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.
Research interests:
- Gender and Women's Studies
- Irish Literature and Irish Studies
![](https://www.york.ac.uk/static/data/images/schools/staff-imported/english/Nicoletta Asciuto.jpg)
Research interests:
- Gender and Women's Studies
- Modern and Contemporary
- Poetry and Poetics
- Translation
- Visual and Material Culture
![](https://www.york.ac.uk/static/data/images/schools/staff-imported/english/Jennie Batchelor.jpg)
Research interests:
- Eighteenth Century and Romantic
- Gender and Women's Studies
- Visual and Material Culture
![](https://www.york.ac.uk/static/data/images/schools/staff-imported/english/Clare Bielby-218x300.jpg)
Research interests:
- Gender and Women's Studies
- Modern and Contemporary
![](https://www.york.ac.uk/static/data/images/schools/staff-imported/english/Lola Boorman-218x145.jpg)
Research interests:
- American Literature
- Film Studies
- Modern and Contemporary
![](https://www.york.ac.uk/static/data/images/schools/staff-imported/english/Bowen-218x305.jpg)
Research interests:
- Modern and Contemporary
- Victorian
![](https://www.york.ac.uk/static/data/images/schools/staff-imported/english/Janine Bradbury.jpg)
Research interests:
- American Literature
- Creative Writing
- Film Studies
- Modern and Contemporary
- Poetry and Poetics
Dr Jonathan Brockbank
Research interests:
- Modern and Contemporary
![](https://www.york.ac.uk/static/data/images/schools/staff-imported/english/Matthew Campbell-218x174.jpg)
Research interests:
- Irish Literature and Irish Studies
- Modern and Contemporary
- Poetry and Poetics
- Victorian
Research interests:
- Classical Reception
- Environmental Humanities
- Histories of the Book
- Medieval
Research interests:
- Creative Writing
- Global and Postcolonial
- Medieval
- Poetry and Poetics
- Translation
![](https://www.york.ac.uk/static/data/images/schools/staff-imported/english/Olivia Carpenter.jpg)
Research interests:
- American Literature
- Eighteenth Century and Romantic
- Gender and Women's Studies
- Victorian
![](https://www.york.ac.uk/static/data/images/schools/staff-imported/english/Maya Caspari.jpg)
Research interests:
- Creative Writing
- Gender and Women's Studies
- Global and Postcolonial
- Modern and Contemporary
- Poetry and Poetics
- Translation
![](/media/english/englishnew/people/Kenneth Clarke.jpg)
Research interests:
- Histories of the Book
- Medieval
- Translation
![](/media/english/englishnew/people/Sophie.jpg)
Research interests:
- Creative Writing
- Eighteenth Century and Romantic
- Gender and Women's Studies
Research interests:
- Gender and Women's Studies
- Irish Literature and Irish Studies
- Modern and Contemporary
![](https://www.york.ac.uk/static/data/images/schools/staff-imported/english/Brian Cummings-218x177.jpg)
Research interests:
- Histories of the Book
- Renaissance
![](/media/english/englishnew/people/Fairclough.jpg)
Research interests:
- Eighteenth Century and Romantic
![](https://www.york.ac.uk/static/data/images/schools/staff-imported/english/Alice Hall.jpg)
Research interests:
- American Literature
- Gender and Women's Studies
- Global and Postcolonial
- Modern and Contemporary
![](https://www.york.ac.uk/static/data/images/schools/staff-imported/english/Dave Harper.jpg)
Research interests:
- Histories of the Book
- Renaissance
![](https://www.york.ac.uk/static/data/images/schools/staff-imported/english/Ezra Horbury.jpg)
Research interests:
- Gender and Women's Studies
- Queer Studies
- Renaissance
![](https://www.york.ac.uk/static/data/images/schools/staff-imported/english/Tom Houlton.jpg)
Research interests:
- Creative Writing
- Environmental Humanities
- Film Studies
- Gender and Women's Studies
- Global and Postcolonial
- Modern and Contemporary
- Visual and Material Culture
![](/media/english/englishnew/people/Shazia Jagot.jpg)
Research interests:
- Global and Postcolonial
- Medieval
- Translation
- Visual and Material Culture
![](https://www.york.ac.uk/static/data/images/schools/staff-imported/english/Holly James-Maddocks.jpg)
Research interests:
- Histories of the Book
- Medieval
![](/media/english/images/218/Ayele Kedebe Roba.png)
Research interests:
- Creative
- Gender and Women's Studies
- Global and Postcolonial
- Modern and Contemporary
![](https://www.york.ac.uk/static/data/images/schools/staff-imported/english/Kevin Killeen.jpg)
Research interests:
- Renaissance
![](https://www.york.ac.uk/static/data/images/schools/staff-imported/english/Alexandra Kingston-Reese.jpg)
Research interests:
- American Literature
- Global and Postcolonial
- Modern and Contemporary
- Visual and Material Culture
![](https://www.york.ac.uk/static/data/images/schools/staff-imported/english/Alicia Maddalena.jpg)
Research interests:
- Medieval
- Poetry and Poetics
Research interests:
- Eighteenth Century and Romantic
- Gender and Women's Studies
- Victorian
