Lillian Marie Martinez is a PhD Candidate and Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Florida’s Department of English. Her research centers on girlhood, monsters, comics, and video game studies. She is particularly concerned with visual rhetoric, articulations of the monstrous-feminine, and the intersection of comic and video game conventions. She is currently writing a dissertation focused on transformation in comics and manga, tentatively titled: “The Monstress Rearrives: Fantastic Transformations in Comics and Manga from 2010s-2020s.”
Courses Taught:
ENL2012 Survey of English Literature (Medieval to 1750): Strongly Worded Replies
LIT4333 Literature for the Adolescent: A Language for the In-Betweens
ENC1145 Writing about the Monstrous: Raised by Monsters
ENG 1131 Writing through Media: Pixel Mythologies
LIT2000 Introduction to Literature
Current Service:
Co-Managing Editor of ImageTexT, an open-access, University of Florida academic journal (2023-2024)
Fields of Study:
- Visual Rhetoric
- Monster Studies
- Comic Studies
- Video Game Studies
Contact:
UF Email: martinez.lmarie@ufl.edu
Professional Website: https://www.lillian-martinez.com/