Skip to content Accessibility statement
Home>Department of English and Related Literature>People

Our people

The Department of English and Related Literature is home to over 55 members of academic staff.

Find contact details and explore who does what.

Dr Boriana Alexandrova

Senior Lecturer

Research interests:

  • Gender and Women's Studies
  • Irish Literature and Irish Studies

Senior Lecturer in Modern Literature

Chair, Board of Examiners

Research interests:

  • Gender and Women's Studies
  • Modern and Contemporary
  • Poetry and Poetics
  • Translation
  • Visual and Material Culture

Professor

Head of Department

Programme Leader, English/Philosophy Combined Course Programme

Research interests:

  • Eighteenth Century and Romantic
  • Gender and Women's Studies
  • Visual and Material Culture

Senior Lecturer

Research interests:

  • Gender and Women's Studies
  • Modern and Contemporary

Lecturer in American Literature and Culture

Deputy Chair, Board of Studies

Research interests:

  • American Literature
  • Film Studies
  • Modern and Contemporary

Professor

Research interests:

  • Modern and Contemporary
  • Victorian

Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Writing and Culture

Deputy Admissions Tutor and Publicity Officer

Research interests:

  • American Literature
  • Creative Writing
  • Film Studies
  • Modern and Contemporary
  • Poetry and Poetics

Dr Jonathan Brockbank

Lecturer

Research interests:

  • Modern and Contemporary

Professor

Research interests:

  • Irish Literature and Irish Studies
  • Modern and Contemporary
  • Poetry and Poetics
  • Victorian

Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Medieval Latin Literature

Co-Director of Medieval Research School, and Programme Leader, English/Politics Combined Course Programme

Research interests:

  • Classical Literature
  • Environmental Humanities
  • Histories of the Book
  • Medieval

Professor

Research interests:

  • Creative Writing
  • Global and Postcolonial
  • Medieval
  • Poetry and Poetics
  • Translation

Lecturer

Careers and Employability Coordinator, and Programme Leader, English/History Combined Course Programme

Research interests:

  • American Literature
  • Eighteenth Century and Romantic
  • Gender and Women's Studies
  • Victorian

Lecturer

Programme Leader, English/History of Art Combined Course Programme

Research interests:

  • Creative Writing
  • Gender and Women's Studies
  • Global and Postcolonial
  • Modern and Contemporary
  • Poetry and Poetics
  • Translation

Senior Lecturer

Research interests:

  • Histories of the Book
  • Medieval
  • Translation

Senior Lecturer

Impact Officer

Research interests:

  • Creative Writing
  • Eighteenth Century and Romantic
  • Gender and Women's Studies

Professor

Research interests:

  • Gender and Women's Studies
  • Irish Literature and Irish Studies
  • Modern and Contemporary

Student Wellbeing Officer

Dedicated Timetabling Officer

Professor

Research interests:

  • Histories of the Book
  • Renaissance

Professor of Eighteenth Century and Romantic Literature

Research interests:

  • Eighteenth Century and Romantic

Printer In Residence

nick@effrapress.co.uk

Thin Ice Press Room

Senior Lecturer

Research interests:

  • American Literature
  • Gender and Women's Studies
  • Global and Postcolonial
  • Modern and Contemporary

Research interests:

  • Histories of the Book
  • Renaissance

Lecturer in Renaissance Literature

Royal Literary Fund Fellow Coordinator/Writers at York Coordinator

Research interests:

  • Gender and Women's Studies
  • Queer Studies
  • Renaissance

Lecturer

Chair, Library and IT Sub-Committee

Research interests:

  • Creative Writing
  • Environmental Humanities
  • Film Studies
  • Gender and Women's Studies
  • Global and Postcolonial
  • Modern and Contemporary
  • Visual and Material Culture

Senior Lecturer

Director of Undergraduate Teaching

Research interests:

  • Global and Postcolonial
  • Medieval
  • Translation
  • Visual and Material Culture

Senior Lecturer

International Officer

Research interests:

  • Histories of the Book
  • Medieval

Lecturer

Research interests:

  • Creative
  • Gender and Women's Studies
  • Global and Postcolonial
  • Modern and Contemporary

Professor

Research interests:

  • Renaissance

Senior Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary LIterature

Graduate Chair, and Co-Director of Modern Research School

Research interests:

  • American Literature
  • Global and Postcolonial
  • Modern and Contemporary
  • Visual and Material Culture

Lecturer

Research interests:

  • Environmental Humanities
  • Global and Postcolonial
  • Modern and Contemporary

Lecturer

Research interests:

  • Medieval
  • Poetry and Poetics

Senior Lecturer

Research interests:

