Prathiksha Betala

I am a PhD research student in the School of Humanities at Leeds Beckett University, where my research examines alternative models of 'heroism' in contemporary feminist dystopian fiction through a transnational-intersectional feminist lens. In addition to my PhD project, I've also worked as a Research Assistant to a research project on Decolonising the English Curriculum in UK Schools led by the University.

I graduated with an MA in World Literatures from The English and Foreign Languages University in India, where I developed expertise in comparative literary studies and cross-cultural narrative analysis. My academic training has equipped me with theoretical frameworks spanning postcolonial feminism, intersectionality theory, and transnational feminist scholarship.

My research interests include contemporary feminist and queer fiction with a focus on the intersecting axes of identity and the representation of women in global Anglophone literature. I am also interested in how narrative and stylistic innovations in women's writing contribute to imagining feminist futures and alternative models of agency, resistance, and community-building.