Dr Eleanor March 

Dr Eleanor March researches cultural representations of prison, focusing on prisoner writing, prison fiction, and prison history. Her research primarily examines prison memoirs and short stories written by UK prisoners. Other research interests include suffragette prisoner writing, and the representation of prisons in the novels of Margaret Atwood.

Eleanor graduated from the University of Warwick in 2003, and worked in marketing communications for over a decade. After returning to university in 2016, she completed an MA in English Literature at the University of Surrey, followed by a PhD in English Literature.

She is currently Research Fellow in Interdisciplinary Prison Research at the University of Birmingham working on the project ‘The Persistence of the Victorian Prison’. This project examines the continued operation of Victorian-era prisons in England and Wales, exploring the history of these buildings, the ways they have changed over time, and the implications of their continuing use.

Eleanor co-founded a writing programme at HMP Send women’s prison in 2018 and has volunteered on the prison writing competitions organised by Koestler Arts and the Prison Reform Trust.

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