Richard Freadman has been Professor of English in the School of Communication, Arts and Critical Enquiry (English Program) at La Trobe University and Director of the Unit for Studies in Biography and Autobiography. He is a graduate of Brandeis and Oxford Universities. During the 1980s, Freadman taught at the University of Western Australia. He also served a three-year secondment at Lingnan University, Hong Kong (2007-2009).
Freadman's areas of research include the English and American novel, ethics, literary theory, biography and autobiography and he has published widely in this field.