People

Meet the people that make up our English Literature and Creative Writing department.

Head of English, American Studies and Creative Writing

Prof. David Alderson – Professor in English Literature

Head of English Literature

Prof. David Matthews – Professor of Medieval and Medievalism Studies

Staff

Dr Lubaaba Al-Azami, Lecturer in Shakespeare and Early Modern Literature.
Dr Jason Allen-Paisant – Senior Lecturer in Critical Theory and Creative Writing
Dr Kelechi Anucha, Lecturer in Literature and Environmental Justice
Dr Kate Aughterson, Lecturer in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature
Dr Naomi Baker – Senior Lecturer in Renaissance Literature
Dr Anke Bernau – Senior Lecturer in Medieval Literature and Culture
Dr Howard Booth – Senior Lecturer in English Literature
Dr Luke Brown – Lecturer in Creative Writing
Prof. Daniela Caselli – Professor of Modern Literature
Dr Maria Christou – Senior Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Literature
Mr Horatio Clare – Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing
Dr Clara Dawson – Senior Lecturer in Victorian Literature
Prof. Jerome De Groot – Professor of English Literature and Culture
Dr Noelle Dückmann Gallagher – Senior Lecturer in 18th Century Literature and Culture
Dr Gareth Gavin – Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing
Ms Vona Groarke – Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing
Dr Ingrid Hanson – Lecturer in English Literature
Prof. Ben Harker – Professor in 20th Century Literature
Prof. Liam Harte – Professor of Irish Literature
Mr Jonathan Hourigan – Lecturer in Screenwriting
Ms Frances Leviston – Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing
Mr Gonzalo Maza, Lecturer in Screenwriting
Prof. John McAuliffe – Professor of Modern Literature & Creative Writing; Director of Creative Manchester
Prof. Ian McGuire – Professor in Creative Writing
Dr James Metcalf – Lecturer in Eighteenth-Century English Literature
Dr Kaye Mitchell – Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Literature & co-director, Centre for New Writing
Dr Ben Nichols – Lecturer in Gender and Sexuality Studies
Dr James Paz – Senior Lecturer in Early Medieval Literature
Mr Tim Price – Senior Lecturer in Screenwriting
Dr Alan Rawes – Senior Lecturer in Romanticism
Dr Gillian Redfern, Lecturer in Medieval English
Dr John Roache – Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Literatures in English
Prof. Michael Sanders – Professor in 19th Century Writing
Prof. Michael Schmidt – Professor of Creative Writing
Dr Fred Schurink – Senior Lecturer in Early Modern Literature
Dr Robert Spencer – Senior Lecturer in Postcolonial Literature and Culture
Prof. Jacqueline Stacey – Professor of Media and Cultural Studies
Dr Joanna Taylor – Senior Lecturer in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Digital Humanities
Ms Beth Underdown – Lecturer in Creative Writing
Dr Anastasia Valassopoulos – Senior Lecturer in World Literatures
Dr Chris Vardy – Lecturer in English Literature
Dr Sundhya Walther – Senior Lecturer in World Literatures in English
Prof. Jeanette Winterson – Professor of Creative Writing

Honorary and associate staff

Dr Burcu Alkan – Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Letizia Alterno – Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Iain Bailey – Honorary Research Fellow
Dr William Hutchings – Honorary Research Fellow
Maxine Peake – Honorary Professor of Literature and Performance
Dr Alexander Rumble – Honorary Research Fellow

Emeritus staff

Prof. Laura Doan – Professor of Cultural History and Sexuality Studies
Prof. Patricia Duncker – Emeritus Professor of Contemporary Writing
Prof. Hal Gladfelder – Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Prof. Gale Owen-Crocker – Emeritus Professor of Anglo-Saxon Culture
Prof. Jacqueline Pearson – Emeritus Professor of English Literature
Prof. Janet Wolff – Emeritus Professor of Cultural Sociology