I am a writer and researcher specialising in women and culture in modern Britain. My research broadly explores how literary and cultural works figure the intersections between contemporary British politics and women’s emotional lives.
I am currently completing a PhD in English at the University of Manchester, where I also teach. My doctoral thesis explores the aesthetic and political functions of glamour in experimental writing and visual art by working-class women. I have a BA from the University of Cambridge, and an MSt from the University of Oxford.
My first book, a cultural history of working-class femininity in Britain, is due for publication in 2029. For all things book related, I am represented by Kat Aitken at Lexington Literary.
In 2026 I was shortlisted as a BBC / AHRC New Generation Thinker. I’ve been invited to give lectures and papers at institutions such as Tate Britain, the Whitworth Gallery, and BFI Soutbank, and to share my research on programmes such as BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour.
I also write widely on class, gender and culture. I’ve written for publications such as The Guardian, Financial Times, New Statesman, Vittles, and Tribune amongst others.
In 2025 I curated From the Earth Comes Light: Women, Creativity and Mining for the National Coal Mining Museum for England. This exhibition was the first to explore the links between gender, culture, and British coal. It was written about by the BBC, here.
If you want to get in touch, you can email me on jenniferjaswhite@gmail.com or find me on instagram.
