Jodie Matthews

Jodie researches nineteenth-century representations and experiences of people who travelled around Britain (including Romanies/Gypsies and canal boat people). In 2016 she was appointed the Canal & River Trust’s first Honorary Research Fellow. She takes the ethical responsibilities of her research seriously, demonstrating the legacies of nineteenth-century texts and attitudes in the present day and communicating with writers, activists, and practitioners beyond the university. With the Canal & River Trust she organises a Waterways Research Network. Please contact j.matthews@hud.ac.uk to get involved. You can watch a YouTube video about Jodie’s research on canal boat people.

Jodie is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has taught English Literature, Film, Critical Theory, and History, with teaching experience at Cardiff University and the University of Huddersfield. She is Recruitment Tutor for English Literature and Creative Writing. If you are from a school or college and would like to speak to Jodie about a campus visit, Extended Project Qualification, or university taster sessions, please email j.matthews@hud.ac.uk.   

• Representations of Gypsies, Roma or Travellers, especially in the nineteenth century
• Waterways and their cultures in the nineteenth century
• Race, gender and identity in the nineteenth century
• Travel in the nineteenth century
• Co-production in Humanities research