Professor Susan Watkins
Professor · Leeds Beckett University
Professor Susan Watkins is an expert in contemporary women's fiction and feminist theory.
Contemporary Women's Dystopian and Apocalyptic Fiction Doris Lessing Gender Culture Ageing
Chuck Rosenthal
Professor Emeritus of English · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Fiction Narrative Narrative Theory Magic Journalism Animal Consciousness
Kinitra Brooks
Associate Professor · Michigan State University
Dr. Brooks specializes in the study of black women, genre fiction, and popular culture.
Short Horror Fiction Genre Fiction Black Women Popular Culture Treatment of Black Women in Science Fiction
Mary Kuryla
Clinical Assistant Professor of Screenwriting · Loyola Marymount University
School of Film and Television
Film Studies: Horror Genre and International Cinema Children's Book Writing Independent Film Directing and Producing Screenplays Fiction Writing: Novels and Short Stories
Alexandra Neel
Associate Professor of English and Director of Humanities · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Nineteenth-Century British Literature Visual Cultures Theories and Histories of Photography Travel Literature Polar Studies
Deena Weisberg, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences · Villanova University
Deena Weisberg, Ph.D., studies imaginative cognition and scientific thinking in young children and adults.
Child Development Imagination Public Understanding of Science Galapagos Islands Pretend Play
Adilifu Nama
Professor of African American Studies · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Black Representation in Film and Television afrofuturism SciFi Film Prince comics
Mandy Brouse
Small business owner · Words Worth Books
Small business owner, marketing manager and occasional online columnist.
Small Business Business Publishing & Promoting Publishing Writing
Molly Youngkin
Professor of English · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Gender Studies and Narrative Theory Nineteenth-Century British Literature Romantic and Victorian Literature
Stuart Candy
Associate Professor · Carnegie Mellon University
Stuart Candy is an advisor, facilitator, educator, artist and designer with more than twenty years of experience in the futures field.
Speculative Design Future of Work Design Fiction Foresight Transmedia Storytelling
Todd Robert Petersen
Professor of English · Southern Utah University
Specializing in formal structures of visual storytelling, creative writing, film theory, and aesthetics
Traditional and Contemporary Models of Successful Writing Creative Writing Techniques Coming-of-Age Storytelling Project-Based Learning in HIgher Education Project Management
Nina Amir
Chief Inpiration Officer · Pure Spirit Creations
International speaker, award-winning blogger, bestselling author, Certified High Performance Coach, Author Coach, Blog/Blog-to-Book Coach.
Freelance Writing Online Journalism and Blogging Non-Fiction Writing Journalism and Writing for Publication How to Blog A Book
Jesmyn Ward
Professor · Tulane University
Critically acclaimed author Jesmyn Ward is a two-time National Book Award Winner and professor of creative writing.
Communication English Creative Writing Media Studies
Claire Stanford
Assistant Professor | English · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Science Fiction Creative Writing Speculative Fiction Narrative Form Genre and the Body
Gary Richards
Professor of English · University of Mary Washington
Dr. Richards' research focuses on Southern literature.
Southern Literature and Culture American Fiction Contemporary Drama English Harper Lee
Steven Mailloux
President's Professor Emeritus of Rhetoric · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Critical Theory Political Theology U.S.Cultural Studies English Rhetoric
Frederick Ayeroff
Senior Lecturer in Screenwriting · Loyola Marymount University
School of Film and Television
Story Structure and Analysis Writing Original Feature Scripts on Spec
Veronica Kitchen
Associate Professor of Political Science · University of Waterloo and Balsillie School of International Affairs
Associate Prof of Political Science, University of Waterloo & Balsillie School of International Affairs
International Security Counter-Terrorism National Security Foreign Policy Canada-United States relations
Chad Post
Publisher, Open Letter Books · University of Rochester
Chad Post is publisher of the University's nonprofit, literary translation press, Open Letter Books, and an expert on literary translation
Literary Translation Academic Publishing World Literature
Jennifer Pate, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
General Economics Industrial Organization Experimental and Behavioral Economics Applied Microeconomics Public Economics