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Bonnie Cross

Tenure Track Professor of English

Valencia College

Biography

Bonnie Cross is a Tenure Track Professor of English at Valencia College and a PhD student at the University of Central Florida. Her research interests include neuroscience and literature, Digital Humanities, and Media Studies.

Interests

  • Neuroscience and literature
  • Digital Humanities
  • Digital Media

Education

  • PhD in Texts and Technology, Present

    University of Central Florida

  • Master of Arts in English, 2013

    University of Vermont

  • BA in English, 2011

    Allegheny College

Skills

zotero

Git

Markdown

Academia

Springer

Google-Scholar

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Professor

Valencia College

Jul 2017 – Present Orlando, Florida
 
 
 
 
 

Adjunct Professor

Westmoreland County Community College

Jul 2017 – May 2013 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
 
 
 
 
 

Adjunct Professor

Community College of Allegheny County

Jul 2013 – Jul 2017 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Recent & Upcoming Talks


When the Brain Burns: Cahalan’s Brain on Fire as a Hypertext Neuronovel

I argue that reading Brain on Fire as a hypertext that creates a multilinear structure focusing on both the personal first-person …

Restless Figures: Animated Horror Stories as Hypertext

Aarseth argues that cybertexts such as hypertexts and adventure games “centers attention on the consumer, or user, of the text, as a …

Is That...Moving? Aesthetics of Animated Horror Stories

While the famous jump scare uses sudden sounds and images to frighten audiences, this is not the only technique that authors and …

From the Fanged Mouth: The Control of Language in Bram Stokers’ Dracula

Bram Stoker’s Dracula is dangerous, not only because of his supernatural powers, but through his ability to use language to manipulate …

If the Apocalypse Is Female

Nnedi Okorafor’s Who Fears Death is the story of Onyesonwu, a girl who is an outcast from her tribe due to her status as a Ewu, a …

Recent Publications

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But They Talk: Historical and Modern Mechanisms Behind the Beast Folk’s Language in The Island of Dr. Moreau

Moreau’s Beast Folk use language in a way that raises the fear of human degeneration. Moreau is able to use science on animals to …

Who Said What? Incorporating Quotations in Undergraduate Writing

While all of my classes decreased the number of hanging quotes in their essays overall, there are some students who are still …