A to Z
A to Z Staff
Dr Lauren Ackerman
Research Associate
Email: lauren.ackerman@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 19120 83368
Professor David Almond
Distinguished Writing Fellow
Professor Linda Anderson
Professor of Modern English and American Literature
Email: linda.anderson@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 8059
Dr James Annesley
Senior Lecturer in American Literature
Email: james.annesley@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6617
Alison Aspin
Postgraduate Research Student
Email: a.k.aspin@ncl.ac.uk
Emeritus Professor Bruce Babington
Emeritus Professor
Email: bruce.babington@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Rachael Bailes
Teaching Fellow
Emeritus Professor John Batchelor
Emeritus Professor
Dr Tara Bergin
Lecturer in Poetry (Creative Writing)
Email: tara.bergin@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 2083689
Melanie Birch
Marketing, Events and Postgraduate Administrator
Email: melanie.birch@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7619
Scott Burdon
Learning and Teaching Assistant
Email: scott.burdon@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)191 208 3177
Emeritus Professor Noel Burton-Roberts
Emeritus Professor of English Language and Linguistics
Dr Mark Byers
Lecturer in Contemporary Poetry
Email: mark.byers2@ncl.ac.uk
Emeritus Professor Tom Cain
Emeritus Professor
Email: tom.cain@ncl.ac.uk
Dr John Challis
Teaching Fellow in Creative Writing
Professor Michael Chaplin
Visiting Professor of Practice
Professor Kate Chedgzoy
Professor of Renaissance Literature
Email: kate.chedgzoy@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7755
Ann Coburn
Lecturer: Creative Writing
Email: ann.coburn@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Ruth Connolly
Senior Lecturer
Email: ruth.connolly@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 8133
Zoe Cooper
Lecturer in Creative Writing
Email: zoe.cooper@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 8411
Professor Karen Corrigan
Prof of Linguistics & English Language
Email: k.p.corrigan@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7757
Sherelle Coulson
Learning and Teaching Co-ordinator
Email: sherelle.coulson@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7199
Dr James Cummings
Senior Lecturer in English Literature
Email: james.cummings@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 19120 83290
Dr Katharine De Rycker
Research Associate
Dr Martin Dubois
Lecturer in Victorian Literature
Email: martin.dubois@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)191 208 7795
Dr Hannah Durkin
Lecturer in Literature & Film
Email: hannah.durkin@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7760
Dr Cristina Dye
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) of Language Development & Psycholinguistics
Email: cristina.dye@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Ella Dzelzainis
Lecturer in Nineteenth-Century Literature
Email: ella.dzelzainis@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7198
Caroline Ede
Learning and Teaching Assistant
Email: caroline.ede@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7763
Laura Elliott
School Research, Finance and HR Administrator
Email: laura.elliott@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 208 3196
William Fiennes
Lecturer in Creative Writing
Email: william.fiennes@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7762
Liz Flanagan
Teaching Fellow in Creative Writing
Email: liz.flanagan@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Helen Freshwater
Reader in Theatre & Performance
Email: helen.freshwater@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7764
Dr Tina Gharavi
Senior Lecturer in Digital Media/Film
Email: tina.gharavi@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 3520
Dr Stacy Gillis
Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Literature
Email: stacy.gillis@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7360
Emeritus Professor Desmond Graham
Emeritus Professor
Professor Matthew Grenby
Professor of 18th-Century Studies
Email: matthew.grenby@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6182
Dr SJ Hannahs
Reader in Linguistics
Email: s.j.hannahs@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 3400
Dr James Harriman-Smith
Lecturer in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature
Email: james.harriman-smith@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7599
Dr Rosalind Haslett
Lecturer in Dramatic Literature
Email: rosalind.haslett@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5660
Joanna Hebda
Operations Assistant
Email: joanna.hebda@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 2087761
Professor Bill Herbert
Professor of Poetry & Creative Writing
Email: bill.herbert@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 3517
Professor Anders Holmberg
Professor in Theoretical Linguistics
Email: anders.holmberg@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 3530
Dr Lars Iyer
Reader in Creative Writing
Email: lars.iyer@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7758
Professor Jackie Kay MBE
Professor of Creative Writing
Email: jackie.kay@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 3689
Sadek Kessous
Teaching Fellow
Email: sadek.kessous@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Laura Kirkley
Lecturer in Eighteenth Century Literature
Email: laura.kirkley@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7782
Dr Gosia Krzek
Teaching Fellow
Email: malgorzata.krzek2@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5879
Emeritus Professor Claire Lamont
Emeritus Prof.
