{"id":620,"date":"2026-05-11T10:55:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T09:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newman.ac.uk\/staff\/?post_type=staff&p=620"},"modified":"2026-06-01T14:18:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T13:18:27","slug":"dr-frankie-hines","status":"publish","type":"staff","link":"https:\/\/newman.ac.uk\/staff\/staff\/dr-frankie-hines\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Frankie Hines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Dr Frankie Hines<\/h1>\n\n\n

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Biography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Frankie has taught on the interdisciplinary Foundation Year programme at Birmingham Newman since 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to this he worked at Coventry University and was the 2022 Early Career Visiting Scholar in American Studies at Northumbria University. He received his BA in American Studies and MA in Modern and Contemporary Literature, Culture and Thought, both from the University of Sussex, and his PhD in English Literature from the University of Westminster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frankie\u2019s research spans contemporary literature, culture and political thought, and has appeared in the journals Textual Practice<\/em>, Contemporary Women\u2019s Writing<\/em> and Anarchist Studies<\/em>. His first monograph, Anarchist Writing in the Contemporary United States: Literature, Direct Action, and the Refusal of Representation<\/em>, is forthcoming with Manchester University Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is an AdvanceHE Fellow, having received his Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education Practice from Birmingham Newman in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Profile<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Research interests<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Frankie\u2019s research focuses on the literary, cultural and theoretical production of contemporary radical political movements, with a focus on anarchist and ecological movements in the United States. His current research projects focus on the role of domestic spaces in political movements and their cultures, the work of Jeff VanderMeer and Richard Powers, and literary representations of infrastructure and logistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teaching<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Frankie teaches on the Core Foundation Year modules, Education and Society and Being Human in a Digital World, which are taken by all Foundation Year students at Birmingham Newman. In the 2025\/26 academic year he led a redesign of the Degree Project module taken by the January start Foundation Year cohort. He also contributes teaching to the BA English and the BA and MA Applied Humanities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Administrative Responsibilities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Frankie coordinates the Foundation Year Peer Mentor scheme, which recruits Level 4 and 5 students to support Foundation Year students as they begin their studies. In the 2025\/26 academic year he is leading a Student-Staff Partnership Project to develop a new university-wide training for student peer mentors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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