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Alexandra Gushurst-Moore is the Research & Impact Coordinator of the Fitzwilliam Museum and Coordinator of Cambridge Visual Culture. Her doctoral thesis, entitled “The Making of Modern Fantasy in the Visual Arts of England, ca. 1850–1920”, was supervised by Elizabeth Prettejohn at the University of York. She holds an MA(Hons) from the University of Edinburgh and an MSt from the University of Oxford. Beyond her research, she has professional experience of and interest in British educational policy, the strategy and operation of HEIs and the facilitation of inclusive and supportive research cultures.

I am a Project Administrator who works with researchers on a large international research project, based in the Department of Sociology. I have experience with safe data handling and storage, specifically for new research projects and large teams. 

Mandy Wigdorowitz is Open Research Community Manager for Cambridge University Libraries. She holds a PhD in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics from the University of Cambridge, St John's College, and is a registered Research Psychologist with a Masters in Social and Psychological Research from the University of the Witwatersrand. She is interested in the benefits of open research practices across all research disciplines and is building a community that promotes open research at Cambridge. Her research focuses on understanding language and interaction from linguistic, social, cognitive, and psychological perspectives. Mandy is also the Associate Editor for the Journal of Open Humanities Data, which publishes data papers in disciplines spanning the Humanities.

Before joining the Engineering Library in 2017, I worked in a variety of roles around Cambridge, including supporting researchers with effective communication of their work. I currently support resource and training provision in areas including research skills, open access, reference management etc.

Additional areas of expertise:

Information literacy, research communication, social media use for researchers.