Leigh Wetherall Dickson

Leigh Wetherall Dickson is a full-time Lecturer in Eighteenth and Nineteenth-Century English Literature at Northumbria University. She holds a PhD and BA in English Studies from Sheffield Hallam University. Her research focuses on intersections between literature, medicine, and fashion, particularly examining how societal issues like disease, mental health, and gender roles were represented in historical texts.

Key projects include the Leverhulme-funded 'Writing Doctors' (2018–2021), exploring medical professionals' self-representation. She supervises postgraduate research on topics such as medico-Gothic narratives and women’s lives in historical contexts. Her work spans academic monographs, peer-reviewed articles, and edited volumes, with a focus on authors like Jane Austen, James Boswell, and Georgiana Cavendish.

Publications highlight themes of fashion’s societal impact, medical narratives in literature, and biographical studies of influential figures. She contributes to interdisciplinary discussions on how literature reflects cultural anxieties and scientific developments.