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Academic Staff

Name Title Email Areas of expertise
Ashley, Abs Lecturer Abs.ashley@bristol.ac.uk Anglophone literatures 1900-present; critical medical humanities; disability studies; queer theory and gender studies
Badcoe, Tamsin Senior Lecturer tamsin.badcoe@bristol.ac.uk  Early modern poetry and prose; literature and the environment; literary, visual, and material culture
Baden-Daintree, Anne Lecturer anne.baden-daintree@bristol.ac.uk Medieval literature; contemporary poetry
Bateman, Mary Lecturer in Medieval Literature mary.bateman@bristol.ac.uk Late medieval and early modern English literature and culture; manuscripts and material culture
Batt, Jennifer Senior Lecturer  jennifer.batt@bristol.ac.uk 18th-century poetry; women’s writing; labouring-class writing; book and printing history; periodicals
Bennett, Andrew Professor a.bennett@bristol.ac.uk British and US literature 1900-the present; British Romantic poetry and poetics; literary theory; literature and suicide
Blades, Andrew Senior Lecturer a.blades@bristol.ac.uk 20th century American literature; literature and anxiety; medical humanities; queer writing; HIV/AIDS literature
Burton, Edson Lecturer  eb17402@bristol.ac.uk English Literature and Community Engagement: history and creative practice
Calvert, Ian Senior Lecturer in Eighteenth Century Literature egicc@bristol.ac.uk 17th and 18th-century English literature; English/Classics literary relations 1550-1830
Chami, Dima Research Associate in West African Literature dima.chami@bristol.ac.uk African literature and migration studies; literary activism in Nigeria
Cheeke, Stephen Senior Lecturer s.h.cheeke@bristol.ac.uk Literature and art; nineteenth-century poetry; Aestheticism; Decadence and the fin-de-siècle
Codsi, Stephanie Lecturer in Literature 1500-1800 sc7270@bristol.ac.uk Romantic and gothic literature; British 1790s radical literature; William Blake
Cordo Russo, Luciana Newton International Fellow hk21488@bristol.ac.uk Medieval Welsh and French literature; translation theory and practice
Crowley, Emma Lecturer  emma.crowley@bristol.ac.uk Contemporary literature and culture; comparative literature; world literary studies
Dawson, Lesel Associate Professor in Literature and Culture lesel.dawson@bristol.ac.uk Early Modern English literature (particularly drama); grief, loss, mourning and creativity
De Hailes, Steve Lecturer  s.dehailes@bristol.ac.uk Medieval and Early Modern literature; Arthurian romance literature; faery
Delaney, Kelsi Lecturer in Global Anglophone Literatures  kelsi.delaney@bristol.ac.uk Anglophone Caribbean poetry; decolonial poetry studies
Derbyshire, Emily Lecturer  emily.derbyshire@bristol.ac.uk Liberal Arts: Early modern literature and culture; space and place
Donnell, Alison
Head of School of Humanities and Professor of Modern Literatures in English
 alison.donnell@bristol.ac.uk Anglophone Caribbean Literature; Black British Literature; postcolonial feminist writing and theory
Edney, Sue Lecturer  sue.edney@bristol.ac.uk English Literature and Community Engagement; Romantic and Victorian literature; Ecocriticism and environmental justice
Etter, Carrie Lecturer in Creative Writing (Poetry) carrie.etter@bristol.ac.uk Creative writing: poetry and short fiction; ecopoetry and environmental crisis; poetry and classical mythology 
Farr-Cox, Jess Lecturer  epjpd@bristol.ac.uk Foundation in Arts and Social Sciences: Lifelong learning and widening participation; academic skills; literature in relationship to gender, film, animals, land and violence
Ferris, Natalie Lecturer in Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century Women's Writing n.ferris@bristol.ac.uk 20th and 21st-century women's writing; gender and creativity; poetry and visual culture; experimental form
Forbes, Erin Senior Lecturer in African American Literature e.forbes@bristol.ac.uk African American and U.S. literature of the long 19th century
