Prof Anna McNamara

Anna McNamara is Director of Internationalisation for the Guildford School of Acting at the University of Surrey, previously having been Head of School, Director of Learning and Teaching and before that Director of Student Experience. A passionate advocate for inclusion, access and participation, Anna is invested in working with creative practitioners to develop teaching and scholarship opportunities through mentorship across drama schools and HE institutions. An award-winning teacher, she has published and presented internationally on a range of subjects including leadership and management, crisis-management, acting pedagogies, disability access to the arts, gender empowerment and equity, care in the curriculum and teaching, student experience, and change making. Anna is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) and a Principal Fellow of Advance HE (PFHEA) in recognition of her sustained record of effective strategic leadership in academic practice and academic development as a key contribution to high quality student learning.