Rob is interested in supervising PhDs that engage with graphic systems and/or graphic memory, particularly following a research-as-practice methodology. His current research students include:

• Nor Hazlen Kamaruddin, ‘Sustaining Preschool Children’s Attention through the Manipulation of Colours in Picturebook Design’
• Omeiza Haruna, ‘An Animated Investigation into Performativity and Interiority in Black British Male Identity’.
• Sara Khomais, ‘Translating Picturebook Type: A practice-led enquiry into the typographic design of picturebooks that are translated from English to Arabic’.
• Alex Christiansen, ‘Visual Constituent Analysis: Foundation, reliability, and utilisation’.
• Jessica Rutherford, ‘An animation-based learning programme to address the educational needs of those with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders’.