Staff Profile:Dr Cindy Becker

Name:

Dr Cindy Becker

Job Title:

Lecturer

Responsibilities:

Within SEAL I convene modules in:

• Film Narrative
• Career Management Skills
• Communications at Work
• Packaging Literature
• Docudrama
• Shakespeare on Film

I have also contributed to courses in:

• Jane Austen and the courtship novel
• Detective Fiction
• Renaissance Texts and Culture
• Renaissance Drama
• MA courses
• What kind of text
• Revisioning Shakespeare

Areas of Interest:

My primary research interest is Early Modern literature and social/family history. I have also developed a research interest in those areas in which I teach, particularly Packaging Literature and Shakespeare on Film. I continue to have a strong interest in Early Modern literature around death and dying.

Research groups / Centres:

Publications:

Recent publications reflect my interests and include:

• Death and the Early Modern Englishwoman (Ashgate)

My publications also reflect my strong interest in, and commitment to, teaching, having written six study skills guides for Palgrave Macmillan and contributed chapters to others. My forthcoming publication 'How to Succeed as a Mature Student' reflects my interest in this area.