Our Staff
The SGSAH Team is based at the University of Glasgow and are on hand to answer any questions you may have.
Click below to see the contact details for our team. If you are not sure who would be best placed to deal with your query, then contact us at admin@sgsah.ac.uk and we will forward it to the relevant staff member.
Professor Claire Squires, Director
Email: director@sgsah.ac.uk
Phone Number: 0141 330 7067
Claire is the Director of the SGSAH and is responsible to the Board for the overall vision and development of a world-leading and innovative national Graduate School, targeted to the particular needs of doctoral students in the Arts and Humanities. Alongside her role as Director, Claire is Professor in Publishing Studies at the University of Stirling and Director of the Stirling Centre for International Publishing and Communication
Monica Callaghan, Head of Operations and Strategy
Email: hos@sgsah.ac.uk
Phone Number: 0141 330 7067
Monica is responsible for implementing, overseeing and developing all of SGSAH's operational strategies and processes. Monica joined us from The Hunterian where she was currently Head of Education and brings with her extensive leadership and strategic management experience within the cultural sector and a long-term commitment to learning and development.
Dr Andrew Dilley, Deputy Director
Email: andrew.dilley@glasgow.ac.uk
Andrew joined SGSAH in July 2024. He is based at the Univeristy of Aberdeen, where he is a Senior Lecturer and was Research Dean for Academic Research Partnerships and Research Governance. Andrew is a leading historian of Britain’s global imperial and colonial engagements, and has published extensively in this field, centring on the economics and politics of the Empire and the Commonwealth in the late-nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
He has a long-standing involvement with SGSAH, having previously sat on SGSAH's Executive board. In his capacity as Deputy Director, Andrew has a particular responsibility for overseeing the work of the Catalysts.
Dr Anindya Raychaudhuri, EDI Lead
Email: anindya.raychaudhuri@glasgow.ac.uk
Anindya took up the EDI role in April 2023. As EDI Lead, he is responsible for delivering the planned activity around EDI, including via the AHRC DTP2 EDI grant, working with the SGSAH Directorate, staff team, and governance structures.
Helen Kendrick, Partnerships and Placements Manager
Email: helen.kendrick@sgsah.ac.uk
Phone Number: 0141 3302743
Helen joined SGSAH in 2019 after working in a range of academic and industry roles in the arts & heritage sector. She is responsible for SGSAH’s partnership strategy, knowledge exchange (KE) and careers-related training, collaborative PhDs and SGSAH’s extensive internship programme.
Mariam Jack, Communications Coordinator
Email: mariam.jack@sgsah.ac.uk
Mariam joined SGSAH in March 2020. Her main role is to support the implementation of SGSAH's communications strategy. She supports the social media profile of SGSAH and contributes to a range of digital outputs and campaigns, including website content, video recordings, press releases and newsletter publications.
Jordan McInally, Administrative Assistant
Email: jordan.mcinally@sgsah.ac.uk
Phone Number: 0141 330 6054
Jordan joined SGSAH in 2019 and leads on the organisation and delivery of SGSAH’s many events. Jordan is responsible for providing administrative support across the full range of our work, ensuring everything runs smoothly.
Sam Morton, Modern Apprentice
Email: sam.morton@glasgow.ac.uk
Phone Number: 0141 330 5384
Sam joined SGSAH in March 2023. His role in the team is to provide administration and organisational support to staff and students. In particular, supporting travel and accommodation bookings, updating databases, event support, supporting SGSAH's social media profile, processing expenses and providing other ad-hoc administrative support.