Fulton, Helen Chair in Medieval Literature helen.fulton@bristol.ac.uk Medieval literatures and languages; medieval Welsh and Irish literature; Arthurian literature
Gallwey, April Senior Lecturer  april.gallwey@bristol.ac.uk English Literature and Community Engagement: Post-war class and gender relations; oral history; single motherhood
Gao, Tim Lecturer in Victorian Literature timothy.gao@bristol.ac.uk Victorian literature; the novel; virtual reality; narratology
Gill, Josie Associate Professor in Black British Writing josie.gill@bristol.ac.uk Black British, Caribbean and African American contemporary literature; literature and science
Gourd, Elizabeth Lecturer eg17404@bristol.ac.uk 20th century literature and classical reception; grief, trauma and memory studies
Gournet, Marie-Annick Associate Professor in Lifelong Learning and Inclusive Pedagogy marie-annick.gournet@bristol.ac.uk English Literature and Community Engagement
Hanaway-Oakley, Cleo Lecturer in Liberal Arts and English cleo.hanaway-oakley@bristol.ac.uk James Joyce; Literature and film; Literature and science; Literature and the senses; Modernism
Harkes, Rachael Postdoctoral Research Associate  
Harris, Siân Associate Professor in Literature and Learning sian.harris@bristol.ac.uk 20th and 21st-century literature; Canadian literature; women's writing; gender and genre; detective fiction
Harrison, James Lecturer jh17600@bristol.ac.uk Victorian poetry and criticism; aestheticism
Holberton, Ed Associate Professor in Early Modern Literature edward.holberton@bristol.ac.uk Early Modern English and American literature and the Atlantic world; Civil War and Restoration literature
Hume, Cathy Associate Professor in Medieval Literature cathy.hume@bristol.ac.uk Middle English literature; Chaucer and biblical literature; literature and ethics
James, Stephen Senior Lecturer stephen.james@bristol.ac.uk Modern and contemporary poetry; Charles Dickens; poetry and landscape; refrains and repetition
Kahora, Billy Senior Lecturer in Creative and Professional Writing billy.kahora@bristol.ac.uk Creative Writing: the short story and creative non-fiction
Kalisch, Michael Lecturer in Twentieth & Twenty-First Century American Literature michael.kalisch@bristol.ac.uk 20th and 21st-century American prose; Jewish American writing; psychoanalysis; sound/radio studies; publishing studies
Karatas, Melek Research Associate Medieval (French) literature, visual culture, book history (especially manuscript illumination), women's art and writing in the Middle Ages
Kennedy, Kathleen British Academy Global Professor kathleen.kennedy@bristol.ac.uk Medieval English history and the history of the book
Kennedy-Epstein, Rowena Professor of Gender Studies and Women's Writing r.kennedy-epstein@bristol.ac.uk 20th and 21st-century women writers; American literature; the avant-garde; transnational modernism; the archive; feminism
Kiguru, Doseline Lecturer in World Literatures in English doseline.kiguru@bristol.ac.uk African literature and postcolonial literary production
Krishnan, Madhu Professor of African, World and Comparative Literatures madhu.krishnan@bristol.ac.uk 20th and 21st-century postcolonial literature; African literature; literature and politics; prize culture
Lam, Deborah Lecturer deborah.lam@bristol.ac.uk Romantic and Victorian literature, art and aesthetics
Lampitt, Matthew Postdoctoral Research Associate matt.lampitt@bristol.ac.uk Multilingual literary cultures of the medieval Welsh Marches
Laurent, Amy Senior Lecturer amy.laurent@bristol.ac.uk Foundation in Arts and Social Sciences: Lifelong Learning and Widening Participation
Lee, John Senior Lecturer j.lee@bristol.ac.uk English Renaissance drama; Shakespeare; Literature and Medicine
Lock, Pam Senior Lecturer pam.lock@bristol.ac.uk English Literature and Community Engagement: 19th-century literature; the history of drink and drinking