Email: claire.lamont@ncl.ac.uk
Lesley Lant
School Manager
Email: lesley.lant@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 3590
Dr Kirsten MacLeod
Lecturer in Eng Lit, Victorian/Modern
Email: kirsten.macleod@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7118
Professor Val McDermid
Visiting Professor of Practice
Dr Robbie McLaughlan
Lecturer in English Literature
Email: robert.mclaughlan@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 208 3532
Dr Adam Mearns
Lecturer in the History of the English Language
Email: adam.mearns@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)191 208 3534
Dr Sophie Meekings
Research Associate
Email: sophie.meekings@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Hermann Moisl
Visiting Fellow
Professor Sinead Morrissey
Professor of Creative Writing
Email: sinead.morrissey@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 208 3533
Dr Theresa Muñoz
Research Associate
Email: theresa.munoz@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Emily Murphy
Lecturer in Childern's Literature
Email: emily.murphy@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Mathelinda Nabugodi
Research Associate
Dr Aditi Nafde
Lecturer in Medieval Literature
Email: aditi.nafde@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 208 7769
Dr Alex Niven
Lecturer in English Literature
Email: alex.niven@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5316
Dr Eliza O'Brien
Teaching Fellow
Email: eliza.o'brien@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: ext. 85660
Professor Sean O'Brien
Professor of Creative Writing
Email: sean.o'brien@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 3875
Dr Meiko O'Halloran
Senior Lecturer in Romantic Literature
Email: meiko.o'halloran@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7759
Dr Jennifer Orr
Lecturer in Eighteenth Century Literature
Email: jennifer.orr@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 208 7750
Karen Patterson
Learning and Teaching Assistant
Email: karen.patterson@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 2087625
Dr Lucy Pearson
Lecturer in Children's Literature
Email: lucy.pearson@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 3894
Dr Heike Pichler
Senior Lecturer in Variationist Sociolinguistics
Email: heike.pichler@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 3519
Professor Michael Pincombe
Professor of Tudor & Elizabethan Literature
Email: mike.pincombe@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7621
Jacob Polley
Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing
Email: jake.polley@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 2087781
Dr Geoffrey Poole
Senior Lecturer in Linguistics
Email: geoffrey.poole@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5824
Professor James Procter
Prof of Modern & Contemporary Lit
Email: james.procter@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 3518
Emeritus Professor Peter Reynolds
Emeritus Professor
Professor Kim Reynolds
Professor of Children's Literature
Email: kim.reynolds@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 3533
Professor Jennifer Richards
Joseph Cowen Professor of English Literature
Email: jennifer.richards@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7754
Yvonne Ritchie
Assistant Project Manager
Email: yvonne.ritchie@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 3268
Professor Michael Rossington
Professor of Romantic Literature
Email: michael.rossington@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 3427
Professor Julie Sanders
Deputy Vice-Chancellor
Email: julie.sanders@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)191 208 7600
Dr Andrew Shail
Senior Lecturer in Film
Email: andrew.shail@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 2087752
Dr Emma Short
Teaching Fellow in Victorian and Modernist Literature
Email: emma.short@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 8420
Emily Smith
UG Clerical Officer (Admissions)
Email: emily.smith2@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: 0191 208 6233
Tiago Sousa Garcia
Research Associate (Animating Text)
Email: tiago.sousa-garcia@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Neelam Srivastava
Reader in Postcolonial and Comparative Literature
Email: neelam.srivastava@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 3665
Dr Fionnghuala Sweeney
Senior Lecturer in American Literature
Email: fionnghuala.sweeney@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 3895
Professor Maggie Tallerman
Professor of Linguistics
Email: maggie.tallerman@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7774
Dr Danielle Turton
Lecturer in Phonology
Email: danielle.turton@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)191 208 8092
Dr William van der Wurff
Senior Lecturer in Linguistics
Email: w.a.m.van-der-wurff@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 3876
Dr Joel Wallenberg
Lecturer in Language Change (Linguistics and Eng Lang)
Email: joel.wallenberg@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7366
Emeritus Professor Diana Whaley
Emeritus Professor / Professor Emeritus of Early Medieval Studies
Email: diana.whaley@ncl.ac.uk
Rachel White
Research Associate
Email: rachel.white@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Anne Whitehead
Senior Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Literature
Email: anne.whitehead@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 3531
Dr Margaret Wilkinson
Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing
Email: margaret.wilkinson@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5225
Jeffrey Wilson
Computing, Technical & Safety Officer
Email: jeff.wilson@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 3422
Emeritus Professor Terry Wright
Emeritus Professor
Email: terry.wright@ncl.ac.uk
Professor Martha Young-Scholten
Professor of Second Language Acquisition
Email: martha.young-scholten@ncl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7751