Laura Collier

Laura Collier is a PhD candidate at the University of Western Australia. By employing an adapted history of emotions approach ("Future Emotions"), in conjunction with activist theory, Laura’s thesis explores ways in which speculative fiction narratives by women imagine a future for humanity, and considers the power inherent in the utopian imagination. Laura received a First Class Honours in English and Cultural Studies in 2018, also with the University of Western Australia. Laura is the Australian Representative for the international Science Fiction Research Association (SFRA), Postgraduate Representative for the Society for the History of Emotions (SHE) and the Cultural Studies Association of Australasia, and is a part of the Editorial Collective for LIMINA Journal. Laura is also one of the founding members of the new sff magazine, Ancillary Review of Books (ARB). 

ENGL2604 Romanticism and Revolution

ENGL3001 Poetry and Poetics