Rikki Morgan-Tamosunas was Deputy Vice Chancellor at the University of Westminster from 2008–2014. Her responsibilities included leadership of learning and teaching and the wider student experience. She joined the University in 2003 as Dean of the School of Social Sciences, Humanities & Languages and subsequently held roles as Provost of the Cavendish Campus and Pro Vice Chancellor. Rikki was previously Dean of the School of Languages and Social Sciences at Anglia Ruskin University (1998–2003), and held various roles at Thames Valley University (1983–98). She is a Hispanist with a particular research interest in cinema and cultural studies. Her doctorate focused on the cultural analysis of contemporary Spanish cinema and she has published widely on the representation of history, politics and gender in Spanish cinema.