Interview with Lauren Rouse: Fandom Researcher

On this episode of Mind the Tags, Vee and Emily interview Dr. Lauren Rouse, fandom researcher and co-author of "Quantifying fandom: Identity, romance, and platform preferences on archive of our own." Dr. Rouse discusses the findings from the article, their research interests around disability and fandom, and how fanfiction and fandom have inspired their scholarship journey.  

Sources from this episode:

• Quantifying fandom: Identity, romance, and platform preferences on archive of our own by Lauren Rouse and Mel Stanfill
• Texts and Technology program at the University of Central Florida
• Transformative Works and Cultures journal
• Survey Results: Demographics by centreoftheselights
• Disability, Literature, Genre: Representation and Affect in Contemporary Fiction by Ria Cheyne
• The Paratext of Fan Fiction by Maria Lindgren Leavenworth
• Dr. Sami Schalk's website

Check out Dr. Rouse's bio here. 

Thank you to Erik Potteiger for producing our song and Haflacky for our logo design. Thank you Ollie for editing our sound!