The English Association has a long tradition, dating back to its foundation in 1906, of honouring those who have made a distinguished contribution to the subject

In 2000, the EA introduced a special category of membership, by invitation only: Fellow of the English Association. Since then, our Fellowship has grown to include hundreds of Fellows, including writers, academics, educators, librarians, journalists, publishers, and editors.

Our Fellows represent excellence in the teaching and learning of English, and have an active role in the EA’s mission.

In recognition of their award, Fellows may use the letters FEA after their name for the duration of their membership of the EA.

New Fellows are nominated by existing Fellows and by members of the EA’s Board and sub-committees. If you are a Trustee of the EA or a member of a sub-committee, you can nominate a Fellow. We accept nominations all year round; we consider nominations once per year, usually at the December meeting of the Board of Trustees.

The EA also has a Fellows Award, which recognises the contribution of early-career colleagues.

 

Our Fellows

2026 Fellows

All of our Fellows meet the following criteria:

  • Distinguished service to the English Association

Or

  • Distinguished service to English (literature, language, linguistics, creative writing, the promotion of reading) in one or more of the following fields:
    • teaching, e.g. inspirational and/or innovative classroom practice
    • research, e.g. high-profile publications, and research leading to significant societal and cultural impact, including the enhancement of others’ life-chances
    • professional activity, e.g. providing exceptional leadership, influencing policy, supporting colleagues, developing innovative solutions to challenges, and offering significant public engagement including raising the public profile of English (broadly defined)
    • demonstrating creativity and encouraging creativity in others
    • collegiality and good citizenship, e.g. significant service on boards, committees, subject bodies, grant agencies, and provision of training/developmental events etc.
TitleFirst NameLast NameCategoryYear Nominated
ProfessorJaneAaronFellow2004
FleurAdcockHonorary Fellow2001
ProfessorSiânAdiseshiahFellow2026
ProfessorRuthAhnertFellow2025
DrGiuseppeAlbanoFellow2025
DrCatherineAlexanderHonorary Fellow2012
ProfessorMarcAlexanderFellow2025
ProfessorDavidAmigoniFellow2008
ProfessorLindaAndersonFellow2014
ProfessorRosarioAriasFellow2024
ProfessorIsobelArmstrongHonorary Fellow2025
ProfessorTimArmstrongFellow2015
CarolAthertonFellow2009
ProfessorCarlo M.BajettaFellow2011
ProfessorWilliamBakerHonorary Fellow2004
ProfessorAnthonyBaleFellow2026
MrJoeBarberFellow2024
AdrianBarlowHonorary Fellow2008
ProfessorPeterBarryFellow2004
GeoffBartonFounding Fellow2000
ProfessorCatherineBatesFellow2024
ProfessorHeikeBauerFellow2025
DrFreddieBaveystockFellow2023
DrJennyBavidgeFellow2017
KatherineBaxterFellow2023
DrEveBearneFellow2006
Professor DameJanetBeerHonorary Fellow2018
EmmaBellFellow2026
ProfessorChristianBenneFellow2026
RichardBerengartenFellow2012
Professor DrIngoBerensmeyerFellow2025
DrPamelaBickleyFellow2016
JonathanBiddleFellow
DinahBirchFellow2003
ProfessorElisaBizzottoFellow2026
ProfessorRobertBjorkFellow2004
DrJulieBlakeFellow2022
BarbaraBleimanFellow2015
MartinBlocksidgeHonorary Fellow2020
ProfessorRobynBolamFellow2009
ProfessorMichaelBradshawFellow2025
MarilynBrocklehurstFellow2016
