Helena has research interests in British and American literature of the long nineteenth century, book and media history, and women’s literature. 

Before joining Northumbria University in 2020 I was a Lecturer in Victorian Literature at the University of St Andrews, and before this held teaching positions at the University of Warwick and Queen Mary, University of London. 

I serve on the editorial board for the Journal of European Periodical Studies (JEPS), and act as section editor ‘Periodicals’, for the Global Nineteenth-Century Studies (GNCS) journal.