Megen de Bruin-Molé

Dr Megen de Bruin-Molé (@MegenJM, she/any) is Associate Professor of Digital Media Practice at the University of Southampton. She specialises in ‘monstrous’ historical fiction, adaptation, and contemporary remix culture. Her book Gothic Remixed: Monster Mashups and Frankenfictions in 21st-Century Culture (Bloomsbury 2020) examines remix culture through the lens of monster studies, and her co-edited collection Embodying Contagion: The Viropolitics of Horror and Desire in Contemporary Discourse (UWP/Open Access 2021) explores how the metaphors of outbreak narratives have infiltrated the way news media, policymakers and the general public view the real world and the people within it. Read more about Megen’s work on her blog: frankenfiction.com.