CatherineBrutonFellow2026
DrAnnaBudziakFellow2005
ProfessorMarkBurnettFellow2014
DrJamesByrneFellow2025
DrPaulaByrneFellow2025
DrSandieByrneFellow2022
DrLuisaCalèFellow2024
ProfessorIvanCallusFellow2024
ProfessorGordonCampbellHonorary Fellow2020
ProfessorClaudiaCapancioniFellow2026
ProfessorBrycchanCareyFellow2025
DrSarahCarpenterFellow2008
ProfessorGerardCarruthersFellow2024
PeterCashFellow2010
ProfessorJasonChanFellow2026
ProfessorBryanCheyetteFellow2016
RogerClaxtonHonorary Fellow2015
ProfessorPamelaClemitFellow2011
DrGabrielleCliff HodgesFellow2012
ProfessorKatharineCockinFellow2014
ProfessorStefanColliniHonorary Fellow2026
MargaretConnollyFellow2010
ProfessorDanielCookFellow2025
MsRachelCookeFellow2018
DrDavidCooperFellow2022
ProfessorJamesCorbyFellow2024
ProfessorMariaconcettaCostantiniFellow2026
JoyCourtFellow2013
BobCoxFellow2025
ProfessorKatharineCraikFellow2023
ProfessorTeresaCreminFellow2012
ProfessorDavidCrystalHonorary Fellow2010
ProfessorJonathanCulpeperFellow2023
ChrisCurtisFellow2026
DrIanCushingFellow2026
ProfessorAlexda CostaFellow2026
ProfessorDavidDabydeenHonorary Fellow2007
ProfessorNandiniDasFellow2025
ProfessorIanDavidsonFellow2014
HilaryDaviesFellow2017
ProfessorLaurenceDaviesFellow2025
ProfessorStevieDaviesFellow2024
PeterDawFounding Fellow2000
TonyDayFellow2025
AnnDeanHonorary Fellow2010
ImtiazDharkerHonorary Fellow2025
DrFleurDiamondFellow2026
ProfessorSarahDillonFellow2026
DrNatalyaDin-KariukiFellow2022
MeganDixonFellow2022
ProfessorMichaelDobsonFellow2012
ProfessorMartinDodsworthHonorary Fellow2006
ProfessorAlisonDonnellFellow2025
DrFionaDouglasFellow2022
ProfessorRobertDouglas-FairhurstFellow2026
ProfessorJohnDrakakisFellow2002
ElizabethDraperFellow2020
ProfessorLindaDrydenFellow2025
ProfessorDavidDuffFellow2012
DrTomDuggettFellow2024
A MichaelDuncanFellow2007
ProfessorPatriciaDunckerFellow2008
ProfessorRobertEaglestoneFellow2017
ProfessorJessEdwardsFellow2023
MyfanwyEdwardsFellow2025
DrAnn-MarieEinhausFellow2012
DrPaulEvansFellow2018
ProfessorBernadineEvaristoHonorary Fellow2017
ProfessorPaulFarleyFellow2025
ClareFeeneyFellow2026
RitaFelskiFellow2026
ProfessorChristineFergusonFellow2024
ElminaFergusonFellow2026
FrankFergusonFellow2024
ProfessorEwanFernieFellow2025
DrCliveFieldFellow2008
ProfessorPennyFieldingFellow2022
DrDimitraFimiFellow2023
PeterFinchFellow2010
AnneFineHonorary Fellow2024
ProfessorDavidFinkelsteinFellow2011
JoanFoleyFellow2022
DuncanForbesFellow2014
ProfessorHilaryFraserFellow2005
ProfessorRobertFraserFellow2013
MrTonyFrazerFellow2023
MrJohnFullerFellow2001
ProfessorMaria CristinaFumagalliFellow2025
ProfessorRegeniaGagnierFounding Fellow2000
ProfessorFernandoGalvanFellow2004
MrMartinGalwayFellow2023
ProfessorJohnGardnerFellow2025
ProfessorJoGillFellow2017
ProfessorJohnGoodridgeFellow2006
ProfessorBrettGreatley-HirschFellow2026
Emeritus ProfessorJuliaGreenFellow2025
ProfessorStephenGreenblattHonorary Fellow2004
ProfessorSebastianGroesFellow2023
ProfessorAndrewHadfieldFellow2008
ProfessorMartinHalliwellHonorary Fellow2013
FayeHammillFellow2002
ProfessorRobertHampsonFellow2006
ChristopherHamptonHonorary Fellow2010
DrRobHawkesFellow2019
ProfessorDominicHeadFellow2010
ProfessorTomHealyFounding Fellow2000
MrsJoHeathcoteFellow2024
DrMalcolmHebronFellow2023
ProfessorAnnHeilmannFellow2008
BirnaHelgadottirFellow2023
DrBrionyHellon-HughesFellow2026
ProfessorDavidHerdFellow2025
KirstieHewettFellow2024
ProfessorDavidHewittFounding Fellow2000
DrMagdalenaHeydelFellow2026
ProfessorJoyceHillFellow2001
