Professor Valerie Sanders
| Biography | Valerie was born and educated in Hull. She then left the city for 25 years - for undergraduate and postgraduate studies, and for lecturing posts at the Universities of Buckingham and Sunderland - before returning to Hull in 2001 to take up a Chair in English at the University. She has since been Head of the English Department, Deputy Dean for Research, Acting Dean of the Faculty (2010-11) and Director of the Graduate School (2012-17). She retired from the University on 30 September 2023 Radio - 'Harriet Martineau', In Our Time, with Melvyn Bragg, Karen O'Brien and Ella Dzelzainis, BBC Radio 4, 8 December 2016. Television - ‘Disappearing Dad', Time Shift documentary BBC 4 29 June 2010 (expert ‘talking head') Reviewing and writing articles for Times Higher Education magazine (2011- ) |
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| Research Interests | 'Neglected' Victorian women novelists, especially Harriet Martineau (1802-76) and Margaret Oliphant (1828-97); also Charlotte Bronte and Charlotte Mary Yonge Life Writing: auto/biography Victorian Family cultures: especially fatherhood and sibling cultures |
| Teaching and Learning | Undergraduate: Young Worlds: Literature of Childhood Postgraduate: Contemporary Children's Literature |
| Scopus Author ID | 14042488800 |