Intellect

Julia Round lectures in the Media School at Bournemouth University, United Kingdom, and co-edits the academic journal Studies in Comics. She has published and presented work internationally on cross-media adaptation, television and discourse analysis, the application of literary terminology to comics, the 'graphic novel' redefinition, and the presence of gothic and fantastic motifs and themes in this medium. She holds a Ph.D. in English Literature from Bristol University, England, and MA in Creative Writing from Cardiff University, Wales, and has previously taught at Central St. Martins College of Art and Design, London, and Bristol University. She is a member of Bournemouth University's Narrative Research Group, the Higher Education Academy, and the International Society for the Study of Narrative. Her research explores contemporary British-American comics from literary, cultural, narratological and semiotic perspectives.