Ellie is a Lecturer in English based at Port Macquarie campus and has experience teaching literary studies, children’s literature, and creative writing. She completed her Honours (First Class) at Deakin University in 2015 which led to the completion of her PhD in 2021 under the supervision of Dr Alyson Miller and Associate Professor Cassandra Atherton. Her thesis focused on the representation of the antiheroine in contemporary Gothic and crime-fiction texts, with a specific theoretical focus on abjection, the monstrous-feminine, and expressions of sexuality and gender. Since the completion of her PhD, Ellie has published scholarship and reviews in both national and international journals including TEXT, Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction, IAFOR, and Papers on Language and Literature. Her research interests extend to television, film, and gaming, predominantly with a feminist and gender focus.

Ellie enjoys theatre, singing, cooking, and of course, reading, especially when in the company of her three cats.