Margaret K. Gray is an early-career researcher based in Oxford, UK. She earned her PhD in English Literature at Newcastle University in 2024; her body of work focuses on interdisciplinary approaches to Victorian literature and aesthetic culture. She has published articles on Victorian women travellers as collectors of Japanese art and Buddhist approaches to Victorian aesthetics. In addition to academic teaching and research, she has worked as an archivist, curatorial assistant, and writer for UK institutions including Newcastle University, the Bodleian Library (Oxford), and UNESCO Blue Shield.