Corinne Matthews

Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellow

Member Of:
  • School of Literature, Media, and Communication
Office Location: Hall Building 121
Related Links:
Email Address: cmatthews67@gatech.edu

Overview

Personal Pronouns:
she/her

Before joining Georgia Tech, Corinne Matthews completed her Ph.D. in English at the University of Florida. She also holds an M.A. in English from Kansas State University and an M.S.E.E. in Electrical Engineering from Southern Methodist University. Her research focuses on the intersections of consent, agency, sexuality, and genre in children's and young adult literature, and she is at work on her first monograph, The Fantasy of Consent: Sex, Sexual Assault, and Rape Culture in Contemporary Young Adult Fantasy. Her work can be found in journals like Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth, The Lion and the Unicorn, and the South Central Review. She also co-hosts the pop culture podcast, Sex. Love. Literature., which examines representations in media of sex, love, and desire for a public audience.

Education:
  • English Ph.D., University of Florida
  • English M.A., Kansas State University
  • Electrical Engineering M.S.E.E., Southern Methodist University
  • Electrical Engineering B.S.E.E., Southern Methodist University
  • English B.A., Southern Methodist University
  • Mathematics B.S., Southern Methodist University
Areas of
Expertise:
  • Children's Literature
  • Comics And Graphic Novels
  • Fantasy And Speculative Fiction
  • Gender And Sexuality Studies
  • Genre Studies
  • Young Adult Literature

Interests

Research Fields:
  • Digital Media
  • Literary and Cultural Studies
  • Media Studies
Issues:
  • Gender
  • Inequality and Social Justice
  • Accessibility
  • Children's Programs
  • Language and Popular Culture
  • Literature
  • Youth Culture

Courses

  • ENGL-1101: English Composition I
  • ENGL-1102: English Composition II

Publications