I am Professor of Writing and Popular Culture in the York Centre for Writing at York St John University, teaching predominantly in Creative Writing. I have also contributed to Literature, American Studies, Media and Film and Television Production.

I have published on Screenwriting, Directing Fiction, The Language of Film, American Cinema, Science Fiction, Folk Horror and music memoir. I am the co-convener of the Music Memoir Research Group and the Hauntology and Spectrality Research Group.