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School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics
Staff Profile
Emerita Professor Linda Anderson
Professor of Modern English and American Literature
Professor James Annesley
Acting Dean of Culture and the Creative Arts | Professor of Contemporary American Literature
Emeritus Professor Bruce Babington
Emeritus Professor
Emeritus Professor John Batchelor
Emeritus Professor
Dr Tara Bergin
Senior Lecturer in Writing Poetry (Creative Writing)
Emeritus Professor Noel Burton-Roberts
Professor of English Language and Linguistics
Dr Mark Byers
Lecturer
Emeritus Professor Tom Cain
Emeritus Professor
Dr John Challis
Research Associate
Dr Christine Cuskley
Lecturer in Language and Cognition
Dr Kate De Rycker
Lecturer in Renaissance Literature
Dr Tina Gharavi
Senior Lecturer in English: Digital Media/Film
Emeritus Professor Desmond Graham
Emeritus Professor
Dr SJ Hannahs
Reader in Linguistics
Emeritus Professor Anders Holmberg
Emeritus Professor, FBA, MAE
Dr Joseph Hone
Academic Track Fellow in Literature and Book History
Dr Ella Mershon
Lecturer in Victorian Literature
Dr Emily Murphy
Senior Lecturer in Children's Literature
Dr Kendra Packham
Research Associate
Dr Natalia Pavlovskaya
Associate Lecturer 21/22
Emeritus Professor Peter Reynolds
Emeritus Professor
Emerita Professor Kim Reynolds
Emerita Professor
Dr Thom Robinson
Teaching Assistant 19/20
Professor Michael Rossington
Professor of Romantic Literature
Professor Preti Taneja
Professor of World Literature and Creative Writing
Dr Rory Turnbull
Lecturer in Phonetics and Phonology
Emeritus Professor Diana Whaley
Emeritus Professor / Professor Emeritus of Early Medieval Studies
Dr Emma Whipday
Lecturer
Professor Anne Whitehead
Prof of Modern and Contemporary Lit
Dr Rebecca Woods
Senior Lecturer: Language and Cognition
Emeritus Professor Terry Wright
Emeritus Professor
Professor Jo Robinson
Head of School
Dr Farah Nazir
Lecturer in Linguistics
Dr Tamar Lindesay
Visiting Lecturer
Dr Chloe Ashbridge
Lecturer in Modern & Contemporary Literature
Dr Christy Ducker
Royal Literary Fund Fellow
Emeritus Professor Sean O'Brien
Professor of Creative Writing
Professor Alex Pheby
Head of Creative Writing
Dr Barbara Gribling
Visiting Researcher
Dr Vean Al-Saka
Associate Lecturer 21/22
Dr Niamh Kelly
Lecturer in Phonetics and Phonology
Dr Gabriel Martinez Vera
Lecturer in Pragmatics
Dr James Corbet
Lecturer in Second Language Acquisition
Dr Emma Nguyen
Lecturer in Child Language Aquisition
Dr Chiara Pellegrini
Associate Lecturer 22/23
Mary Robinson
Research Associate Language Variation
Dr Olivia Smith
Research Associate (Bee-ing Human)
Dr Marco Medugno
Associate Lecturer 2022/23
Andrew Thompson
Lecturer in Creative Writing