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Stephanie Farnsworth


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Lecturer in Media and Communications

My research and teaching interests are at the intersection of science fiction, Gothic studies, and video game studies with a particular enthusiasm for all things monstrous.

Teaching and supervision

I am module leader for a number of core and optional modules. These include:

  • MED122 – Introduction to Digital Media Cultures
  • EEM102 – Gaming Culture
  • CPW104 – Mini-Project
  • MAC387 – Science Fiction Film and TV 

    I also teach:

  • CPW101 – Reading Literature 
  • LITM51 – Approaching Literature
  • ELL391 – Monsters, Madness And Murder

I am the module leader for a number of core and optional modules across the undergraduate suite of courses which include:

  • MAC114 Introduction to Social Media
  • MED122 Introduction to Digital Media Cultures
  • MAC201 Media Studies 1
  • MED332 Popular Music Cultures


I am also a regular contributor to the following modules:

  • MED112 Media Histories
  • MAC387 Science Fiction and Fantasy Television
  • MED312 Media Ethics for Journalism and PR 
 

I am the module leader for a number of core and optional modules across the undergraduate suite of courses which include:

  • MAC114 Introduction to Social Media
  • MED122 Introduction to Digital Media Cultures
  • MAC201 Media Studies 1
  • MED332 Popular Music Cultures


I am also a regular contributor to the following modules:

  • MED112 Media Histories
  • MAC387 Science Fiction and Fantasy Television
  • MED312 Media Ethics for Journalism and PR 

I am the module leader for a number of core and optional modules across the undergraduate suite of courses which include:

  • MAC114 Introduction to Social Media
  • MED122 Introduction to Digital Media Cultures
  • MAC201 Media Studies 1
  • MED332 Popular Music Cultures


I am also a regular contributor to the following modules:

  • MED112 Media Histories
  • MAC387 Science Fiction and Fantasy Television
  • MED312 Media Ethics for Journalism and PR 

I am the module leader for a number of core and optional modules across the undergraduate suite of courses which include:

  • MAC114 Introduction to Social Media
  • MED122 Introduction to Digital Media Cultures
  • MAC201 Media Studies 1
  • MED332 Popular Music Cultures


I am also a regular contributor to the following modules:

  • MED112 Media Histories
  • MAC387 Science Fiction and Fantasy Television
  • MED312 Media Ethics for Journalism and PR 

I am the module leader for a number of core and optional modules across the undergraduate suite of courses which include:

  • MAC114 Introduction to Social Media
  • MED122 Introduction to Digital Media Cultures
  • MAC201 Media Studies 1
  • MED332 Popular Music Cultures


I am also a regular contributor to the following modules:

  • MED112 Media Histories
  • MAC387 Science Fiction and Fantasy Television
  • MED312 Media Ethics for Journalism and PR 

Research interests for potential research students

My PhD is focused on examining the intersection between the Gothic and video game studies. I am the co-founder of the academic network MultiPlay, which takes a multidisciplinary approach to video game studies. I have hosted numerous conferences on video games, and I am the editor of an upcoming collection on Gothic Video Games. As such, I am interested in supervising projects relating to:

  • Gothic video games
  • Bioethics in new media
  • Monstrous bodies 
  • Futurism
  • Biological science fiction/biopunk and cyberpunk projects
  • Posthumanism and cyborgology

Research

My research interests involve speculations of the body, and depictions of all things monstrous. My PhD thesis is a study of non-normative populations in the video game series Mass Effect.

Last updated 27 March 2024