Sasha Matthewman

Sasha Matthewman has recently taken up the position of Senior Research Fellow at The University of Auckland. Sasha started her career as an English teacher in Bristol, UK and has worked in both inner city and rural state schools. From 1998 she was involved in teaching and research in Initial Teacher Education at the University of Bristol, leading the English programme from 2005-2012. She has worked closely with teachers to develop ‘ecocritical’ approaches to the teaching of English in the UK and New Zealand. Her book Teaching Secondary English as if the Planet Matters was published in 2010 by Routledge.