We are FACE

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FACE members consist of Black and racially minoritised academics from across the UK. To become a FACE member apply here.

Pascal Matthias

Co-founder FACE

Associate Vice President for EDI and Social Justice at The University of Southampton | Awareness and Accountability EDI Consultant | Senior Teaching Fellow I Fashion Marketing & Management l FHEA Winchester School of Art I University of Southampton

Sharon D Lloyd

Co-founder FACE

FHEA, PGC, LTHE, MA

Associate Professor and Deputy Director of the Centre for Equity & Inclusion

London Metropolitan University

Andrew Ibi

Co-founder FACE

Programme Leader | Fashion Design & Communication | Liverpool John Moores University | Visiting Professor at Middlesex University 

Portrait by Elinor McBean

  • Benita Odogwu-Atkinson

    FACE Council and FACE GFF Trustee

    MA(CSM) PGCE

    Senior Lecturer | Fashion Design and Creative Pattern Cutting | University for the Creative Arts (UCA)

  • Sarah Mower MBE

    FACE Council

    Chief Critic Vogue.com | Visiting Professor, Central Saint Martins | Hon Doc Westminster University | Hon Doc Academy of Art University of California | Honorary Fellow Royal College of Art

    Trustee of the British Fashion Council Education Foundation | BFC Ambassador for Emerging Talent

  • Gavin Douglas

    BA (Hons) PGCE FHEA MA

    FACE Council and FACE GFF Trustee

    Programme Leader - BA (Hons) Fashion Design and Technology | Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Lead | Faculty of Arts and Humanities Academic Board Representative | Manchester Metropolitan University.

  • Jason Forrest He/Him

    FACE Council

    BA Hon PgCert, FHEA

    Course leader of Fashion Marketing & Senior lecturer | University of East London | External Examiner: UEL for Fashion Marketing

  • Ezinma Mbeledogu

    FACE Council | FACE panel co-ordination

    BA (Hons) MA (RCA) MA (Goldsmiths UoL) PGCE LT FHEA Doctoral candidate at the University for the Creative Arts

    Interim Programme Director | BA Fashion and MA Fashion Design | University for the Creative Arts | Epsom | External examiner at Birmingham City University and University of East London | Fashion Specialist Author

  • Caryn Franklin MBE She/Her

    FACE Council | Associates Group co chair Comms and PR and website

    BA (Hons) MSc (Psyche) MBPsS

    Visiting Professor | Diverse Selfhood | Kingston School of Art | Short Courses | Applied Psychology in Fashion | Goldsmiths | Hon Fellow Bournemouth| Hon Doc Kingston School of Art | Hon Doc Southhampton Solent

Beatrice Newman

FACE GFF Trustee

BA (Hons) MA PGCert FHEA

Head of Department Fashion | Course Leader Fashion Design | School of Arts and Digital Industries (ADI) | University of East London | UEL

Neelam Wright

Ph.D

Senior Teaching Fellow in Academic Practice | Academic Developer PGR focus | Centre for Higher Education practice | Social Sciences |University of Southampton

Radha Singh

BA (Hons) Fashion and (CMS) Business and management Studies.

CEO & Creative Director, THE HOUSE OF RADHA, Member of the British Fashion Council/ Member of the Parliamentary Society for the Arts, Fashion & Sports, Houses of Parliament

  • Davina Hawthorne

    FACE Treasurer

    BA (hons) MA

    Senior Lecturer | MA / BA Fashion and Textiles | Programme Leader | MA Fashion and Textiles | De Montfort University

  • Sonia Sood

    BA (Hons) AFHEA

    Achievement Analyst | Solent University

  • Tanveer Ahmed

    FACE Summit Oct 2022: Chair

    BA, MA, PGCERT

    Senior Lecturer in Fashion/Fashion Communication and Race | Central Saint Martins | University of the Arts London

David Kappo

Course Leader | Graduate Diploma in Fashion Central St Martins | University of the Arts London (UAL)

Senior Tutor | BA Fashion | Royal College of Art

Nicholas Dunn

Year 2 Leader, Senior Tutor of Textiles design | Chelsea College of Art| University of Arts London.

