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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 Helen Freshwater is the Interim Head of School for the School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics. Please send any meeting requests to Beatrice Sismey-Lund.
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Dr Lauren Ackerman
Research Associate and LingLab Manager
Emerita Professor Linda Anderson
Professor of Modern English and American Literature
Dr Chloe Ashbridge
Lecturer in Modern & Contemporary Literature
Dr Tara Bergin
Senior Lecturer in Writing Poetry (Creative Writing)
Dr Mark Byers
Lecturer
Professor Kate Chedgzoy
Professor of Renaissance Literature
Dr Beth Cole
Lecturer in Linguistics
Dr Ruth Connolly
Senior Lecturer
Dr Zoe Cooper
Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing
Professor Karen Corrigan
Director of Research in Linguistics
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 Daniel Duncan
Senior Lecturer
Dr Ella Dzelzainis
Senior Lecturer in Nineteenth Century Literature
Professor Helen Freshwater
Professor of Theatre and Performance
Dr Tina Gharavi
Reader in English: Screenwriting & Film
Dr Barbara Gribling
Visiting Researcher
Dr Tom Harrison
Lecturer in Early Modern Drama
Dr Rosalind Haslett
Senior Lecturer
Emeritus Professor Bill Herbert
Emeritus Professor Bill Herbert
Dr Sujeewa Hettiarachchi
Senior Lecturer in Second Language Acquisition
Dr Rachel Hewitt
Visiting Fellow
Dr Joseph Hone
Reader in Literature and Book History
Professor Lars Iyer
Professor of Creative Writing
Dr Niamh Kelly
Lecturer in Phonetics and Phonology
Dr Laura Kirkley
Senior Lecturer in Eighteenth-Century Literature
Dr Gabriel Martinez Vera
Lecturer in Pragmatics
Dr Giulia Mazzola
Research Associate in Linguistics
Dr Adam Mearns
Senior Lecturer in the History of the English Language
Dr Marco Medugno
Associate Lecturer
Dr Ella Mershon
Lecturer in Victorian Literature
Professor Sinéad Morrissey
Professor of Creative Writing
Dr Emily Murphy
Senior Lecturer in Children's Literature
Dr Aditi Nafde
Senior Lecturer in Medieval Literature
Dr Emma Nguyen
Lecturer in Child Language Aquisition
Dr Alex Niven
Lecturer in English Literature
Dr Jennifer Orr
Senior Lecturer in Eighteenth Century Literature
Dr Kendra Packham
Senior Research and Innovation Associate
Dr Natalia Pavlovskaya
Research Associate and Associate Lecturer
Dr Michael Pearce
Visiting Fellow
Professor Alex Pheby
Head of Creative Writing
Dr Heike Pichler
Reader in Sociolinguistics
Professor Jacob Polley
Professor of Creative Writing
Dr Geoffrey Poole
Senior Lecturer in Linguistics
Professor James Procter
Prof of Modern & Contemporary Lit
Dr Jon Quayle
Lecturer in Romantic Literature
Dr Clémentine Raffy
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Emerita Professor Kim Reynolds
Emerita Professor
Professor Jo Robinson
Interim PVC of Humanities & Social Sci
Dr Mary Robinson
Research Associate Language Variation
Dr Thom Robinson
Associate Lecturer
Professor Michael Rossington
Professor of Romantic Literature
Dr Emily Stevenson
Lecturer in Early Modern Literature
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 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