Her teaching and research interests centre on children’s literature, landscape, and material culture in fiction. She has published a monograph, Landscape in Children’s Literature (Routledge, 2012), as well as articles on Susan Cooper, Jules Verne, J.R.R. Tolkien, ghost stories, and children’s fantasy. She is currently working on a new project on material culture in late nineteenth and early twentieth century children’s texts. Before her appointment at TCD, Jane taught with the National Centre for Research in Children’s Literature at the University of Roehampton. She has also worked at the Sussex Centre for Folklore, Fairy Tales and Fantasy.