Mariana Ripoll Fonollar

Mariana Ripoll Fonollar serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of English Philology at the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB), where she has established herself as a dedicated educator and researcher. Her academic career is deeply rooted at UIB, where she completed all her formal education and currently maintains her primary institutional affiliation through teaching and research activities.

Education:

• PhD in English Philology from the University of the Balearic Islands
• Master's Degree in Teacher Training (2018)
• Bachelor's Degree in English Philology (2017)

Dr. Ripoll Fonollar's research primarily focuses on gender studies and popular fiction studies, with particular attention to women's historical writing and the history of British feminism. Her scholarly work bridges literary analysis with feminist theory, examining how historical narratives of women's suffrage are represented and repurposed in contemporary contexts. She brings this research expertise into her teaching across multiple degree programs at UIB.

Her publication record demonstrates a consistent focus on the intersection of feminism, historical representation, and popular literature. Recent articles analyze suffragette narratives in contemporary fiction, examining how postfeminist contexts reshape historical understanding of women's suffrage movements. Her work appears in respected venues including The Conversation, Routledge publications, and the Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses, reflecting both academic rigor and public engagement.

Dr. Ripoll Fonollar is an active member of the LITANGLO (Contemporary Anglophone Literatures) research group and has contributed to significant research projects funded by the Spanish Government. Her involvement in the 'Romance for Change' project (PID2021-122249NB-I00) demonstrates her commitment to examining diversity, intersectionality, and affective repair in contemporary romantic narratives.

In her teaching capacity, she supervises final degree projects across multiple programs while delivering courses on English language, academic text interpretation, and specialized English for various disciplines. Her teaching portfolio spans Education, Catalan Language and Literature, Art History, Philosophy, and other programs, demonstrating her versatility as an educator.