Visiting Lecturer / Researcher | The Royal College of Art | London

Leigh Odimah

Lecturer in Communications London College of Fashion | University of the Arts (UAL)

Kiren Passi

BA Hon's (UAL) MA (RCA) PGCERT and FHEA

MA Supervisor | Lecturer and Industry Placement Academic | Fashion/ University of the Arts London (UAL)


PC Williams

Associate Lecturer Foundation textiles pathway | Central St. Martins| University of the Arts (UAL)

Lorraine Henry King

Community Talks Organiser

BA (Hons) MA, SFHEA 

Lecturer in Academic Support and Cultural Studies | Researcher | London College of Fashion | University of the Arts (UAL)

Noorin Khamisani

BA, MA, FRSA, FHEA

Programme Leader in Postgraduate Fashion, Istituto Marangoni London.

Sadie Clayton

BA(Hons)

Course Director - Fashion Design | LCCA | (UCA partnership)

Ricardo Barker

FACE Film maker. See Disclosure here

PGCHE FHEA

Senior Lecturer | School of Arts and Communication | International Research Centre for Interactive Storytelling | Leeds Trinity

Chip Harris

Community Talks Organiser

Senior Lecturer and third year coordinator | BA Fashion Atelier | UCA Rochester

Max Kandhola

Photographer | Associate Professor in Photography |Theory & Practice | Module leader photography final degree project level 6 | Teaching across UG PG & welcome PhD proposals | Design and Digital Arts (DaDA) | Nottingham Trent University

Adrianne Arendse

Agency Manager of Mayn Creative at Falmouth University & Lecturer on the Belonging Module in the Fashion & Textiles Institute. 

Iris Noor

PGCE BA(Hons)

Visiting Lecturer | London College of Fashion and Central Saint Martins | University of the Arts (UAL) | Artscom

Odette Steele

BA(Hons), PGCert , FHEA

Senior Lecturer | Textile Design | Norwich University of Arts

Associate Lecturer | Academic Support | London College of Fashion | University of the Arts (UAL)

Name: Dayna Tohidi

BA (Hons) 

CSM Museum & Study Collection – Curriculum Development Curator | UAL Short Courses Fashion Journalism Tutor

Joyce Addai-Davis

Avis Charles

BA (Hons) PhD Candidate; Decolonising the International Fashion Curriculum.

Guest Lecturer | De Montfort University

Nada Koreish

Nada Koreish/ ندى قريش(she/her)

PGCE PCET, MRes Art and Design, Doctoral scholar at CSAD

Lecturer in fashion design BA and MA and in art and design theory | Cardiff Met

VCRG member and founder of fashion liberation collective | GFA22 host and organiser Global fashioning assembly north African hub

Asiya Durrani-McCann

BA (Hons) CIM DIP ​

Educator, Luxury Brand Director, Luxury Buying, Fashion Marketing, Fashion Communications & Advertising, Collaborations/Licensing Management & International PR. 

Salmena Carvalho

BA (Hons) FHEA

Lecturer | Fashion & Textile Design | Flying Academic | Edinburgh College of Art.

Mylinh Nguyen

MDes

Senior Lecturer | Business Studies for Fashion and Textiles | University of Brighton

Bill Acharjee

BA (Hons) FHEA

Equality and Diversity Advisor | Human Resources | University of Brighton | UNISON: Black Members Officer Workplace Rep

Michelle Marshall

BA(Hons), MA

Fashion Photography Lecturer | University for the Creative Arts | Rochester | Associate Lecturer | London College of Fashion |UAL

Sharon Ting

BA (Hons), WSCAD, MA (RCA)

Programme Director | Textiles | School of Fashion and Textiles | University for the Creative Arts | UCA

  • Susan Jean

    BDes, MSc (Psych) MBPsS

    PhD Candidate | University of Cambridge

  • Teleica Kirkland

    BA hons Fine Art | MA History and Culture of Fashion | PhD Candidate.

