Kayley Thomas holds a Master’s degree in Literary and Cultural Studies from Carnegie Mellon University and is a Film and Media Studies graduate student at the University of Florida, where she also teaches rhetoric and composition. Particularly interested in the sf/f and horror genres, Kayley’s academic work runs the gamut from Victorian serials and sensation novels to slasher films and slash fan fiction. She has delivered conference papers across the country on film, television, and fan culture and is currently at work on a project exploring the evolution of TV previouslies. You can observe her attempts to disguise her fangirl flailings as serious investigative inquiries over at http://kayleythomas.blogspot.com/