About

Dr. Victoria Osei-Bonsu is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Ghana and an internationally recognised scholar of postcolonial literary and cultural studies. With nearly two decades of teaching experience in higher education, Dr. Osei-Bonsu has established herself as an accomplished educator, and researcher.  

Her scholarship explores how literature and culture shape understandings of identity, marginalisation, health, and human flourishing. Working across postcolonial literary studies, rhetoric, cultural studies, and the medical humanities, she investigates the ways individuals and communities negotiate belonging, exclusion, wellbeing, and agency within complex social and historical contexts.

As a scholar, she has participated in numerous national and international conferences, workshops, and research networks, contributing to contemporary conversations on literature, culture, gender, health communication, and social justice.

Education

• PhD in Anglophone Literary and Cultural Studies – University of Basel, Switzerland
• MPhil in English – University of Ghana, Legon
• BA in English with Linguistics – University of Ghana, Legon

Research Interest

Dr. Osei-Bonsu's research examines how narratives shape experiences of identity, marginalisation, health, and wellbeing within postcolonial societies.

Her principal research interests include:

• Postcolonial Literary and Cultural Studies
• Rhetoric and Discourses of Marginalisation
• Medical Humanities
• Literature and Wellbeing
• Gender and Cultural Representation
• Identity Formation and Negotiation
• Literary Representations of Vulnerability
• Women's Writing and Agency
• Storytelling and Human Flourishing

A defining feature of her work is its focus on the experiences of individuals and groups situated at the margins of society. Through literary and cultural analysis, she explores how narratives can illuminate questions of social exclusion, resilience, empowerment, and wellbeing. Her research increasingly engages the growing field of medical humanities, examining how literary texts, cultural narratives, and public discourses shape understandings of health, illness, care, and human vulnerability.