    Lecturer in Cultural and Historical Studies, London College of Fashion | UAL | Creative Director | Costume Institute of the African Diaspora.

  • Ruth Jacob

    BA (Hons), MA, MA, PGCE

    Acting Course Leader MA Strategic Fashion Marketing, London College of Fashion

  • Julian Randall

    Bachelor of Arts in Advertising, Master of Fashion Industry Studies

    PhD Student in Fashion and Clothing | Manchester Fashion Institute

  • Charlene Gallery

    BA (Hons), MSc. PGCE, Fellow HEA

    Reader/Associate Professor in Digital Fashion Marketing & Communication | Department of Materials. The University of Manchester | Employability Lead in Fashion Business & Technology.

  • Diana Donaldson

    FHEA, PG CERT, MA and BA Hons. Accredited Training: Children and Young People’s Mental Health

    Senior Lecturer for Fashion Media | UAL: The London College Of Fashion | Associate Lecturer: UAL Central St Martins

  • Leyman Lahcine

    Fashion MA, PGCE (in process)

    Fashion BA lecturer at LCCA (UCA partnership)

  • Faith Johnson

    PhD Fellow Royal College of Art | Chief Executive Caramel Rock

  • Shuyu Yang

    Doctor

    Lecturer and module leader of Fashion Marketing | University of Leeds.

  • Sri-Kartini Leet

    PhD, MA, BA, SFHEA

    Head of School: Art, Design & Performance | Buckinghamshire New University

  • Sharon N Hughes

    Sharon N Hughes

    BS in Marketing Management | MA International Marketing & Communication | Ed.D candidate in Global Leadership | MCIM, FRSA

    Sr Lecturer Fashion Marketing & Communication, Cultures and Business | University East London

  • Majdouline El hichou

    Double BA (Hons) in International Development/African Studies | MA in Social Anthropology and Development. PhD student in Cultural Geography | University of Edinburgh | Educator in Decolonial fashion systems | Creative director and designer at ALL-KEBULAN.

  • Osman Yousefzada

    BA (Hons), MPhil (Cantab), D.Univ (HD)

    Visiting Professor of Interdisciplinary Practice at the Birmingham School of Art, BCU.

    Visiting Fellow, Jesus College, Cambridge University.

  • Darya Badiei Khorsand

    BA (Hons), MSc, PhD student in Fashion Management and Marketing

    Teaching Assistant for Fashion Business and Technology at the University of Manchester

    Reviewer for the Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management

  • Arooj Aftab

    BA (Hons) Graduate

    Inclusion Consultant and founder #DoneWithDiversity + ‘What’s The Solution?’

  • Dr Carlette L. Norwood

    BA, MSA, PhD

    Sociologist, Qualitative Researcher and Consultant, Owner of The Birmingham Black Box Theatre & Events Venue

  • Gurdeep Lall

    BA (Hons) Fashion

    Menswear design and production specialist.

  • Sandra Lawrence

    Technical Team Leader (Fashion & Knitwear) – Nottingham Trent University

  • Kevin J Brazant

    Senior Fellow of Advance HE (SFHEA).

    Progression and Attainment Project Manager at the London College of Communication | LCC | at the University of the Arts London, UAL.

  • Liz Gre

    PhD, Music Composition

    Lecturer of Music Composition (Music) | University of Southampton | Lecturer of Fine Art | Winchester School of Art

  • Nuraan Petersen

    BA(Hons), MA, PGCert, FHEA, PhD Scholar

    Senior Lecturer/Course Leader at Buckinghamshire New University | PhD Student at Winchester School of Art

FACE is currently an unincorporated association presenting yearly accounts. Subscription funds pay for: Domain hosting and SquareSpace licence, Zoom licence, Graduate Fashion Week FACE Excellence Prize, previous research costs and reports such as those for See My FACE and freelance payments to students when needed for design work such as the Associates Tool Kits.