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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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All our academic colleagues offer regular consultation and feedback hours where students can seek 1:1 guidance
Head of School
Professor Jo Robinson joined the School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics in 2021. Please send any meeting requests to Rowan Foy.
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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 Mark Byers
Lecturer
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
Rowan Foy
Learning and Teaching Assistant
Dr Helen Freshwater
Reader in Theatre & Performance
Dr Tina Gharavi
Senior Lecturer in English: Digital Media/Film
Dr Barbara Gribling
Visiting Researcher
Dr Sujeewa Hettiarachchi
Senior Lecturer in Second Language Acquisition
Meg Holtom
Learning and Teaching Administrator
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 Gabriel Martinez Vera
Lecturer in Pragmatics
Dr Marco Medugno
Associate Lecturer 2023/24
Dr Ella Mershon
Lecturer in Victorian Literature
Dr Emily Murphy
Senior Lecturer in Children's Literature
Dr Emma Nguyen
Lecturer in Child Language Aquisition
Dr Meiko O'Halloran
Senior Lecturer in Romantic Literature
Dr Kendra Packham
Research Associate
Dr Natalia Pavlovskaya
Associate Lecturer 21/22
Dr Chiara Pellegrini
Associate Lecturer 22/23
Professor Alex Pheby
Head of Creative Writing
Jake Phipps
Associate Lecturer 21/22
Emerita Professor Kim Reynolds
Emerita Professor
Professor Jennifer Richards
Visiting Professor
Professor Jo Robinson
Head of School
Dr Mary Robinson
Research Associate Language Variation
Dr Thom Robinson
Teaching Assistant 19/20
Professor Michael Rossington
Professor of Romantic Literature
Professor Karen Sands-O'Connor
British Academy Global Professor
Dr Olivia Smith
Research Associate (Bee-ing Human)
Dr Leanne Stokoe
Lecturer in Eighteenth-Century Literature
Professor Preti Taneja
Professor of World Literature and Creative Writing
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: Language and Cognition
Dr Laura Wright
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow
Dr Tamar Lindesay
Visiting Lecturer