My research has focused on the continued impact and relevance of myth-based narrative frameworks on modern texts and media, with an emphasis on graphic novels, YA literature and film. I have an extensive teaching background in English literature, culture and language.
I currently serve as the coordinator for the MGLU MA program at the Drammen and Porsgrunn campuses.
I am the managing editor of "MAI: Feminism and Visual Culture," (https://maifeminism.com/) and am an editor at the MAI Press (Punctum Books).
CV
Education:
2020: PhD, English Literature. University of Gothenburg
2012: MPhil, English Literature, University of Gothenburg
1993: BA (hons), English Language and Literature, King's College London
Publications
Publications
- "Submission is Faith in the Strength of Others': Synthesizing Male and Female Aspects of War in Azzarello and Chiang's Wonder Woman " , ImageTexT , vol. 9, no.3 (2017)
- “Mass-Surveillance and the Negation of the Monomyth”, Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research volume 5, issue 1, pp. 21-33. (2018)
- "Original Sin as Salvation - The Apocalyptic Boon in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials." Broken Mirrors: Representations of Apocalypses and Dystopias in Popular Culture . (Routledge, 2019)
- “Welcome to the Beginning of the End of Everything” (with Joe Trotta). Broken Mirrors: Representations of Apocalypses and Dystopias in Popular Culture . (Routledge, 2019)
- "The Return Journey in Alison Bechdel's Fun Home ." The Journal of Popular Culture , vol. 53 no. 1. (2020).
- Contributor: Key Terms in Comics Studies (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022)
- Teachable Texts: Recommendations for Embracing an Expanded Notion of Text in ELT: "Heartstopper". Children's Literature in English Language Education, vol 11 no.1. (2023)
- Recommended Reads: 'A Song for Ella Grey.' Children's Literature in English Language Education, vol 11 no.2 (2023).
Reviews
- " This One Sky Day : How to See Light." MAI: Feminism and Visual Culture no.7 (2021).
- "A Few Thoughts on Typical Girls by Susan E. Kirtley." MAI: Feminism and Visual Culture no.8 (2021) .
Editorial Work
- Managing Editor: MAI: Feminism and Visual Culture
- Editor (With Joe Trotta and Zlatan Filipovic), Broken Mirrors: Representations of Apocalypses and Dystopias in Popular Culture (Routledge, 2019)
- Co-Presenter, Co-Producer of University of Gothenburg Podcast T he GotPop Popular Culture Podcast (Aug 2017 -Aug 2019)
- Co-Editor (With Chloé Avril, Zlatan Filipovic, Marius Hentea and Ulla Åkerström). "Literature, Language and Politics - Essays in Honor of Ronald Paul." Nordic Journal of English Studies . 19 (5), i-383 (2020)
- Editor (with Ariel Kahn and Laura Antola) MAI: Feminism and Visual Culture Issue 10 - "Feminist Discourse in Comics and Graphic Novels" (2023)
- Editor (with Anna Misiak and Anna Backman Rogers) MAI:Feminism and Visual Culture Issue 11 - "Representing Women's Realities" (2023)