Janine Bradbury

Profile

Biography

Janine is Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Writing and Culture. She works across several research areas including black literature, popular culture, American Studies, and creative writing.  

Before joining the department in 2021, Janine was a teaching associate at The University of Sheffield (where she completed her PhD), and Associate Professor in Literature at York St John University. In 2024, she was named a BBC New Generation Thinker.   

Research

Overview

Janine’s wide-ranging research on topics including American professional wrestling, Grace Jones, the work of Toni Morrison and the life of Zora Neale Hurston has been published by Palgrave Macmillan, Bloomsbury, Routledge, and others. 

Janine debut poetry pamphlet, Sometimes Real Love Comes Quick & Easy (ignitionpress, 2024) was the Poetry Book Society’s Autumn 2024 Pamphlet Choice.  

Link to Janine’s personal website

Supervision

Janine welcomes enquiries from PhD applicants who are working in areas aligned with her research expertise. She also welcomes enquiries from creative writing students when the candidate’s creative and critical interests intersect with her research expertise.

Teaching

Undergraduate

Janine convenes the third-year undergraduate modules Contemporary Black Writing and Writing in the Marketplace and the MA module Writing Poetry.

External activities

Memberships

Janine is a member of the British Association of American Studies (BAAS) and The Poetry Society.