Staff

Public enquiries should be made to elphinstone@abdn.ac.uk .

Administrator

• Alison Sharman, Academic and Public Engagement Administrator, Toulmin Prize Co-Ordinator

Academic Staff

• Dr Thomas A. McKean, Director, Lecturer in Ethnology and Folklore
  AB (Dartmouth), PhD (School of Scottish Studies/Department of Celtic, University of Edinburgh)
• Dr Frances Wilkins, Senior Lecturer in Ethnomusicology
  BA (SOAS, University of London), PhD (Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen)
• Nicolas Le Bigre, Lecturer in Ethnology and Folklore, Archives
  BA Hons (University of Toronto), MLitt (Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen)

Scots/Doric Language Development

• Charley Buchan, Scots/Doric Language Development Worker

North Atlantic Fiddle Convention (NAFCo) 2026

• Kirsty Clements, Festival co-Lead, NAFCo 2026
• Laura Harrington, Festival co-Lead, NAFCo 2026