Anna Sims

Anna Sims is an Adjunct Professor in the English Department at Texas Christian University's AddRan College of Liberal Arts. She teaches literature, writing, and journalism courses, bringing professional expertise as a culture writer and editor. Her work has appeared in Electric Literature, The Millions, Dame, Shondaland, and Boston Magazine.

Her academic interests focus on:

• Cultural criticism and analysis
• Narrative structures in contemporary media
• Gender representation in comedy
• Creative writing pedagogy

Professor Sims holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College and studied English and journalism at Boston University. Her essay 'On 'Booksmart' Rewriting the Narrative of the Teenage Girl' was included in the anthology 'Isn't She Great: Writers on Women-Led Comedies from '9 to 5' to 'Booksmart'.