The Centre for Science Fiction and Fantasy is made up of Anglia Ruskin University staff and students as well as interested members of the community. We are a growing community! If you would like to join, please e-mail Dr. Tiffani Angus.
Co-Directors
Co-directors
Dr Bettina Beinhoff
Dr. Bettina Beinhoff is a Senior Lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University and works in applied linguistics; her main research areas are how language contributes to establishing identity and the social implications of bilingual accents. A few years ago, she started a project on constructed languages (like Klingon, Dothraki and Tolkien’s many languages) which led to a general interest in how
View profileDr Laura Dietz
Dr Laura Dietz is a novelist who combines writing fiction with the study of digital reading, science in literature, and post-print literary culture. Alongside Laura’s novels and stories she presents and publishes scholarly work, often exploring similar themes including credibility, identity, and reputation. Recent articles and chapters in edited collections include work on online literary magazines, cognitive approaches to literature,
View profileDr Jeannette Baxter
Co-Director (Literary Criticism)
Dr Jeannette Baxter is a leading scholar on the work of J.G. Ballard, and has published extensively on his fictional and non-fictional writings as they intersect with post-war science fictions, surrealism, neuroscience, literary historiography, and sound studies. Her broader research interests into the historical and political import of science fiction extend to modern and contemporary writers, including Katherine Burdekin, Anna
View profileProf. Sarah Annes Brown
Co-Director (Literary Criticism)
Professor Sarah Annes Brown has a particular interest in the intersection between science fiction and ‘canonical’ literature. She has written several pieces on the influence of classical literature on the genre, and is currently working on Shakespeare’s relationship with science fiction, looking in particular at representations of how Shakespeare’s plays are performed in the future. She has served as a
View profileDr. Una McCormack
Co-Director (Writing and Publishing)
Dr Una McCormack is a New York Times bestselling author of TV tie-in novels based on franchises such as Star Trek and Doctor Who. She is the author of a dozen science fiction novels, including the original SF novels The Baba Yaga and Star of the Sea. She is also the author of numerous audio dramas based on TV shows
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