Sarah MacLachlan

Dr. Sarah MacLachlan is a Senior Lecturer and MA English Studies Programme Leader at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her academic qualifications include a D.Phil. in American Studies from the University of Sussex, an MA in English from Clark University, and a BA in American Studies/English from the University of Birmingham. She serves as Associate BA Programme Leader (English and American Literature) and US Exchange Co-Ordinator.

Her research focuses on 20th and 21st-century American literature, cultural theory, border narratives, and representations of Latin America in the US cultural imagination. Key areas include race studies, US-Mexico border dynamics, and Cuban nostalgia narratives.

Dr. MacLachlan contributes to academic service as a reviewer for The Year’s Work in English Studies and chairs the British Association for American Studies Conference Sub-Committee.