Staff
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Professor David Roberts
Professor of English
David holds degrees from the Universities of Bristol and Oxford, where his doctorate was supervised by the great Shakespeare scholar, Emrys Jones. He then taught at both Bristol and Oxford before moving to Japan, where he taught at the Universities of Kyoto and Osaka, and for the British Council. David was Head of English at...
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Dr Regina Seiwald
Research Fellow
Regina is a post-doctoral research fellow with a passion for postmodern literature and video games, particularly for the way both create their stories and their worlds. Her work primarily focuses on how fictional universes are formed through various devices and what we can learn about the way we construct reality by looking at...
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Professor Philip Smallwood
Emeritus Professor of English
Philip Smallwood is Emeritus Professor of English at Birmingham City University and from 2010 was Honorary Visiting Fellow and then Senior Associate Teacher in the Faculty of Humanities, University of Bristol where he directs a course on 'Literature: Milton to Johnson'. His research interests are in the late seventeenth and in...
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Dr Tatiana Tkacukova
Senior Lecturer and MA English Linguistics Course Director
Dr Tatiana Tkacukova is Senior Lecturer in English Language at Birmingham City University. Tatiana’s interdisciplinary research focuses on the language of the law and courtroom discourse with a specific interest on the interplay between legal and lay communication styles in courtroom settings. Her research contributes to...
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Dr Serena Trowbridge
Reader in Victorian Literature
Dr. Serena Trowbridge read English and Art History at King's College London, followed by an MA in textual studies at the University of Birmingham. Her PhD, entitled 'Christina Rossetti's Fractured Gothic', was completed at Birmingham City University in 2010, supervised by Professor Fiona Robertson. Her monograph Christina...
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Dr Rosie Whitcombe
Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr Rosie Whitcombe is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the School of English. She studied for her BA and MA at the University of Sheffield, before taking a PhD at Birmingham City University. She is an Associate Fellow of the HEA. Dr Whitcombe was awarded a STEAM scholarship from Birmingham City University to undertake her...
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Dr Sarah Wood
Head of Birmingham Institute of Media and English
Category: Engaging and Inspiring Teacher of the Year More about Extra Mile Sarah Wood holds degrees from JMU, the University of Liverpool, and Birmingham City University, where she gained her PhD. Her research interests are in feminism and science fiction. She has an article on Octavia Butler forthcoming in...