Malay, Michael Senior Lecturer in English Literature and Environmental Humanities m.malay@bristol.ac.uk 20th-century literature; poetry and environmental humanities
Marland, Pippa Lecturer pm0035@bristol.ac.uk Modern and contemporary literature; environmental humanities
Masud, Noreen Lecturer noreen.masud@bristol.ac.uk Modern and contemporary poetry; short-form writing 1800-present; nonsense literature; literature and landscape; affect theory
Matthews, Samantha Associate Professor in Nineteenth Century Literature s.matthews@bristol.ac.uk Romantic and Victorian literature; book history
Maude, Ulrika Professor of Modern Literature ulrika.maude@bristol.ac.uk Post-war English and American fiction; Modernism; literature and medicine; literature and technology; embodiment; Samuel Beckett
McClune, Kate Senior Lecturer Kate.McClune@bristol.ac.uk 15th and 16th-century Scottish and English manuscript culture; Arthurian literature; older Scots literature
McTague, John Associate Professor in Eighteenth Century Studies john.mctague@bristol.ac.uk Restoration and early eighteenth-century literature; the history of historiography; history of the book and analytical bibliography
Moor, Jessica Lecturer in Creative Writing qn23029@bristol.ac.uk Creative writing: the novel
Murray, Rachel Lecturer in Literature and the Environment Modernist literature, animal studies, and the environment
Nadin, Jo Associate Professor in Creative Writing joanna.nadin@bristol.ac.uk Creative Writing: fiction and the formation of 'self'; class and the novel; writing for young readers
O’Brien, Sean Lecturer in 20th and 21st Century American Literature ea23667@bristol.ac.uk Modern and contemporary literature; American studies; Marxism and Economic Humanities
Parker, Emma Lecturer in Literature and Gender emma.parker@bristol.ac.uk 20th- and 21st-century autobiographical writing; afterlives of empire
Passey, Joan Senior Lecturer joan.passey@bristol.ac.uk Victorian literature and culture; transhistorical, transatlantic Gothic 18th-century-present; the blue humanities
Pite, Ralph Professor in English Ralph.Pite@bristol.ac.uk Contemporary poetry; Romantic literature; responses to Dante; Thomas Hardy; Victorian fiction; writing and the environment
Publicover, Laurence Associate Professor in Literature and Oceanic Studies l.publicover@bristol.ac.uk Early modern drama; literary and dramatic geography; the sea in literature and culture; tragedy and theories of tragedy
Puri, Tara Senior Lecturer t.puri@bristol.ac.uk Victorian literature; late-19th and early 20th-century Indian literature; women' s writing and history; periodicals and print culture
Putter, Ad Professor of Early Modern English Literature A.D.Putter@bristol.ac.uk Middle English literature and language; Arthurian romance; comparative medieval literature medieval romance; editing
Renaud, Leighan Lecturer in Caribbean Literature leighan.renaud@bristol.ac.uk  20th and 21st-century Caribbean fiction; Black Atlantic literature; Black women's writing
Savage, Craig Deputy Director of ELCE craig.savage@bristol.ac.uk Lifelong learning; 19th- and 20th-century American literature; poetry; Bob Dylan
Savvas, Theo Senior Lecturer in English Literature theo.savvas@bristol.ac.uk

American literature; postmodernist literature; history and fiction; vegetarianism and veganism in literature; Critical Animal Studies
Skinazi, Karen Associate Professor of Literature and Culture karen.skinazi@bristol.ac.uk Liberal Arts: Late-19th-21st-century Jewish, multiethnic, American, and women’s literature and culture
Soper, Harriet Lecturer in Medieval Literature harriet.soper@bristol.ac.uk Early Medieval Literature and Culture; Old English; ecological theory and the nonhuman
Sperlinger, Tom Professor of Literature and Engaged Pedagogy Tom.Sperlinger@bristol.ac.uk Lifelong learning, literary study, and civic engagement; creative non-fiction, journalism, and poetry
