English Literature

Dr Mary Shannon

Hi, I'm Mary L. Shannon, I specialise in 19th-century literature and culture so you'll find me teaching modules on Victorian Literature, Children's Literature, and Popular Culture, among other things. I currently run the 3rd year Final Project module. I am also Disabilities Co-ordinator for the School of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences: contact me if you'd like to talk about adjustments that you might need to help you thrive in your studies at Roehampton.

Prof. Jane Kingsley-Smith

Hi, I'm Jane Kingsley-Smith, and I'm a Professor in Shakespeare Studies at Roehampton. My teaching interest is mainly Shakespeare and early modern lyric poetry. I wrote a book called The Afterlife of Shakespeare's Sonnets, which explored how individual poems have been interpreted across the centuries - why George Eliot though they were exasperating, which one Dickens obsessively referred to - that kind of thing. In my spare time, I like reading contemporary novels and rewatching Succession (very Shakespearean).  

Dr Alberto Fernandez-Carbajal

Hello! My name is Alberto and my preferred pronouns are they/them. I'm the programme convener for English Literature, which means I oversee the running of our course in liaison with students and staff. I will be your first point of contact if you need help navigating our programme. My research is placed at the intersection of colonial, postcolonial, queer, and diaspora studies.

Dr Dustin Frazier Wood

Hi, I'm Dustin, a Senior Lecturer in the School of Humanities. You'll meet me in your first semester in Discovering Literature, a module that ranges from Homer's Odyssey to the drag, punk-rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch. 

Tim Atkins

I'm Tim, Hello!

I teach creative writing on the MA Creative Writing and BA English Lit. I'm a published short story writer, poet, and playwright. 

Dr Jerome Boyd Maunsell 

Hi, I’m Jerome, and I'm a Lecturer in the Department of English and Creative Writing. I’m a biographer, writer and critic, and I’m especially fascinated by life writing in all its forms – including autobiography, biography, diaries, notebooks, letters, reportage and travel writing – and how we make sense of our lives through narrative.

Dr Alexander Bubb

Hi, I'm Alex and I teach on the BA English Literature and the MA Children's Literature. You'll often see me walking on campus with my dog Frida, who comes to most of my classes. I'm a nineteenth-century specialist and I teach Romantic & Victorian Bodies, and Questioning the Canon, among other modules

Anthony Paraskeva

I specialise in twentieth and twenty-first century literature, cinema and media, and I teach on modules including Visual Storytelling, Literature and Media, Tragedy, and Dystopias. My research interests in modernism, screenwriting, performance, and the relations between narrative forms in different media (books, film, TV, games), closely inform my approach to teaching. As well as writing books on Samuel Beckett, silent cinema, and multimedia editing techniques, I am also a filmmaker, and recently completed a feature-length horror film based the Greek myth of Medea.

Dr. Lisa Sainsbury

Hello! I am Lisa Sainsbury, Associate Professor of Children’s Literature in the School of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences (AHSS). I teach on aspects of YA, childhood studies, and creative writing for young readers at all levels of study. I also am the Research Degrees Convener for the School of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. I am Series Editor for Bloomsbury’s Perspectives on Children’s Literature and Chair of the National Community of Researchers in Children’s Literature (NCRCL). My ongoing research focusses on the philosophical remit of children’s literature, as explored in two of my books: Ethics and British Children’s Literature: Unexamined Life (Bloomsbury: 2013) and Metaphysics of Children’s Literature: Climbing Fuzzy Mountains (Bloomsbury: 2021).