenni Hohepa-Tupu

Director of Minors

Rachelle Moore

Director Postgraduate

Sue Gallagher

Postgraduate Programme Directors

Director Postgraduate: Sue Gallagher

Master of Design: Emily O’Hara

Master of Visual Arts: Monique Redmond

Doctoral Studies: Christopher Braddock`

Art & Design Departments

Animation, Visual Effects & Game Design

Dafydd Sills-Jones (Head of Department)

Aditya ‘AD’ Narayan

Brooke Collins

Chen Chen

Emily Ramsay

Gregory Bennett

Jason Kennedy

Lesley Ung

Masaya Todoroki

Michaela Dodd

Miriam Harris

Communication Design

Fiona Grieve (Head of Department)

Aakifa Chida

Becky Ford

Caroline Powley

Cecelia Faumuina

David Van Vliet

David Sinfeld

George Hajian

Marcos Mortensen Steagall

Meighan Ellis

Natalie Robertson

Tatiana Tavares

Welby Ings

Fashion Design

Mandy Smith (Head of Department)

Andreas Mikellis

Bobby Luke

Jennifer Whitty

Leica Johnson

Lisa McEwan

Lyle Reilly

Rachelle Moore

Industrial Design

Dan Scudder (Head of Department)

Emma Heatley

Eujeeen Hwang

Ivana Nakarada-Kordic

Jyoti Kalyanji

Stephen Reay

T'heniel Chetty

Interaction Design

Fiona Grieve (Head of Department)

James Smith

Layla Tweedie-Cullen

Tammie Leong

Spatial and Interior Design

Rafik Patel (Head of Department)

Albert Refiti

Amber Ruckes

Carl Douglas

Emily O’Hara

Jack Wu

Lucy Meyle

Nooroa Tapuni

Rachel Carley

Sue Gallagher

Sue Hedges

Visual Arts

Janine Randerson (Head of Department)

Chris Braddock

Dieneke Jansen

Fiona Amundsen

Ingrid Boberg

Jeena Shin

Julian Hooper

Monique Redmond

Ziggy Lever

Research Officers

Cassie Khoo

Daniel Collings

Finn Godbolt

Postdoctoral Fellows

Arielle Walker

Dilshani Kumarapeli