Jane Stafford is a New Zealand literature academic, and as of 2019 is a full professor at the Victoria University of Wellington.^[1]

Academic career

After a 1986 PhD titled 'An examination of the "De Passione" Section of John of Grimestone's Preaching Book' at the Victoria University of Wellington, Stafford moved to staff, rising to full professor.^[1]

Stafford has published widely on the early literature of New Zealand and contemporary poetry.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Selected works

• Stafford, Jane, and Mark Williams. Maoriland: New Zealand Literature, 1872-1914. Victoria University Press, 2006.
• Stafford, Jane. Colonial Literature and the Native Author: indigeneity and empire. Springer, 2016.
• Jackson, Anna, and Jane Stafford, eds. Floating Worlds: Essays on Contemporary New Zealand Fiction. Victoria University Press, 2009.