Our Teams
PHASE EIGTH 2021 – 2023
Aisha Richards
Founder & Director of Shades of Noir
Montana Williamson
EDUCATION DEVELOPER
Dr Kwame Baah
TEACHING WITHIN PROGRAMME LEADERPHASE SEVEN 2021 – 2023
SENIOR TEAM
Aisha Richards
Founder & Director of Shades of Noir
Angie Illman
Project Manager
Melodie Holliday
EDITOR & CURRICULUM DEVELOPER Montana Williamson
TEACHING WITHIN PROGRAMME LEADER AND EDUCATION DEVELOPEREDUCATION TEAM
Samia Malik
Safe Space Crit Tutor Dr Kwame Baah
Safe Space Crits TutorTEAM
Aarony Bailey
Content Developer
Dr Deborah Gabriel
Guest Editor
Ellen Wu
Content Developer
Jessica Wan
Content Developer
Nana Kwadwo Darfoor
Web Developer
Patricia Petersen
Projects Developer
Ramone Anderson-Stewart
Content Developer
Reece Higham
Design Developer
Rodney Sihlangu
Content Developer
Sarah Ejionye Adigwe
Creative Database Developer
Shin Aduwa
Artefacts DeveloperPHASE SIX 2019 – 2021
SENIOR TEAM
Aisha Richards
Founder & Director of Shades of Noir Angie Illman
Project Manager Melodie Holliday
EDITOR & CURRICULUM DEVELOPER Montana Williamson
TEACHING WITHIN PROGRAMME LEADER AND EDUCATION DEVELOPEREDUCATION TEAM
Samia Malik
Safe Space Crit Tutor Dr Kwame Baah
Safe Space Crits TutorTEAM
Afeni Payne-Bonnick
Web Developer
Favour Jonathan
Content Developer
Hope Cunningham
Content Developer
Iga Sokolowka
Videographer
Naima Sutton
Content Developer
Rayvenn Shaleigha D’Clark
Junior Editor
Sabrina Mumtaz
History Project Developer
Safiya Ahmed
Design Developer
Shane Sutherland
Videographer
Shannyce Adamson
Content Developer
Suprina Gurung
Content Developer
Theodore
Creative Database Developer
Yifan He
Content Developer MandarinWe would also like to thank the contributors to the TOR publications during this phase
- The Three ‘ism’s: Negotiating Race, Sex & Class.
- Inclusive Practice: Alchemy – Transformation in Social Justice Teaching.
- Disabled People: The Voice of Many.
PHASE FIVE 2018 – 2019
SENIOR TEAM
Aisha Richards
Founder & Director of Shades of Noir Angie Illman
Project Manager Melodie Holliday
EDITOR & CURRICULUM DEVELOPER Montana Williamson
TEACHING WITHIN PROGRAMME LEADER AND EDUCATION DEVELOPERTEAM
Bee Smith
Content Developer & Junior Editor Favour Jonathan
Content Developer
Florence Low
Creative Database Developer
Jess Anoche
Archival Developer
Hilary Wan
Content Developer Hope Cunningham
Content Developer
Jorge Aguilar Rojo
Media Developer
Kana Higashino
Illustrator
Kerian Preddie
Content Developer
Patricia Petersen
Media Developer Rayvenn Shaleigha D’Clark
Junior Editor Sabrina Mumtaz
History Project Developer
Tamara James-Dickson
Archival Developer
Yasmine Akim
Content Developer
Yuwen Hsieh
Content DeveloperWe would also like to thank the contributors to the TOR publications during this phase
- Shades Of Noir: 10 Years on
- Biological Pigment Bias: Perspectives On Colourism
- Body Politić
- Autonomy, Activism and Art Direction
PHASE FOUR 2016 – 2018
TEAM
Charisse Chikwiri
Senior Content Developer
Charmaine Watkiss
Web Developer
Ebun Sodipo
Content Developer
Jay Lee
Photographer
Julie Wright
Education Developer
Mica Schlosser
Content Developer
Michael Ukaegbu
Content Developer
Othello De’Souza-Hartley
Academic Support
Sahar Amer
Intersections Newsletter Developer
Tabitha Austin
Tell Us About It Archivist
Tiffany Webster
Content DeveloperWe would also like to thank the contributors to the TOR publications during this phase
- Belonging: Navigating Artificial Borders
- Femtech: The Evolution of Sexual Health for Women
- Ethics: Preserving Voices Vulnerable to Erasure
- Peekaboo: We See You Whiteness
- Discourse: The Power of language and communication
PHASE THREE 2015 – 2016
TEAM
Andrew Persoff
Content Developer
Bolanle Tajudeen
Content Developer
Bryony Hussey
Content Developer
Cynthia Silveria
Teaching Within Support
Eva Wilkinson
Content Developer
Katayoun Jalili
Content Developer
Phalinda Wakadima
Correspondent
Shani-Louise Osei
CorrespondentWe would also like to thank the contributors to the TOR publications during this phase
- Shades of Noir: The Events Annual
- Feminisms: Arts of a Woman
- Beyond Gender: The Identity of Fashion
- Who Am I? An Exploration of the Arts Community.
- Women & Non-Binary Identities
- Decoding Masculinity
- Queer Bodies
- Intersectional Film
- Mental Health & Creative Healing
- Identity, Disruption, Democracy, Subversion
PHASE TWO 2014 – 2015
TEAM
Laura Raphael
Content Developer
Martin Sarreal
Content Developer
Vladimir Molico
Web ManagerPHASE ONE 2010 – 2013
We would also like to thank the contributors during this phase
TEAM
Amish Parekh
Web Content Lead Ayo Banton
Team Member Diana Donaldson
Debate Lead Dr Deborah Gabriel
PR Specialist & Researcher Dr Kimathi Donker
Exhibition Curator Julia Villard
Team Member Osei Bonsu
Team Member Sicgmone Kludje
Team MemberCONTRIBUTORS
Aaron Kiely
Phase One Contributor Professor Ablade Glover OBE
Phase One Contributor Professor Andrew M. Ramroop OBE, CM
Phase One Contributor Anthony Ebanks
Phase One Contributor Buki Akiba
Phase One Contributor Carolyn Bew
Phase One Contributor Chantal Badjie
Phase One Contributor Charlene White
Phase One Contributor Colin Thompson
Phase One Contributor Corrine Bougaard
Phase One Contributor David Pugh
Phase One Contributor Geoff Small
Phase One Contributor Gerard Hanson
Phase One Contributor Dr Gil Robinson
Phase One Contributor Hew Locke
Phase One Contributor Kanja Ibrahim Sesay
Phase One Contributor Luke David
Phase One Contributor Mark Crawley
Phase One Contributor Ngozi Onwurah
Phase One Contributor Nixi Cura
Phase One Contributor Pamela Kember
Phase One Contributor Peter Bonnici
Phase One Contributor Simon Woolley
Phase One Contributor Sonya Dyer
Phase One Contributor Suki Chan
Phase One Contributor Tanicia Payne
Phase One Contributor Trevor Robinson CBE
Phase One Contributor Terry Finnigan
Phase One Contributor Tom Happold
Phase One Contributor Yaba Badoe
Phase One Contributor Yinka Shonibare MBE
Phase One Contributor