Oxford Brookes Business School research student profiles

Business and Management student profiles

Mitaali Katoch

Thesis title: Survival learnings of a centenary, family-run, luxury fashion company facing disruption: an historical perspective.

Started: September 2023

Director of Studies: Dr Ioanna Iordanou

Second Supervisor: Dr Simon Adderley

Third Supervisor: Dr Ian Holgate

Mitaali Katoch

Torie Slaughter

Thesis title: Navigating Backlash: Micro-Strategies of Black Women Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Practitioners in U.S. Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

Started: January 2024

Director of Studies: Dr Charoula Tzanakou

Torie Slaughter

Abigal Muchecheti

Thesis title: How do non-academic women who identify as black and ethnic minorities in HEIs in the UK experience challenges in their career progression aspirations and how can this be understood using an intersectionality lens?

Started: January 2018, awarded June 2024

Director of Studies: Dr Sylwia Ciuk

Geeta Sinha

Thesis title: Mining led Industrialisation and gender-based violence within indigenous communities in Kalahandi District of Odisha, India.

Started: October 2016

Director of Studies: Dr Sarah Le Roux

Geeta Sinha

Coaching and Mentoring student profiles

Larissa Thurlow

Thesis title: Supervision for team coaches: The issues, challenges and experiences and what those may indicate about the capabilities needed for supervisors to be fit for this role

Started: January 2023

Director of Studies: Dr Peter Jackson

Larissa Thurlow

Andy Bird

Thesis title: ‘What role does coaching and mentoring play for charity CEOs?’

Started: October 2021

Director of Studies: Dr Judie Gannon

Second Supervisor: Dr Joanna Molyn

Andy Bird

Marketing student profiles

Shwetha Kumar Shrayamsa

Thesis title: The potential of product placement in mobile games as an advertising strategy: A study evaluating the effectiveness through recall and recognition for Indian female consumers.

Started: April 2016

Director of Studies: Professor Sarah Quinton

Shwetha Kumar Shrayamsa

Hospitality, Tourism and Event Management student profiles

Masrura Ram Idjal

Thesis title: The influence of decentralisation of policy on the nexus of power in tourism in rural communities; a case study of the new Village Law (2014) in Indonesia.

Started: January 2017

Director of Studies: Professor Levent Altinay

Masrura Ram Idjal