Sandra Kemp

Sandra Kemp is an academic and curator with a background in English literature. She is Director, The Ruskin - Library, Museum and Research Centre at University of Lancaster and Visiting Professor in the Department of Materials at Imperial College London. She was previously Research Associate at IMAGES&CO, and has held leadership roles in the university and cultural sectors, most recently as Senior Research Fellow, Victoria and Albert Museum, Head of College, London College of Communication (LCC) and Director of Research, Royal College of Art (RCA). She curated the Wellcome Trust-sponsored exhibition Future Face: Image, Identity, Innovation at the Science Museum, with a related programme at the National Portrait Gallery, a film festival and a debate on BBC Radio Five Live. She has also published and given public lectures in the fields of fiction, literary theory and cultural studies.