Michelle Deininger

I returned to education as a mature student, having completed part of my undergraduate studies at Oxford University’s Department for Continuing Education.

I undertook my AHRC funded PhD at Cardiff University, completing my thesis in the field of Welsh women’s short fiction in English.

I have worked in a range of educational settings, from widening access to a gifted and talented sixth form programme.

My higher education roles include Postgraduate Tutor for first year undergraduates at Cardiff University (2009-2013), University Teacher at Cardiff University’s Continuing and Professional Education (2014-17), Lecturer in English at Cardiff Metropolitan University (2014-15), and University Teacher in English Literature at Cardiff University’s School of English, Communication and Philosophy (2015-16).

I became Co-ordinating Lecturer in Humanities at Cardiff University in October 2017.

My research interests include the short story, women’s writing, feminist theory, ecocriticism, nineteenth-century newspapers, literary networks, literature and higher education, and widening access.