Makenzie Marshall

(she/her)

Overview

Makenzie Marshall is a second-year PhD student at Cardiff University and Aberystwyth University. She received her MA with Distinction in Welsh from Cardiff University in 2022 and her BA in Literary Studies from Missouri Southern State University in 2018. Her doctoral research, funded by the AHRC SWW DTP, focuses on two 15th-century manuscripts (Peniarth 26 and 27ii). Her interests include the Welsh prophetic tradition as well as multilingualism and expressions of nationalism in medieval manuscripts. In addition to her academic work, she is also an author of Welsh-inspired fantasy fiction.

She is currently on a student placement at Bristol University's Bristol Digital Game Lab, coordinating a Festival of History and Heritage in Gaming.