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I am a contemporary literature specialist, with a background in gender and women’s studies. My teaching and module tutor responsibilities include crime fiction, children’s and young adult (YA) literature, gender and sexuality in literature, postcolonial and world writing, North American literature, and professional and critical writing.
My research informs my module design and teaching, and I am keen to introduce students to the most recent literary texts and critical debates such as #MeToo, LGBTQ+ issues, and postcolonialism.
I am an active researcher and have published widely, and I regularly present papers at conferences in Britain and abroad. I am an experienced postgraduate supervisor and welcome applications from prospective students researching in my areas of expertise.
Intersectionality and Decolonisation in Contemporary British Crime Fiction (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2023). Submitted for consideration for the International Crime Fiction Association Prize 2023.
Decolonising the Literature Curriculum (Palgrave, 2022). Awarded the Prize for Best Edited Collection in 2022 by British Association for Contemporary Literature Studies.
Murder in a Few Words: Gender, Genre and Location in the Crime Short Story (McFarland, 2020). Submitted for consideration for the Edgar Awards, in the best critical/biographical category; submitted for consideration for the International Crime Fiction Association 2021 Annual Book Prize.
Teaching Crime Fiction (Palgrave, 2018). Shortlisted for 2019 Teaching Literature Book Award.
Article “Feminist Revisionist Mythology and Female Identity in Margaret Atwood’s Recent Poetry” Literature and Theology 14, no. 3 (2000); winner of the Margaret Atwood Society award for the best article on Atwood published in 2000.
British Association for American Studies, Contemporary Women’s Writing Association, British Association for Irish Studies, British Association for Contemporary Literary Studies, Crime Studies Network.
Crime fiction; children’s and young adult literature; gender and sexuality in literature; decolonisation; postcolonial and world literature; North American writing; professional and critical writing.
Dr Charlotte Beyer is the author of four single-author scholarly monographs to date:
Murder in a Few Words: Gender, Genre and Location in the Crime Short Story (McFarland, 2020)
Contemporary Children’s and Young Adult Literature: Writing Back to History and Oppression (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2021)
Intersectionality and Decolonisation in Contemporary British Crime Fiction (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2023)
Her fourth monograph, Crime Fiction in the Age of #MeToo, was published by Anthem Press in 2024.
Dr Beyer has edited six books to date. These include Contemporary Crime Fiction: Crossing Boundaries, Merging Genres (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2021), and Teaching Crime Fiction (Palgrave, 2018). The latter book was shortlisted for the 2019 Teaching Literature Book Award. Decolonising the Literature Curriculum, her edited book on pedagogical scholarship, was published by Palgrave in March 2022, and was awarded the BACLS Edited Collection Prize.
Dr Beyer has also edited two journal special issues: American, British and Canadian Studies on contemporary crime fiction (2017); and Feminist Encounters on feminism and motherhood in the 21st Century (2019). She serves on the Editorial Boards for the journals The New Americanist, American, British and Canadian Studies, and Feminist Encounters.
External Examiner for BA in English Literature, University of Worcester
External Examiner for BA Creative and Professional Writing, University of Sunderland
Crime Writers’ Association Daggers Award judge: https://thecwa.co.uk/awards-and-competitions/the-daggers/historical-dagger
Editor-in-Chief for Palgrave series “Teaching the New English”: https://www.palgrave.com/gp/series/14458
Crime fiction
#MeToo
Children’s and young adult literature
Decolonising the curriculum
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