Dr. Sarah Dillon

Biography

Sarah Dillon is a Professor of Literature and Public Humanities at the University of Cambridge, where she has been a faculty member since 2014. She previously taught at the University of St Andrews as a Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Literature for eight years. Dillon graduated with a BA in English from Clare College, Cambridge in 1998, and she holds an MA in Philosophy and Literature from the University of Warwick (1999) and a D.Phil. in English from the University of Sussex (2004). She serves as General Editor of the Contemporary Writers: Critical Essays series and sits on the editorial boards of several journals related to public humanities and contemporary literature. Dillon has held leadership roles within the University, including Director of the Cambridge AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership and Faculty’s Director of Postgraduate Studies. Her research interests span twentieth- and twenty-first-century literature, film, philosophy, and public humanities, focusing on the epistemic role of stories in interdisciplinary contexts. Currently, she is exploring themes related to artificial intelligence and its cultural implications through projects such as 'Turing’s Literature: Alternative History Influence.' Dillon supervises graduate students and is actively involved in public engagement through media activities and publications, including co-authoring a book on narrative evidence for policymaking.

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