ABOUT THE EDITOR AND THE CONTRIBUTORS 745
Julia Round (MA, PhD) lectures in the Media School at Bournemouth University,
UK, and edits the academic journal Studies in Comics. She has published and presented
work internationally on cross-media adaptations, the graphic novel redefi nition, the
application of literary criticism and terminology to comics, and the presence of gothic
and fantastic motifs and themes in this medium. Further details at http://www.juliaround.
com.
Jennifer D. Ryan is an assistant professor of English at Buff alo State College, Buff alo,
New York, where she teaches courses in American poetry, the 20th-century American
novel, and African American literature. Her article on Icon: A Hero’s Welcome appeared
in the “Graphic Narrative” issue of Modern Fiction Studies ; her book, Post-Jazz Poetics:
A Social History , is forthcoming in 2010 from Palgrave Macmillan.
Kyle Ryan is an art historian and conservator.
Cord Scott is currently a doctoral candidate in American History at Loyola University,
Chicago. He has written for several encyclopedias and academic journals, most recently
an article in Captain America and the Struggle of the Superhero. His dissertation is on
war-themed comics and American society.
David S. Serchay is a youth services librarian for the Broward County (Florida)
Library System where his duties include selecting graphic novels for the system. He
is the author of Th e Librarian’s Guide to Graphic Novels series of books from Neal-
Schuman, and has lectured and written elsewhere on the subject.
Tyler Shipley is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at York Uni-
versity in Toronto. His research areas include political economy, popular culture, and
Marxist theory. He has published work on the current fi nancial crisis and contempo-
rary imperialism, labor under neoliberalism, and the implications of the three month
strike of 2008–9 at York University.
Matthew J. Smith is the co-author of Th e Power of Comics: History, Form, and Cul-
ture (www.powerofcomics.com) and an associate professor at Wittenberg University,
Springfi eld, Ohio, where he teaches courses in media studies. He holds a doctorate in
Communication from Ohio University, and has served as the president of the Ohio
Communication Association.
Anthony Strand is currently a graduate student at the University of Missouri working
on his master’s degree in Library Science.