  • Eighteenth Century and Romantic
  • Gender and Women's Studies
  • Victorian

Lecturer in Modern, American and Comparative Literature

Research interests:

  • American Literature
  • Classical Literature
  • Histories of the Book
  • Modern and Contemporary
  • Poetry and Poetics
  • Translation

Senior Lecturer

Research interests:

  • Gender and Women's Studies
  • Histories of the Book
  • Medieval

Senior Lecturer

Research interests:

  • Creative Writing
  • Global and Postcolonial
  • Modern and Contemporary

Senior Lecturer

Research interests:

  • Eighteenth Century and Romantic
  • Translation

Professor

Research interests:

  • Global and Postcolonial
  • Irish Literature and Irish Studies
  • Modern and Contemporary
  • Translation

Postgraduate Taught Administrator

Senior Lecturer

Admissions Tutor and Chair, Admissions Committee

Research interests:

  • Eighteenth Century and Romantic

Lecturer

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Officer

Research interests:

  • Film Studies
  • Gender and Women's Studies
  • Global and Postcolonial
  • Modern and Contemporary

Associate Lecturer

Research interests:

  • Medieval
  • Poetry and Poetics

Lecturer

Research interests:

  • Creative Writing
  • Global and Postcolonial
  • Modern and Contemporary
  • Poetry and Poetics
  • Victorian
  • Visual and Material Culture

Lecturer

Deputy Head of Department

Research interests:

  • Irish Literature and Irish Studies
  • Modern and Contemporary

Lecturer

Athena Swan Lead and Director of Renaissance Research School

Research interests:

  • Classical Literature
  • Histories of the Book
  • Renaissance

Lecturer

Research interests:

  • Poetry and Poetics
  • Renaissance

Senior Lecturer in Twentieth-Century Literature and Culture

Chair, Board of Studies

Research interests:

  • American Literature
  • Gender and Women's Studies
  • Modern and Contemporary
  • Poetry and Poetics
  • Queer Studies

Senior Lecturer in Eighteenth-Century Literature

Research interests:

  • Eighteenth Century and Romantic
  • Gender and Women's Studies

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Research interests:

  • Environmental Humanities
  • Film Studies
  • Modern and Contemporary

Professor of Literature and Film

Research interests:

  • Film Studies
  • Modern and Contemporary
  • Renaissance

Senior Lecturer

Research interests:

  • Environmental Humanities
  • Renaissance

Professor

Research interests:

  • Gender and Women's Studies
  • Histories of the Book
  • Renaissance
  • Visual and Material Culture

Postgraduate Research Administrator

Lecturer

Research interests:

  • Renaissance

Professor

Research interests:

  • American Literature
  • Global and Postcolonial
  • Modern and Contemporary
  • Visual and Material Culture

Lecturer

Co-Director of Modern Research School, and Programme Leader, English/Linguistics Combined Course Programme

Research interests:

  • Gender and Women's Studies
  • Global and Postcolonial
  • Modern and Contemporary
  • Queer Studies
  • Translation

Outreach, Events, and Funding Manager

Professor

Co-Director of Medieval Research School

Research interests:

  • Medieval
  • Translation
  • Victorian

Professor

Research interests:

  • Gender and Women's Studies
  • Global and Postcolonial
  • Histories of the Book
  • Medieval
  • Translation

Lecturer

Research interests:

  • Gender and Women's Studies
  • Histories of the Book
  • Renaissance

Professor

Disability Officer

Research interests:

  • Environmental Humanities
  • Modern and Contemporary

Professor

Director of Eighteenth Century and Romantics Research School

Research interests:

  • Eighteenth Century and Romantic

Senior Lecturer

Research interests:

  • American Literature
  • Creative Writing
  • Histories of the Book
  • Irish Literature and Irish Studies
  • Modern and Contemporary
  • Poetry and Poetics

Senior Lecturer

Director of Postgraduate Teaching

Research interests:

  • Environmental Humanities
  • Global and Postcolonial
  • Modern and Contemporary

Dr Joanna Wharton

Lecturer

Research interests:

  • Eighteenth Century and Romantic
  • Gender and Women's Studies
  • Irish Literature and Irish Studies
  • Visual and Material Culture

Professor

Research interests:

  • Eighteenth Century and Romantic
  • Gender and Women's Studies
  • Histories of the Book
  • Visual and Material Culture

Senior Lecturer

Research interests:

  • Modern and Contemporary
  • Poetry and Poetics
  • Victorian

Lecturer

Research interests:

  • Renaissance

Lecturer

Research interests:

  • Medieval