I hold a PhD from Birkbeck College, University of London and I'm an Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer in Film Studies and Media at York St John University. I am the co-author of:
- The Spectral West: Supernature and the Gothic (Anthem Press, 2025)
- Contemporary Gothic and Horror Film: Transnational Perspectives (Anthem Press, 2021)
- Guillermo del Toro: Film as Alchemic Art (Bloomsbury, 2015)
And the author of:
- Film and Television Textual Analysis: A Teachers Guide (Auteur, 2009)
I am currently involved in researching and writing on popular media and collective memory. Other interests include pedagogy, transnational media and film stardom.
I teach on the following courses:
- Film Studies BA
- Media and Communications BA
- Screen Studies MA
