Christina Marie Alt

Christina Marie Alt is a Lecturer in the School of English at the University of St Andrews, specializing in modernist literature and environmental humanities. Her research focuses on early 20th-century nature writing, intersections between literature and science, and ecological awareness in modernist texts. She has authored works on Virginia Woolf, H.G. Wells, and climatic change discourses.

Her research interests include:

• Environmental humanities and ecocriticism
• Modernist literature (1900-1945)
• Interdisciplinary studies of science and literature
• Nature writing across literary periods

Key projects include the AHRC-funded 'Land lines: modern British nature writing (1789-2014)' and the Leverhulme Trust-supported 'Modernist Roots: Early Ecology and Modernist Literature in Britain, 1900-1945'.

Her publications explore topics like Anthropocene anticipations in Woolf's writing and climatic change narratives in early 20th-century literature. Alt's work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to climate action and sustainable ecosystems.