About
I am a Lecturer in English Literature in the Department of English, where I teach across a range of modules at both UG and PGT level, with a focus on postcolonialism, critical race theory, gender and environment in contemporary literature. I am the co-ordinator for the third-year science fiction and environment module Re-Writing Nature: Literature, Science and Science Fiction.
My primary research areas lie at the intersection of gender and sexuality, postcolonial literature, ecocriticism and religious studies. I am preparing my first monograph, which examines how contemporary Nigerian writers theorise gender nonconformity through creative engagements with ritual embodiment in Mami Wata worship. The monograph explores the work of four writers - Akwaeke Emezi, Chris Abani, Francesca Ekwuyasi and Eloghosa Osunde - who articulate queer and nonconforming subjectivities through the lens of water deity worship, transatlantic spiritual crossings, and more-than-human lineages that encompass people, places and gods.
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My academic support and feedback hours for Semester 2 (2025-26) are Tuesdays from 12-1pm in my office (3.09, 19-23 Abercromby Square) and Wednesdays from 2-3pm on MS Teams.