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School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics
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Our academic staff are world-leading researchers in their specialist areas. Our professional services staff are also a key part of the team.
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Head of School
Professor Jo Robinson joined the School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics in 2021. Please send any meeting requests to Beatrice Sismey-Lund.
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Dr Lauren Ackerman
Research Associate and LingLab Manager
Dr Vean Al-Saka
Associate Lecturer 21/22
Emerita Professor Linda Anderson
Professor of Modern English and American Literature
Professor James Annesley
Associate Dean for Research and Innovation (HaSS)
Dr Chloe Ashbridge
Lecturer in Modern & Contemporary Literature
Dr Tara Bergin
Senior Lecturer in Writing Poetry (Creative Writing)
Dr Dominic Bridge
Research Associate
Scott Burdon
Learning and Teaching Administrator
Dr Mark Byers
Lecturer
Professor Kate Chedgzoy
Professor of Renaissance Literature
Dr Ruth Connolly
Senior Lecturer
Professor Karen Corrigan
Director of Research in Linguistics
Sherelle Coulson
Deputy School Manager
Dr James Cummings
Reader in Digital Textual Studies and Late Medieval Literature
Dr Christine Cuskley
Reader in Language and Cognition
Dr Kate De Rycker
Lecturer in Renaissance Literature
Dr Christy Ducker
Royal Literary Fund Fellow
Dr Daniel Duncan
Senior Lecturer
Dr Ella Dzelzainis
Senior Lecturer in Nineteenth Century Literature
Caroline Ede
Learning and Teaching Assistant
Dr Helen Freshwater
Reader in Theatre & Performance
Dr Tina Gharavi
Reader in English: Screenwriting & Film
Professor Matthew Grenby
Pro Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation
Dr Barbara Gribling
Visiting Researcher
Dr Rosalind Haslett
Lecturer in Dramatic Literature
Dr Sujeewa Hettiarachchi
Senior Lecturer in Second Language Acquisition
Dr Rachel Hewitt
Visiting Fellow
Dr Joseph Hone
Academic Track Fellow in Literature and Book History
Professor Lars Iyer
Professor of Creative Writing
Dr Niamh Kelly
Lecturer in Phonetics and Phonology
Dr Helen King
Research Associate: Childrens Literature
Dr Laura Kirkley
Senior Lecturer in Eighteenth-Century Literature
Lesley Lant
School Manager
Dr Kirsten MacLeod
Reader in Modernist Print Culture
Dr Gabriel Martinez Vera
Lecturer in Pragmatics
Dr Marco Medugno
Associate Lecturer 2023/24
Dr Ella Mershon
Lecturer in Victorian Literature
Professor Sinéad Morrissey
Professor of Creative Writing
Dr Emily Murphy
Senior Lecturer in Children's Literature
Dr Theresa Muñoz
Research Associate: Contemporary Poetry
Dr Aditi Nafde
Senior Lecturer in Medieval Literature
Dr Emma Nguyen
Lecturer in Child Language Aquisition
Dr Alex Niven
Lecturer in English Literature
Dr Meiko O'Halloran
Senior Lecturer in Romantic Literature
Dr Jennifer Orr
Senior Lecturer in Eighteenth Century Literature; NEPS Mentor
Dr Kendra Packham
Research Associate
Dr Natalia Pavlovskaya
Associate Lecturer
Dr Chiara Pellegrini
Associate Lecturer 22/23
Professor Alex Pheby
Head of Creative Writing
Jake Phipps
Associate Lecturer 21/22
Professor Jacob Polley
Professor of Creative Writing
Professor James Procter
Prof of Modern & Contemporary Lit
Emerita Professor Kim Reynolds
Emerita Professor
Professor Jennifer Richards
Visiting Professor
Dr Mary Robinson
Research Associate Language Variation
Dr Thom Robinson
Associate Lecturer
Professor Michael Rossington
Professor of Romantic Literature
Professor Karen Sands-O'Connor
British Academy Global Professor
Dr Shalini Sengupta
Lecturer in Diasporic and/or Black British Literatures
Dr Olivia Smith
Research Associate (Bee-ing Human)
Dr Leanne Stokoe
Lecturer in Eighteenth-Century Literature
Dr Fionnghuala Sweeney
Reader in American and Black Atlantic Literatures
Professor Preti Taneja
Professor of World Literature and Creative Writing, FRSL
Andrew Thompson
Lecturer in Creative Writing
Dr Hayley Toth
Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow
Dr Rory Turnbull
Senior Lecturer
Dr William van der Wurff
Senior Lecturer in Linguistics
Dr Caoimhe Whelan
Lecturer in Medieval Literature
Dr Emma Whipday
Senior Lecturer
Dr Rebecca Woods
Senior Lecturer in Language and Cognition
Dr Laura Wright
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow
Dr Tamar Lindesay
Visiting Lecturer