Romance Scholars
A starter pack of people who have produced/are producing academic studies of popular romance fiction and librarians who contribute to romance scholarship. There's overlap between the two, obviously.
Created by
@lauravivanco.bsky.social
@valeriefrankel.bsky.social
👨🎓Professor, 📚author of 100 books on drwho💫starwars✨outlander #sfwa🚀 #scbwi #kidlit Cali https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B004KMCLQK pitch me on #academic #Jewish #sff https://rowman.com/Action/SERIES/_/LEXJSF/Jewish-Science-Fiction-and-Fantasy
@jm930.bsky.social
@eloisajames.bsky.social
I write historical romances & teach Shakespeare at Fordham U. www.eloisajames.com
@kwtaylor.bsky.social
I write words and tell others how to write words. 🐱🐱💙 SF/F/H/rom author, prof, wife, catmom, nerd, voter, optimist. 📚📺🎬🎵🤓🧘♀️SHUWPF MFA, BGSU ACS PhD
@sapphicswoon.bsky.social
Co-organiser of the Romance Reading Group (free to join, monthly online sessions) / Queer scholar / Sapphic lit lover 💕📚🏳️🌈. Recently completed research: Mattering in sapphic YA published 1990-2020.
@iaspr.bsky.social
The International Association for the Study of Popular Romance is dedicated to fostering and promoting the scholarly exploration of all popular representations of romantic love. Publishes @jprstudies.bsky.social https://www.iaspr.org/
@sandraantonelli.bsky.social
Author. Rom-suspense spy mysteries for grown ups & smartasses. PhD. Champion for women aged 40+. Ageism dismantler. Dog lover. Down Underer.
@meaghanlb.bsky.social
PhD student - history/Irish Studies - Concordia University Masculinities, romance novels, sex, and smut. Likes dogs more than people. @thesmutstorian on Insta
@riacheyne.bsky.social
Liverpool-based academic. Disability, medical humanities, genre fiction, neurodiversity, accessibility and inclusion in HE. #DisabilityStudies #MedHums Disability, Literature, Genre book (Liverpool UP, 2019) #OpenAccess at https://shorturl.at/5ykqk
@jessisreading.bsky.social
Romance enthusiast. WHEN IN ROMANCE podcast. Book Riot Contributing Editor. BLACK LOVE MATTERS and SOMEPLACE GENEROUS out now! She/her 🩷💜💙
@superwendy.bsky.social
Romance reader, Emeritus RWA Librarian of the Year, Detroit Tigers fan, tea addict, #TBRChallenge hostess. Life is short, read something that makes you happy https://linktr.ee/SuperWendy
@claireparnell.bsky.social
Lecturer in Digital Publishing at the University of Melbourne. Researching digital book publishing, popular fiction & platform economies.
@arkhamlibrarian.bsky.social
rare book librarian, book junkie, devotee of the weird, angry queer, friend to all monsters, nonbinary freak.
@tuphlos.bsky.social
Reader. Librarian. Lawyer. My mouth is unruly. I've been told I'm zesty! Lover of things and (some) people. Watcher of sports and cooking shows. And dramas. Midwestern core, PNW present.
@anneoreilly.bsky.social
Librarian, Professor, Romance Reader, and Romance Researcher. She/Her.
@cvbell.bsky.social
🇯🇲Culture critic, media & politics prof and researcher. I 💙 Art & Democracy. Bylines: NPR, Boston Globe, IndieWire, LATimes, NYTimes, Washington Post, Oprah Daily, The Emancipator and BookPage. UNC J-School PhD. Linktr.ee/Cvbell
@elysabethgrace.bsky.social
Black Shakespearean/EM scholar; writer of Black historical, Black, paranormal & contemporary romance & historical cozy mysteries. Advice: don't test me & this Aquarius will leave you alone www.elysabethgrace.com www.themargohendricksexperience.com
@profromance.bsky.social
Ambedkarite, romance reader and scholar, annihilate caste
@vaveros.bsky.social
Libraries and digital literacies scholar as well as popular romance fiction. PhD teaching @ UTS. Walking, talking, storytelling and shallowreading. I sometimes forget the shallow part. shallowreader.com
@klnoone.bsky.social
writer, professor, medievalist, lgbtq romance author, happily married bisexual, she/they pronouns, fan of craft beer & board games
@mjkeran.bsky.social
Recent English lit PhD thinking about the intersections of pop culture & violence against women. I love cats, romance novels, pop music, and buying too many planners.