![](https://www.york.ac.uk/static/data/images/schools/staff-imported/english/Daniel Matore.jpg)
Research interests:
- American Literature
- Classical Literature
- Histories of the Book
- Modern and Contemporary
- Poetry and Poetics
- Translation
![](https://www.york.ac.uk/static/data/images/schools/staff-imported/english/mcdonald.jpg)
Research interests:
- Gender and Women's Studies
- Histories of the Book
- Medieval
![](https://www.york.ac.uk/static/data/images/schools/staff-imported/english/Juliana Mensah.jpeg)
Research interests:
- Creative Writing
- Global and Postcolonial
- Modern and Contemporary
Research interests:
- Eighteenth Century and Romantic
- Translation
![](https://www.york.ac.uk/static/data/images/schools/staff-imported/english/Emilie Morin-218x327.jpg)
Research interests:
- Global and Postcolonial
- Irish Literature and Irish Studies
- Modern and Contemporary
- Translation
Research interests:
- Eighteenth Century and Romantic
![](https://www.york.ac.uk/static/data/images/schools/staff-imported/english/Melissa Oliver-Powell.jpg)
Research interests:
- Film Studies
- Gender and Women's Studies
- Global and Postcolonial
- Modern and Contemporary
![](https://www.york.ac.uk/static/data/images/schools/staff-imported/english/Pritika Pradhan.jpg)
Research interests:
- Creative Writing
- Global and Postcolonial
- Modern and Contemporary
- Poetry and Poetics
- Victorian
- Visual and Material Culture
![](/media/english/englishnew/people/Bryan Radley.jpg)
Research interests:
- Humour Studies
- Irish Literature and Irish Studies
- Modern and Contemporary
![](https://www.york.ac.uk/static/data/images/schools/staff-imported/english/Jane Raisch-218x305.jpg)
Research interests:
- Classical Literature
- Histories of the Book
- Renaissance
![](https://www.york.ac.uk/static/data/images/schools/staff-imported/english/Namratha Rao.jpg)
Research interests:
- Poetry and Poetics
- Renaissance
Research interests:
- American Literature
- Gender and Women's Studies
- Modern and Contemporary
- Poetry and Poetics
- Queer Studies
![](https://www.york.ac.uk/static/data/images/schools/staff-imported/english/Deborah Russell-218x334.jpg)
Research interests:
- Eighteenth Century and Romantic
- Gender and Women's Studies
BS/202
Research interests:
- Environmental Humanities
- Film Studies
- Modern and Contemporary
Research interests:
- Film Studies
- Modern and Contemporary
- Renaissance
![](https://www.york.ac.uk/static/data/images/schools/staff-imported/english/Freya Sierhuis-218x144.jpg)
Research interests:
- Environmental Humanities
- Renaissance
Research interests:
- Gender and Women's Studies
- Histories of the Book
- Renaissance
- Visual and Material Culture
![](https://www.york.ac.uk/static/data/images/schools/staff-imported/english/David Stirrup.jpg)
Research interests:
- Indigenous Studies
- Global and Postcolonial
- Modern and Contemporary
- Visual and Material Culture
![](https://www.york.ac.uk/static/data/images/schools/staff-imported/english/Natasha Tanna.png)
Research interests:
- Gender and Women's Studies
- Global and Postcolonial
- Modern and Contemporary
- Queer Studies
- Translation
![](/media/english/englishnew/people/Matt-Townend-220-by-220.png)
Research interests:
- Medieval
- Translation
- Victorian
![](https://www.york.ac.uk/static/data/images/schools/staff-imported/english/Tyler - website photo-218x246.jpg)
Research interests:
- Gender and Women's Studies
- Global and Postcolonial
- Histories of the Book
- Medieval
- Translation
![](https://www.york.ac.uk/static/data/images/schools/staff-imported/english/Anna Wall.jpg)
Research interests:
- Gender and Women's Studies
- Histories of the Book
- Renaissance
![](https://www.york.ac.uk/static/data/images/schools/staff-imported/english/Walsh Richard.jpg)
Research interests:
- Environmental Humanities
- Modern and Contemporary
- Narrative studies
Research interests:
- Eighteenth Century and Romantic
![](https://www.york.ac.uk/static/data/images/schools/staff-imported/english/JT Welsch (photo)-218x268.jpg)
Research interests:
- American Literature
- Creative Writing
- Histories of the Book
- Irish Literature and Irish Studies
- Modern and Contemporary
- Poetry and Poetics
Research interests:
- Environmental Humanities
- Global and Postcolonial
- Modern and Contemporary
Dr Joanna Wharton
D/J/101
Research interests:
- Eighteenth Century and Romantic
- Gender and Women's Studies
- Irish Literature and Irish Studies
- Visual and Material Culture
![](https://www.york.ac.uk/static/data/images/schools/staff-imported/english/Chloe-218x145.jpg)
Research interests:
- Eighteenth Century and Romantic
- Gender and Women's Studies
- Histories of the Book
- Visual and Material Culture
![](/media/english/englishnew/people/James Williams.jpg)
Research interests:
- Modern and Contemporary
- Poetry and Poetics
- Victorian
Research interests:
- Renaissance
- Global and Postcolonial
- Visual and Material Culture