About Shelby Penman
I have been teaching at the University of Sunderland in various capacities since 2019. I am the Programme Leader for BA (Hons) English: Creative and Professional Writing with TESOL at our TNE partner college in Greece and teach on BA (Hons) English: Creative and Professional Writing, with a background in creative writing, language, and literature.
I hold three postgraduate qualifications in education (PGCEs in Post Compulsory Education, Higher Education, and Secondary English) and have Qualified Teacher Status. I also hold a First Class BA (Hons) English degree from the University of Sunderland.
I am currently a PhD researcher. My topic is metempsychosis in David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest.
My research areas of interest are intertextuality, poetry, Irish literature, American literature, Postmodernism, Modernism, Joan Didion, Ottessa Moshfegh, and the New Sincerity movement.
Teaching and supervision
I am currently Module Leader for:
- MED1500 - Introduction to Literature and Language
- MED1502 - Writing Short Stories and Poetry
- MED2500 - Creative and Professional Writing Placement
- MED3500 - Creative or Professional Writing Project
I have previously been Module Leader for the following:
- CPW105 The Business of Writing: Editing and Publishing
- CPW102 Writing Short Fiction and Poetry
- CPW103 Regional Writing: Language
- CPW201 Texts and Contexts
- CPW202 Regional Writing: Literature
- CPW204 Submitting Prose and Poetry
- CPW307 Reading as Writers
- CPW300 Major Project
- CWR301 Advanced Study (Creative Writing)
- CWR304 Writing the Novel
- ELL370 Advanced Study (Literature)
- ELL392 The Play's the Thing: Shakespeare's Dramatic Genres
- LITM65 The Global City: Modern to Postmodern
- LITM66 Dissertation
I was previously the Programme Leader for MA English Studies.
Since 2022, I have been providing teaching support and feedback for our TNE partner college.
Interests
Intertextuality, Irish literature, American literature, Postmodernism, Modernism, and the New Sincerity movement.