ProfessorAndrewHiscockFellow2012
ProfessorElaineHobbyFellow2008
JakeHopeFellow2021
ProfessorSimonHorobinFellow2020
ProfessorGrahamHugganFellow2005
ProfessorKathrynHughesFellow2004
SusanHunstonFellow2021
ProfessorHazelHutchisonFellow2022
ProfessorLornaHutsonFellow2024
ProfessorGiovanniIamartinoFellow2003
KazuoIshiguroFellow2006
ProfessorIslamIssaFellow2026
ProfessorJanJedrzejewskiFellow2004
AngelaJenkinsFellow2026
ProfessorSuganthiJohnFellow2025
ProfessorIanJohnsonFellow2023
ProfessorChrisJonesFellow2014
ProfessorClaireJowittFellow2008
ProfessorCatherineKarkovFellow2008
DrThomasKarshanFellow2026
ProfessorNeilKeebleFounding Fellow2000
ProfessorThomasKeymerFellow2001
Yoohee RachelKimFellow2026
DrNicoleKingFellow2014
RosalindKingFellow2012
ProfessorRichardKirklandFellow2018
ProfessorPeterKitsonHonorary Fellow2011
RogerKnightHonorary Fellow2008
DrRupertKnightFellow2026
ProfessorSarahKnightFellow2019
ProfessorBenKnightsFellow2004
ProfessorSimonKovesiFellow2018
ProfessorMadhuKrishnanFellow2021
ProfessorJuliaKühnFellow2026
ProfessorSophieLaniel-MusitelliFellow2026
DrChrisLaoutarisFellow2024
ProfessorEdwardLarrissyFellow2002
ProfessorAlbertoLazaroFellow2025
ProfessorNigelLeaskFellow2006
Professor DameHermioneLeeFounding Fellow2000
ProfessorClareLeesFellow2014
DrJūratėLevinaFellow2026
ProfessorRuthLiveseyFellow2020
ProfessorMarkLlewellynFellow2012
HelenLucasHonorary Fellow2017
ProfessorChristinaLuptonFellow2026
ProfessorRaphaelLyneFellow2025
AndreaMacraeFellow2020
ProfessorHughMagennisFellow2004
TraceyMaloneyFellow2020
ProfessorNickyMarshFellow2026
DrBethanMarshallFellow2026
BrendaMarshallFellow2013
ProfessorGailMarshallFellow2016
DrWilliamMarxFellow2016
AliMawleFellow2023
ProfessorJohnMcAuliffeFellow2024
ProfessorAlexanderMcCall SmithFellow2011
ProfessorJosephineMcDonaghFellow2005
DrAndrewMcDonnellFellow2026
DrSeanMcEvoyFellow2014
ProfessorJohnMcGavinFellow2011
RogerMcGoughHonorary Fellow2011
ProfessorDanMcIntyreFellow2025
ProfessorKateMcLoughlinFellow2014
ProfessorGordonMcMullanFellow2016
Professor DrMartinMiddekeFellow2025
ProfessorPeterMiddletonFellow2012
ProfessorSylviaMieszkowskiFellow2024
ProfessorLaura SaetveitMilesFellow2026
MrPeterMilesFellow2004
ProfessorAlastairMinnisFellow2021
ProfessorTomMoleFellow2022
ProfessorAnshumanMondalFellow2020
ProfessorDafyddMooreFellow2024
ProfessorMarisolMorales-LadronFellow2025
ProfessorMaureenMoranHonorary Fellow2020
DrCatherineMorleyFellow2022
MichaelMorpurgoHonorary Fellow2007
AndrewMotionFounding Fellow2000
DrLisaMullenFellow2024
DrCharlesMundyeFellow2015
DrAlanMuntonFellow2004
ProfessorAlexMurrayFellow2026
DrZaahidaNabagerekaFellow2026
ProfessorDaljitNagraHonorary Fellow2024
DrAndrewNashFellow2026
ProfessorSusheilaNastaHonorary Fellow2020
PramodNayarFellow2023
ProfessorScottNewstokFellow2026
MrDavidNichollsFellow2022
ProfessorSueNiebrzydowskiFellow2025
ProfessorKarenO'BrienFellow2022
DrMarianneO'DohertyFellow2023
JamesOgdenHonorary Fellow2004
ProfessorJuan IgnacioOliva-CruzFellow2025
DrSarahOliveFellow2026
ProfessorSusanOliverFellow2024
JohnPaineHonorary Fellow2010
ProfessorMichaelParkerFellow2011
ProfessorPatrickParrinderFellow2001
ProfessorRobertPattenFellow2010
ProfessorAnnabelPattersonHonorary Fellow2004
ProfessorLindenPeachFellow2008
RobertPenmanHonorary Fellow2024
ProfessorClarePettittFellow2025
ProfessorJosephPhelanFellow2014
DrOliverPickeringFellow2001
DrRebeccaPinnerFellow2025
ProfessorJohnPitcherFellow2008
ProfessorMurrayPittockFellow2001
ProfessorAdrianPooleFounding Fellow2000
