Dewi Widyastuti

Dewi Widyastuti, M.Hum., Ph.D. is a lecturer at the English Literature Department, Faculty of Letters, Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta since 1998. She earned her doctorate in TESOL (Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages) from Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak, Malaysia. Her main research interests are identity studies and creative writing. During her doctoral studies, she participated and won several short story and poetry writing competitions held by Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak. In addition to teaching, she enjoys writing stories and poetry. She published her first novel, The Flat Man, in 2012.