Lucy Rouse

Lucy Rouse is a third year PhD candidate and casual academic at the University of Wollongong, Australia. Her research explores how digital media is changing literary reception, with a focus on affect, interactivity, and community-based reading practices. Her PhD dissertation aims to investigate how literary-based social media, primarily BookTok and GoodReads, focalise pre-established reading communities.

When not researching, Lucy tutors undergraduate English literature courses. Prior to commencing her PhD, Lucy completed a Bachelor of Arts (Deans Scholar) in English Literatures with Distinction and received first-class Honours for her thesis “Digitally Dating: How Video Gaming Queers Romance” both at UOW.