DrPaulPoplawskiFellow2024
DrJanePotterFellow2015
ProfessorLyndaPrattFellow2012
DrRichardPriceFellow2025
ProfessorMartinProchazkaFellow2011
ProfessorRichardProudfootHonorary Fellow2011
ProfessorPatriciaPulhamFellow2025
ProfessorDavidPunterFellow2001
ProfessorRalucaRadulescuFellow2019
ProfessorDominicRainsfordFellow2025
ProfessorDerynRees-JonesFellow2025
ProfessorChristineReynierFellow2025
ProfessorJenniferRichardsFellow2015
Professor DrGabrieleRipplFellow2025
ProfessorRuthRobbinsFellow2024
ProfessorDavidRobertsFellow2010
ProfessorJaneRobertsFellow2014
MarkRobertsFellow2025
Michael SymmonsRobertsFellow2012
RachelRobertsFellow2021
ProfessorFionaRobertsonFellow2023
ProfessorJoRobinsonFellow2024
ProfessorPeterRobinsonFellow2008
ProfessorNicholasRoeHonorary Fellow2006
MichaelRosenHonorary Fellow2006
ProfessorMalcolmRossFellow2018
Antony CraigRowlandFellow2012
ProfessorGillianRuddFellow2024
DrKatherineRundellFellow2025
ProfessorSharonRustonFellow2010
ProfessorKiernanRyanFounding Fellow2000
PatrickRyanFellow2006
ProfessorRickRylanceFounding Fellow2000
Professor (Emerita)ValerieSandersFellow2004
ProfessorMatthewSangsterFellow2026
ProfessorMalabikaSarkarFellow2019
MsSarahSathaFellow2024
ProfessorNathalieSaudo-WelbyFellow2025
ProfessorMaxSaundersFellow2014
ProfessorWendyScaseFellow2004
ProfessorBarbaraSchaffFellow2025
ProfessorMichaelSchmidtHonorary Fellow2024
ProfessorJoanneShattockFellow2003
ProfessorMichelleSheehanFellow2024
ProfessorAlisonShellFellow2010
ProfessorRobertSheppardFellow2012
DrTimShortisFellow2022
ProfessorElaineShowalterHonorary Fellow2004
ProfessorCathyShrankFellow2016
ProfessorStuartSimFellow2002
ProfessorHelenSmallFellow2021
DrAndrewSmithFellow2008
ProfessorEmmaSmithFellow2012
ProfessorJeremySmithFellow2002
DrLornaSmithFellow2024
ProfessorStanSmithFounding Fellow2000
DrGarySnapperFellow2018
ProfessorSebastianSobeckiFellow2023
DrTiagoSousa GarciaFellow2024
ProfessorNeelamSrivastavaFellow2025
ProfessorJaneStablerFellow2024
ProfessorMartinStannardFellow2002
ProfessorC KSteadHonorary Fellow2004
ProfessorStephanosStephanidesFellow2003
ProfessorTiffanySternFellow2025
VivienneSternFellow2026
DrJennyStevensFounding Fellow2000
ProfessorRandallStevensonFellow2007
DrDavidStewartFellow2025
ProfessorArranStibbeFellow2026
ProfessorKlausStierstorferFellow2011
ProfessorPeterStockwellFellow2012
ProfessorAdrianStreeteFellow2025
StephenStuart-SmithFellow2017
PatriciaSweeneyFellow2025
ProfessorLouiseSylvesterFellow2024
ProfessorMarionThainFellow2025
ProfessorAyannaThompsonFellow2025
ProfessorAlexThomsonFellow2020
ProfessorRobertThorntonFellow2020
ProfessorScottThurstonFellow2023
ProfessorSaverioTomaiuoloFellow2026
ClaireTomalinHonorary Fellow2006
PiersTordayFellow2026
ProfessorElaineTreharneHonorary Fellow2015
ProfessorZoltanVajdaFellow2012
ProfessorNormanVanceFounding Fellow2000
DrPeterVernonFellow2005
ProfessorSueViceFellow2023
DrAakankshaVirkarFellow2026
ProfessorAyakoWadaFellow2015
MrsJaneWadsworthFellow2019
ProfessorDennisWalderFellow2002
ProfessorGregWalkerFellow2002
ProfessorDavidWallaceFellow2017
ProfessorJeffWallaceFellow2015
DrAlisonWallerFellow2022
HelenWardFellow2009
ProfessorMarinaWarnerFellow2007
EdwinWebbFounding Fellow2000
JennyWebbFellow2024
DrPaulWhickmanFellow2024
ProfessorGilesWhiteleyFellow2026
ProfessorDavidWhitleyFellow2023
MrsMarciaWilliamsFellow2010
RachelWillieFellow2021
ProfessorJoWinningFellow2026
ProfessorKenWomackHonorary Fellow2015
ProfessorAngelaWoodsFellow2025
DrGillianWoodsFellow2019
KitWrightHonorary Fellow2009

