Teaching
Subhonours Teaching
- EN1003: Culture and Conflict - An Introduction to 19th and 20th Century Literature
Honours Teaching
- EN3207: Contemporary British and Irish Theatre
MLitt Teaching
- EN5504: Reading the Modern
- EN5119: Critical Approaches, Theories, and Research Skills
Research areas
Ellie recently completed her PhD in the School of English in 2026. Her doctoral research was funded by the AHRC via a SGSAH DTP studentship and her thesis - "Can Prose Be Dramatic?": Practice, Performance, and Virginia Woolf's Dramatic Prose - was awarded the Samuel Rutherford Thesis Prize. The prize is awarded annually for the most distinguished doctoral thesis submitted across English Literature, Church History, Scottish History, and Divinity.
Before coming to St Andrews, Ellie studied for the BA in English and MPhil in Modern and Contemporary Literature at the University of Cambridge. Throughout her time at Cambridge, Ellie was actively involved in the student theatre scene and after graduating was employed as Production Manager of the ADC Theatre for two years.
In addition to her specialist interest in Woolf, Ellie has broader research interests including: the Bloomsbury Group; Performance Studies; Literary and Theatrical Modernisms; Theatrical Practice; Creative Practice; Private Theatricals; Early 20th Century Studies; Avant-Garde Theatres; Women's Theatres; Popular Theatres; the Everyday; and Diaries and Letters.
Her less academic interests include long walks, French cooking, bad puns, period dramas, wild swimming, and elderflower flavoured things.