@dramyburge.bsky.social
Associate Professor of popular fiction. Romance specialist. Managing Editor of the Journal of Popular Romance Studies. Network Lead for Muslim Women's Popular Fiction project. She/her. Currently writing about bonkbusters with @jodimca.bsky.social
@smidovamm.bsky.social
PhD student at Masaryk University. Interested in queer romance, English folklore and liminality. Views are my own. She/they. Header: see @portaltohades at twitter
@heatherschell.bsky.social
Romance scholar, aspiring NPS Weed Warrior, Ass't Professor of Writing at GW, and ON SABBATICAL!!! I love the smell of sagebrush, pine, moss, and petrichor, and I try to spend as much time as possible where these scents live.
@hannahoorenman.bsky.social
Asst. prof. at Utrecht U. Book review editor at the Journal of Popular Romance Studies. American poetry, popular fiction, love studies, animal studies. Reader of books, drummer of drums. Currently obsessed with Vikingism in popular culture. She/her.
@shelflove.bsky.social
A podcast & Substack about romance novels, and how they reflect, explore, challenge, and shape desire. Host: Andrea Martucci (she/her) #romancebks #romancereader https://linktr.ee/shelflovepodcast
@billbloodyhughes.bsky.social
Cat lover. 18C scholar on the dialogue and novel. Gothic fairies, vampires and paranormal romance; co-organiser Open Graves, Open Minds Project @ogomproject.bsky.social https://hcommons.org/members/billhughes/ www.opengravesopenminds.com
@jprstudies.bsky.social
A peer-reviewed open-access journal exploring popular romance media and the logics, institutions, and social practices of romantic love in global popular culture. https://www.jprstudies.org/
@joparsons.bsky.social
Researching #bonktastic #bonkbusters Senior Lecturer Falmouth Uni @EdinburghUP.bsky.social Series ed: #Gender and the #Body, and #19thC and #NeoVictorian Cultures Co-Ed #13CornishGhostStories #TalesoftheWeird #DoomedRomances #histsex
@javariafarooqui.bsky.social
Research areas: popular romance, book history, postcolonialism, media/cinema, gender, and fandom. Shameless posting of published research across all socials.
@katiedidnt.bsky.social
Assistant Prof at ASU. Research/Teach: Media studies, digital culture, and female desire in pop-media. (She/Her.)
@amandaallenphd.bsky.social
English Prof. I research 1940s-1960s teen romance & print culture, the female network of editors & librarians who published midcentury #KidLit & #YALit, and fan & fandom studies. YA editor of JPRS. LOVES BOOKBINDING! She/her.
@rebeccaromney.com
Your bookish enabler. Rare book dealer, Type Punch Matrix. Author, JANE AUSTEN’S BOOKSHELF. Co-founder of the Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize. Pawn Stars, The Booksellers doc.
@vandawilcox.bsky.social
professional procrastinator, precarious historian, cat serf, romanista. Writes about the First World War, Italy, imperialism & Georgette Heyer, not usually all at once.🪡🥧🐈⬛️
@jodimca.bsky.social
Romance author, romance scholar. Senior Lecturer in Writing, Literature & Culture at Deakin (Naarm/Melbourne). My newest rom-com, An Academic Affair, will be out June (Aus/NZ), Sep (UK), Nov (US).
@romgothsam.bsky.social
Gothic lit and theology. Gothic romance. Queer Gothic. Lecturer in 19th Century Literature and Research Fellow on Byron. Runs 'Romancing the Gothic'.
@jessicatripler.bsky.social
Avid reader of romance, classics, lit fic, memoir. Philosophy prof who works on phil and lit, pop culture, med humanities. Mainer.
@katydidinoz.bsky.social
Book lover and narrative nerd. Editor, genre fiction advocate, Doctor of Literature, proponent of reading for fun *and* education. Co-host What Would Danbury Do? she/her. Naarm/Wirandjuri land
@stegan.bsky.social
Archivist-for-hire, romance novel historian, freelance writer about romance history, general ne’er do well, scalawag. He/Him. Blog: romancehistory.com Podcast: blackromancehistory.com
@lauravivanco.bsky.social
Independent scholar of popular romance fiction (https://www.vivanco.me.uk/), member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Popular Romance Studies (https://www.jprstudies.org/) My database of scholarship about romance novels: https://rsdb.vivanco.me.uk