Dr. Michelle Elleray

Biography

Michelle Elleray is an Associate Professor specializing in Victorian literature, with a focus on themes related to empire, the South Pacific and Oceania, periodicals, and ecocriticism. Her teaching interests include the study of nineteenth-century African American and African Canadian newspapers. Dr. Elleray is currently engaged in a research project titled 'Periodicals Pasifika Nineteenth-Century Britain: Textual Indigenous Emissaries,' which aims to recover accounts of Pasifika presence in Britain and reassess the significance of periodicals as mediators of British knowledge about the Pacific. This project highlights the material culture and the six Pasifika individuals who traveled to Britain between 1843 and 1856, discussing their representations in evangelical periodicals and local newspapers. Her recent publications reflect her research focus, including contributions to scholarly works on Victorian literature and colonial periodicals. She holds a PhD from Cornell University, an MA (Hons) from the University of Auckland, and a BA from Victoria University of Wellington, equipping her with a deep understanding and insight into her fields of study.

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