Mary Elizabeth Leighton

Mary Elizabeth Leighton is associate professor of English at the University of Victoria, co-organizer of the 2018 RSVP-VSAWC conference in Victoria, and a longtime RSVP member who was honoured to co-present the 2019 Michael Wolff lecture in Brighton. Her fascination with Victorian periodicals has continued from her 2001 VPR article on the medical press to her co-authored book, The Plot Thickens: Reading Illustrated Victorian Serial Fiction from Dickens to Du Maurier (Ohio UP, 2019). She would be delighted to bring her experiences as past president (2012-15) of VSAWC, past co-editor of Victorian Review, and conference co-organizer to the RSVP executive.