School of Creative Arts, Film and Media (SCAFM)

I teach on a wide range of media and film units for the School of Creative Arts, Film and Media, including those on representations of science in the media, American animation and film. My research interests lie chiefly in representations of Gothic, horror and science fiction, particularly the works of Stephen King and H. P. Lovecraft. Having completed a dissertation on American Gothic literature for my MA at the University of Nottingham, I am now continuing my research towards a PhD on Liminality and Haunted Space in Popular American Gothic Fiction.

Current Research

PhD Thesis^{[Back to top]}

Janicker, R. (In preparation). Liminality and haunted space in popular American gothic fiction. Nottingham, University of Nottingham.

Publications^{[Back to top]}

Publications since 2008 [IR]

Books^{[Back to top]}

Janicker, R. (forthcoming). The haunted house motif in American fiction. Jefferson City, NC: McFarland.

Journal Articles^{[Back to top]}

Janicker, R. (2007b). The horrors of Maine: space, place and regionalism in Stephen King’s Pet Sematary. US Studies Online, 11.

Janicker, R. (2007a). New England narratives: space and place in the fiction of H. P. Lovecraft. Extrapolation 48(1), 56-72. Winner of SFRA 36th Annual Conference Graduate Essay Award (2005).

Geraghty, L. & Janicker, R. (2004, November). ‘Now that’s what I call a close encounter!’: the role of the alien in science fiction film, 1977 – 2001. Scope: An On-line Journal of Film and Television Studies.

Book Chapters^{[Back to top]}

Geraghty, L., & Janicker, R. (2007). Playing hard to get: game-playing and the search for humanity in Star Trek and Red Dwarf. In D. Mead & P. Frelik (Eds.), Playing the universe: games and gaming in science fiction (pp. 113-126).  Lublin: Maria Curie-Sklodowska University Press.

Contributions^{[Back to top]}

Janicker, R. (In press). Die Monster Die (1965). In P. Wright (Ed.), Critical Companion to Science Fiction Film Adaptations, (pp. 00-00). Liverpool: Liverpool University Press.

Janicker, R. (In press). The Lawnmower Man (1992). In P. Wright (Ed.), Critical Companion to Science Fiction Film Adaptations (pp. 00-00). Liverpool: Liverpool University Press.

Janicker, R. (In press). The Running Man (1987). In P. Wright (Ed.), Critical Companion to Science Fiction Film Adaptations (pp. 00-00). Liverpool: Liverpool University Press.

Book Reviews^{[Back to top]}

Janicker, R. (2010). Review of S. T. Joshi, Classics and contemporaries. SFRA Review, 292 (Spring), 8-17.

Janicker, R. (2010). Review of Benjamin Szumskyi, (Ed.), Dissecting Hannibal Lecter: essays on the novels of Thomas Harris. Journal of American Studies, 44 (2), 450-451..

Janicker, R. (2009). Review of J. Colavito, Knowing fear: science, knowledge and the development of the horror genre, Science Fiction Studies # 107, 36(1), 155-157.

Janicker, R. (2008b). Review of M. Grebowicz (Ed.), SciFi in the mind’s eye: reading science through science fiction. SFRA Review, 285(Summer), 16-17.

Janicker, R. (2008a). Review of G. Turley Houston, From Dickens to ‘Dracula’: gothic, economics, and Victorian fiction. The Journal for the Fantastic in the Arts, 19(1), 116-118.

Film Reviews^{[Back to top]}

Janicker, R. (2004, August). Bringing down the house. [Review of the motion picture Bringing down the house]. Scope: an on-line journal of film studies.

Professional Memberships^{[Back to top]}

British Association of American Studies (BAAS) – 2004 to present.

Science Fiction Research Association (SFRA) – 2004 to present.

American Culture Association (ACA) – 2005 to present.

Popular Culture Association (PCA) – 2005 to present.