David Vella is a lecturer in the Department of English at Junior College and the Centre of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Malta. He has taught English in Aix-Marseille University in France, the IB diploma in Philosophy and English Literature in St Edward's College, as well as courses on horror, science fiction, detective fiction, and critical and cultural theory at the University of Malta. His research interests include psychoanalysis, identity studies, existentialism, phenomenology, contemporary spirituality, the sociology of late modernity, and contemporary horror and dystopian fiction. He has published articles on the novels of Michel Houellebecq, the fitness lifestyle, and identity ethics. He is also the author of 'Refiguring Identity in Corporate Times: Or Rediscovering Oneself in a Consumer Culture' (2023) and the literary fiction novel, 'When her time comes' (2023).
