Helen Koukoutsis

Helen Koukoutsis is a Lecturer in Literary Studies in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts and a member of the Writing and Society Research Centre. She was awarded a PhD from Macquarie University and a commendation from the Vice Chancellor for a thesis of exceptional merit. Her primary research focus is poetry, which manifests into two forms: creative and scholarly. Her core field of scholarly research is nineteenth-century poetry, especially the works of the American poet, Emily Dickinson, and her cultural milieu. Her creative research functions in tandem with her research on Dickinson, drawing heavily on the personal and cultural happenings of the moment in two societies: Australia and Greece.