Dr Rebecca Fisher - CEO English Association
Chief Executive

Dr Rebecca Fisher  Dr Rebecca Fisher joined the English Association team in October 2018. Prior to this, Becky completed a PhD in English Literature at the University of Sheffield. From 2012 she held several posts at the University of Warwick, first as the Postgraduate Recruitment Officer in the Student Recruitment and Admissions Office, moving on…

Colin Gore, Hon. Treasurer, The English Association
Hon. Treasurer

Colin Gore Colin Gore was, until January 2018, the head of governance at the Leicestershire-based Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.

Prof. David Duff - Deputy chair English Association
Deputy Chair

David Duff David Duff is a Professor of Romantism at Queen Mary University of London. In 2015 I was a professeur invité at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, and taught for a semester at the College of William and Mary in the USA. He studied at the University of York for his undergraduate and…

Rob Penman, Chair of the board of trustees, The English Association
Chair of the Board of Trustees

Rob Penman As well as a period teaching English as a foreign language with the British Council in Finland, Rob Penman has taught secondary English in both the independent and maintained sectors in the UK. He was for many years head of English at Katharine Lady Berkeley’s School, a large Gloucestershire comprehensive school where he…

Professor Martin Halliwell - President English Association
President

Professor Martin Halliwell FEA Professor Martin Halliwell is Professor of American Studies in the University of Leicester’s Centre for American Studies and the current Head of the School of Arts (combining English, History of Art and Film, and Modern Languages). He is also International Director for the College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities and Site Director for the Midlands3Cities AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership. He served…