Alice Vernon

I gained my PhD and now teach creative writing at Aberystwyth University.

My research primarily involves the history of medicine, with a focus on Renaissance anatomy and Victorian parapsychology. I am particularly interested in the cultural and scientific depictions of sleep disorders such as sleep paralysis, lucid dreams, and hypnopompic hallucinations.

My debut non-fiction book, Night Terrors: Troubled Sleep and the Stories We Tell About It, was published by Icon Books in October 2022. My research interests include the history of medicine, particularly representations of sleep disorders and Victorian pseudoscience.

Publications

Vernon, AM 2018, Beyond Girlhood in Ghibli: : Mapping Heroine Development Against the Adult Woman Anti-Hero in Princess Mononoke. in R Denison (ed.), Princess Mononoke: : Understanding Studio Ghibli’s Monster Princess. Animation: Key Films/Filmmakers, Bloomsbury, pp. 115-129.

Vernon, AM 2017, 'Colossal Bodies: Re-imagining the Human Anatomy in Hajime Isayama’s Attack on Titan', Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 480-493. 10.1080/21504857.2017.1355835

Vernon, AM 2017, 'The Sleep Standard: Analysing Modern Anxieties of Insomnia', Excursions, vol. 7, no. 1.

Vernon, AM 2016, 'Digital Sleep and the Performance of Lucidity in Paprika', Performance Research, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 115-119. 10.1080/13528165.2016.1138781