Andrew Steven Goodspeed

Andrew Steven Goodspeed is a Full Professor in the English Department at South East European University's Faculty of Languages, Cultures, and Communications. Holding a PhD in Anglo-Irish Literature from Trinity College Dublin, he has served in multiple leadership roles including Dean (2010-2012), Pro-Rector for Academic Affairs (2012-2018), and Pro-Rector for Research (2012-2018).

• PhD, Anglo-Irish Literature (2003) - Trinity College Dublin
• B.A. English Language and Literature (1997) - Oxford University
• B.A. Russian Language and Literature (1994) - University of Michigan

His research focuses on Irish literature, modernist drama, humor studies, and linguistic oppression. He has extensively analyzed James Joyce's Exiles, Samuel Beckett's poetic dislocation, and Harold Pinter's political discourse. Recent publications examine trauma representation in Romantic poetry and cross-cultural reception of modernist texts.

Goodspeed's academic work reveals consistent engagement with modernist experimentation, postcolonial identity, and linguistic politics. His 2025 conference keynote addresses language vulnerability in multilingual education, while 2023-2016 publications span Joyce studies, Beckettian minimalism, and Shakespearean supernaturalism.