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.

I became Co-ordinating Lecturer in Humanities at Cardiff University in October 2017 and am currently Interim Director of Lifelong Learning.

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.