Stadtler, Florian Senior Lecturer in Literature and Migration florian.stadtler@bristol.ac.uk South Asian Literature, Film and History; Salman Rushdie; Migration and Diaspora Studies; Black British Literature; Postcolonial Literature and Theory
Steggle, Matt Chair of Early Modern Literature ms17027@bristol.ac.uk Early modern literature and drama; digital humanities; scholarly editing and lost plays
Tether, Leah Professor of Medieval Literature and Publishing leah.tether@bristol.ac.uk Medieval French and English literature; digital humanities; history of the book; publishing studies
Thebo, Mimi Reader in Creative Writing m.thebo@bristol.ac.uk Creative writing: Children's Literature; ecocriticism; issues of representation, including postcolonial theory
Vaccarella, Maria Senior Lecturer in Medical Humanities maria.vaccarella@bristol.ac.uk Contemporary literature; critical disability studies; literature and medicine; medical humanities
Verweij, Sebastiaan Associate Professor in Scottish and English Premodern Literature s.verweij@bristol.ac.uk Later medieval and early modern literature; Scottish literature (1400-1700); book history and bibliography; editing; digital humanities
Wootten, William Senior Lecturer william.wootten@bristol.ac.uk Modern and contemporary poetry; the creative writing of poetry; poetics and the psychology of verse
Wright, Jane Senior Lecturer jane.wright@bristol.ac.uk 19th-century literature; Victorian poetry and literary criticism; Tennyson, Clough, Arnold, Hopkins

Honorary and Emeritus Staff

Name Title Email
Ailes, Adrian  Honorary Research Associate Adrian.Ailes@bristol.ac.uk
Atkin, Tamara Honorary Senior Research Fellow
Bolton, Timothy Visiting Senior Research Fellow
Cartwright, Penny Honorary Research Associate
Clare, Janet Honorary Professor
Clarke, John Visiting Research Fellow
Collins, Georgina Honorary Senior Reseach Associate
Derry, Stephen Honorary Teaching Associate emsgxd@bristol.ac.uk
Foster Evans, Dylan Honorary Research Fellow ut22506@bristol.ac.uk
Gavurin, Billie Honorary Research Associate bg13358@bristol.ac.uk 
Harris, Rob Honorary Research Associate rob.harris@bristol.ac.uk
Herbert McAvoy, Liz Honorary Senior Research Fellow liz.herbertmcavoy@bristol.ac.uk
Hill, Sarah Visiting Research Fellow
Hopkins, David Senior Research Fellow and Emeritus Professor of English
Jones, Hester Honorary Research Fellow egshej@bristol.ac.uk
Karlin, Daniel Senior Research Fellow and Emeritus Professor in English
King, Rob
Honorary Research Associate
 rk16506@bristol.ac.uk 
Levelt, Sjoerd Honorary Senior Research Associate sl18681@bristol.ac.uk
Loden, Sofia Honorary Research Fellow sofia.loden@bristol.ac.uk
McDowell, Nicholas Visiting Research Fellow
Meale, Carol Senior Research Fellow in English
Phillips, Rebecca Honorary Research Fellow
Price, Dorothy Honorary Senior Research Fellow d.price@bristol.ac.uk
Punter, David Emeritus Professor of Poetry david.punter@bristol.ac.uk
Ryan, Xander Honorary Research Associate ar16211@bristol.ac.uk
Smallwood, Philip Honorary Senior Teaching Associate
Smith, Victoria Ellen Visiting Senior Research Associate, Centre For Black Humanities
Stokes, Myra Visiting Research Fellow
Webb, Tim Senior Research Fellow and Emeritus Professor in English tim.webb@bristol.ac.uk
Whalley, Bethany Honorary Research Fellow

Other Teaching Staff

Name Email
Bond, Ash xn22400@bristol.ac.uk
Bray, Louise ab1598@bristol.ac.uk
Chen, Jiamiao jiamiao.chen@bristol.ac.uk
Derry, Stephen emsgxd@bristol.ac.uk
Fincher, Max bz19359@bristol.ac.uk
Hare, Rachel rachel.hare@bristol.ac.uk
Harrison, James jh17600@bristol.ac.uk
Hilton, Jim ja.hilton@bristol.ac.uk
Ioannides, Sophia si17984@bristol.ac.uk
Hudson-Myers, Ash nu19351@bristol.ac.uk
Knight, Simon yq21002@bristol.ac.uk
Le Butt, Sam sam.lebutt@bristol.ac.uk
Madoré, Sara xk22062@bristol.ac.uk
Muskett, Katherine km14148@bristol.ac.uk
Roach, Shauna shauna.roach@bristol.ac.uk
Smallwood, Philip philip.smallwood@bristol.ac.uk
Streeter, Hazel
 hazel.streeter@bristol.ac.uk
Varley, Sebrina jv20423@bristol.ac.uk
Walter, Gina aw13895@bristol.ac.uk