Iona Amy Murphy

Iona Murphy is a final year English Literature PhD student at The University of Huddersfield. Her research explores the representation of body dysmorphia and ableism in Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar, ‘Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams,’ and ‘Tongues of Stone.’ Her research areas of interest are modern American female poetry, Queer Theory, and Disability Studies. She is a seminar tutor and an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Publications

Normalising Queer Identities in Higher Education: Teaching Lesbian Literature in a Safe and Productive Environment
Normalising Queer Identities in Higher Education: Teaching Lesbian Literature in a Safe and Productive Environment
Iona Amy Murphy. © 2023. 21 pages.
In the British higher education system, there is room for improvement when it comes to LGBTQIA+ representation, in particular the presence of lesbian poetry in literature...