Prof. Dr. Bruce Mutsvairo is Dean of AUC. 

Bruce Mutsvairo is Full Professor in the Department of Media and Culture Studies at Utrecht University. He previously held tenured academic posts in the UK, Australia and the US, where he worked as a Full Professor in Journalism at Auburn University. He has also been a visiting professor at the University of Mississippi (US), the University of Witwatersrand (South Africa) and Simon Fraser University (Canada). Bruce has led multiple research and teaching teams across the interdisciplinary field of media and communication studies, publishing extensively in the area of his primary expertise: journalism studies. He studied liberal arts and sciences (University College Utrecht) and journalism (Cardiff University) before completing his PhD at Leiden University in 2013.

Dr. Marianne Riphagen is AUC's Director of Education.

Dr. Marianne Riphagen is AUC's Director of Education. She served as Head of Studies Academic Core from August 2019 through January 2023. Marianne is a cultural anthropologist specialised in Pacific Studies. Since 2004, she has conducted research with indigenous peoples based in Australia’s metropolitan and desert regions. Her research interests include contemporary indigenous art, economic anthropology and visual anthropology. Marianne is the recipient of the 2006 Endeavour Europe Award and the 2009 Radboud University’s Frye Stipend. In 2011, she received her PhD from Radboud University Nijmegen based on her dissertation entitled “Indigenous Cosmopolitans: Up-and-Coming Artists and their Photomedia Works in Australian and International Visual Art Worlds”. Since then, she has worked at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, United States; at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia; and at Radboud University Nijmegen. As a lecturer, Marianne has taught Bachelor' and Master's students about a range of subjects, notably academic writing and research methods within the social sciences. 

Dora Achourioti is Head of Studies, Academic Core.

She also coordinates and teaches the academic core courses 'Logic, Information and Argumentation' and 'Advanced Logic' at AUC. She studied Philosophy and History of Science at the University of Athens. She continued her studies at the University of Amsterdam, where she obtained an MPhil in Argumentation at the Department of Speech Communication, Argumentation Theory and Rhetoric, and a Msc in Logic at the Institute of Logic, Language and Computation - both cum laude. She has previous teaching experience in the University of Amsterdam (Philosophy Department and Master of Logic), University of Durham (tutorials) and University College Utrecht. Dora is currently completing her dissertation at the University of Amsterdam (Philosophy Department - ILLC). Her research is centered around the notion of truth and situated in the area between philosophy and logic.

Maaike Goselink is Head of Admissions & Registrar.

Maaike is an experienced project lead and education specialist with a strong background in both teaching and administrative systems. Starting her professional career as a Montessori teacher, Maaike developed a passion for fostering student success and creating impactful learning environments. This led to a transition into higher education, where she has served in several positions.

While working at Utrecht University, she developed a keen interest in student wellbeing, process optimisation and lean methodologies, applying her expertise to streamline processes and enhance student experiences.

Mafalda Candal is AUC’s Student Assessor for 2025-2026 and attends the Management Team meetings.

Dr. Belinda Stratton is AUC's College Secretary.

Until June 2022, Dr. Stratton served as AUC's Managing Director. Dr. Stratton obtained her BSc (Honours) and PhD in Chemistry at the University of East Anglia in the UK, with a study abroad period at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. After her studies, she worked in an editorial department of the scientific publishing company Pergamon Press before moving to the Netherlands and starting to work at the European Association for International Education (EAIE) in 1993. She was the EAIE's Publications and Information Manager when she was recruited to the AUC team at the end of 2007.