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Mark Jones is a Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Wolverhampton, affiliated with the Faculty of Arts, Business, and Social Sciences and the Department of Humanities. His work bridges literature, film, and cultural studies, with a focus on 20th/21st-century popular culture.
- DPhil (University of Sussex, 1996)
- MA in Twentieth Century English Literature (University of Sussex, 1989)
- PGCE in Further/Adult/Higher Education (University of Wolverhampton, 1993)
His research spans Popular Culture, Genre Fiction and Film, Science Fiction, Fantasy, True Crime, and British-American Media Studies. Publications analyze intersections between historical events and media representations, such as the Manson Family’s cinematic legacy, Lovecraftian horror, and mirror universe narratives in Doctor Who and Star Trek. His teaching includes course leadership for MA Popular Culture, with modules on science fiction/fantasy, true crime, and post-WWII literature.
The 15 most recent articles reflect consistent engagement with 60s-70s counterculture, genre hybridization, and taboo topics in media. Themes include violence, sexuality, and cultural memory, with methodological links to historical revisionism and intertextuality.
Professional activities include event administration for the 'Heavy Metal and Place' conference (2011) and research supervision for projects like 'Constructions of Adolescent Femininity within Urban Fantasy Narratives' (2017).