 

Nominate a Fellow

If you are a Trustee of the EA or a member of a sub-committee, you can nominate a Fellow.

Please note we do not accept nominations where the nominee and nominator are currently at the same institution. You can nominate a former colleague after a period of three years has elapsed since you last worked at the same institution.

Being made a Fellow is a meaningful way to acknowledge the contributions a colleague has made to our discipline. Here’s what one of our current Fellows, Professor Bryan Cheyette FEA, has to say the impact of his own Fellowship:

“My academic career began inauspiciously. I failed the 11 plus and ended up, after much soul-searching from my parents, at the best secondary modern school in Leicester (as it was a one-time comprehensive). But it did not send any of its students to university or even to a six-form college. I would have had a different path if not for an exceptional English teacher, Stephen Charlton, who taught four of us after hours. English Literature was not on the curriculum, so he taught it anyway using Palgrave’s Golden Treasury (1861). This Victorian path to self-improvement did the trick. Instead of thinking of myself as one of a 1001 institutionalised failures, I was able to attend a six-form college and study English literature at A level.

I did not realise it at the time, but I had been converted into a zealous educationalist. A significant number of 11 plus failures are over-achievers. Out of the four Palgrave-readers, one is a pro-vice chancellor, one a mining engineer, and one (the disappointment) climbed the greasy pole in a local bank. We are all autodidacts which means that we never stop learning and never stop trying to overcome our formative sense of failure. I was raised in a Jewish household and while this identity has always been important to me, I am primarily a teacher and learner. It is what drives me to understand the world to this day.

Being awarded a Fellowship at The English Association has been the highlight of my career. At the time I was told that it was the beginning of a process of diversifying the fellows and my colleagues who appoint new fellows have taken this as their mandate. Looking at me you might ask, with some justification, how a middle-aged white man can speak of diversity. My life-experience as not quite “white”, living with antisemitism and classism, gives me some justification but, I agree, that is not enough. We need more people of colour as fellows and, above all, teaching in our universities and schools. We also need a genuine dialogue with the aim of challenging the privilege of whiteness and class networking in our education institutions.

To this end the Fellowship Committee is aiming to support younger colleagues through the Fellows Award. The EA is looking to lead with a robust anti-racist policy which will empower those who are decolonizing the curriculum. For me, an EA fellowship was a wonderful antidote to being cast as a second-class citizen. Those awarding fellowships aim to extend this vaccination programme (if you will excuse the metaphor) so that none of us need feel second-class again. Please propose a fellow today.”

The EA Fellows Award

The EA wishes to recognise the contribution that colleagues early in their careers are making to the discipline, and so in 2021 we created the EA Fellows Award. The Award is presented to an individual who has made an exceptional contribution to the broad field of English Studies in the previous year, for example in:

  •  Advocacy for English Studies in the public sphere
  • Organizing an impactful public event or conference
  • Establishing or developing an English-related network
  • Evidence of outstanding student or pupil support
  • Working locally or nationally to increase access to English language, literature and/or creative writing

Find out more about the Fellows Award