Juliana Mensah
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Juliana Mensah joined the Department of English and Related Literature in 2020 as a Lecturer in English and Creative Writing and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2023. She holds a BA in English from the University of York and a PhD from Newcastle University. From 2013 to 2014, she was Leverhulme Artist in Residence at York’s Centre for Applied Human Rights (CAHR) where she later served as a Research and Teaching Fellow (2015-2020). At CAHR, she taught on the MA in Applied Human Rights and collaborated on international research projects, partnering with organisations in Malaysia, Indonesia, South Africa, India, Hong Kong and Egypt.
Her debut novel, Castles from Cobwebs, was nominated for the Desmond Elliott Prize and won the NorthBound Book Award. Her short prose has been published by Comma Press, Dead Ink and Bloomsbury, and her plays have been produced by theatre companies including Pilot, Live, and Workie Ticket. Juliana specialises in literary activism and teaches on modules on contemporary literature, black British and African diasporan literature, creative writing, and creative industries. Before academia, Juliana worked in the arts and cultural sector in creative, senior project management and governance roles for organisations including Helix Arts and Brixton House.
