Dr. Dina Pedro Mustieles

Academic profile

Dr. Dina Pedro Mustieles is Assistant Professor in the Department of English and German Philology at the University of Valencia (Spain). She holds a B.A. in English Studies, an M.A. in Secondary Education Teaching, an M.A. in Advanced English Studies (MAES), and a PhD in Literature and Culture, all from the University of Valencia.

Between 2018 and 2023, she was a funded PhD candidate under an FPU grant awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Universities. She has also worked as a Substitute Lecturer at the University of Córdoba (Spain) before joining the University of Valencia as Assistant Professor in 2023.

Teaching & Innovation

Dr. Pedro Mustieles teaches courses in English literature, culture, and language, with a growing interest in applying innovative methodologies to foster critical thinking, interdisciplinarity, and intercultural awareness. She is a member of the teaching innovation group INNOVALingua-EIA (GCID25-3799451), where she contributes to exploring how cognitive linguistics, employability, and new learning environments can enrich foreign language education.

Research & Publications

Her research explores the intersection of gender, trauma, and postcolonialism in neo-Victorian gothic fiction. More recently, she has expanded her focus to include ageing and medical humanities in young adult literature, particularly the cultural and symbolic role of the vampire figure.

She is a member of the research group LAP (GIUV 2017-354) and of the project RELY – Re-orienting Assemblage Theory in Anglophone Literature and Culture (funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, Ref. PID2022-137881NB-I00).

Her editorial work includes co-editing the two-volume collection “Lost, Unhappy and at Home”: The Impact of Violence on Irish Culture (Peter Lang, 2024, with Maria Gaviña-Costero and Donall Mac Cathmhaoill). She also serves on the editorial board of the journal REDEN.

Leadership & Service

Since 2025, Dr. Pedro Mustieles has been Secretary of the PopMec Association (Association for Popular Culture Studies), where she is part of the Executive Board (2025–2029).

Mission

Through her teaching, research, and editorial activity, Dr. Pedro Mustieles combines literary and cultural studies with pedagogical innovation, contributing to the development of critical, socially aware, and future-oriented approaches in English Studies.