Dr Sarah Falcus, PhD

I work as a Senior Lecturer in Academic Development for the Centre for Academic Practice at the University of Cumbria. My background is in literary studies, but I've taught and supervised in a variety of related areas, from creative writing to research skills and impact in practice. I'm particularly interested in the rich relationship between research and teaching practice. I've worked on projects involving mentorship; postgraduate and early career training and mentoring; and transition experiences in HE. 

PhD in English, University of Aberdeen 

MA in English, University of Aberdeen

PGCE in Further, Adult and Higher Education, University of Wolverhampton

Fellow of HEA

Member of Academic Advisory Board of European Network in Aging Studies

Co-Director of Dementia and Cultural Narrative Network

Falcus, S. and Sako, K. (2024) 'Intergenerationality, Age, and Environment in Children's Picturebooks', in Lipscomb, V.B. and Swinnen, A. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Literature and Aging. Palgrave, pp.215-236.

Falcus, S., Hartung, H. and Medina, R. (eds) (2023) The Bloomsbury Handbook to Ageing in Contemporary Literature and Film. Bloomsbury.

Falcus, S. and Hartung, H. (eds) (2023) special issue of Frontiers of Narrative Studies Frontiers of Narrative Studies, 9(1) doi:https://doi.org/10.1515/fns-2023-2009

Oró-Piqueras, M. and Falcus, S. (eds) (2023) Age and Ageing in Speculative and Science Fiction. Bloomsbury. Sako, K. and Falcus, S. (2023) 'Futurity, the life course and aging in Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun', Frontiers of Narrative Studies, 9(1), pp.121-136. doi: https://doi.org/10.1515/fns-2023-2009

Golding, B. Caldwell, E.F. and Falcus, S. (2022) ‘Health Communication through Picturebooks: Perspectives from Adult Family Members and Health Professionals on Children’s Books about Dementia’, in Metzner-Szigeth, A. (ed.) On the Interplay of Images, Imaginaries and Imagination in Science Communication. Casa Editrice Leo S. Olschki, pp.315-326.

Sako, K. and Falcus, S. (2022) ‘Converging and Emerging Time: The Child-Older Adult Relationship in Children’s Picturebooks in Japan’, in Sako, K. and Falcus, S. (eds) Contemporary Narratives of Ageing, Illness, Care. Routledge.

Sako, K. and Falcus, S. (eds) (2022) Contemporary Narratives of Ageing, Illness, Care. Routledge.

Caldwell, E. and Falcus, S. (2021) ‘Little bugs and wicked viruses: communicating the COVID-19 pandemic through picturebooks for children’, Journal of Science and Popular Culture, 4(1), pp. 3-19.

Waller, A. and Falcus, S. (2021) ‘Life Stages’, International Research in Children’s Literature, 14(3), pp. 245-251. 

Caldwell, E., Falcus, S. and Sako, K. (2021) ‘Depicting Dementia: Representations of Cognitive Health and Illness in Ten Picturebooks for Children’, Children’s Literature in Education, 52, pp. 106–131. Open access: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10583-020-09405-w.  

Visiting Researcher at Center for Research in Aging and Care, University of Graz