Regina Hansen
Master Lecturer, Rhetoric
Teaching Interests
Composition and Rhetoric (with a focus on philosophical issues, the fantastic and popular culture)
Research Interests
Supernatural literature and film, the fantastic in popular culture, religion in film, Neo-Victorianism
Selected Publications
Books
The Coming Storm, young adult novel published by Atheneum Books for Young readers/Simon and Schuster (2021)
Giving the Devil His Due: Satan and Cinema (with Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock, Fordham UP 2021)
Supernatural, Humanity and the Soul: The Highway to Hell and Back. Palgrave Macmillan Publishing. 2015.
Roman Catholicism in Fantastic Film, edited collection. McFarland Publishing, 2011.
Articles
Contributor to The Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal Review, Enchanted Living Magazine and The Conversation
“Stephen King’s IT and Dreamcatcher on screen: hegemonic white masculinity and nostalgia for underdog boyhood” Science Fiction Film and Television. 10:2 (2017): 161-176.
“Catholicism and The X-Files: Dana Scully and the Harmony of Faith and Reason” Science Fiction Film and Television. 6:1 (2013): 55-69.
Author Website
Other Professional Activity and/or Awards
Contributor (frequent) to children’s magazines, Calliope and Dig (Cobblestone Press), 2011-present.
PEN/New England Children’s Book Caucus “Discovered” Writer, 2004.