Victoria McCollum

Dr Victoria McCollum is a Lecturer in Cinematic Arts at Ulster University. Her research tends to examine how horror films deal with memory, ideology, and the often-competing claims of nationalism, American exceptionalism and cultural sorrow. McCollum is the author of Post-9/11 Heartland Horror: Rural Horror Films in an Era of Urban Terrorism and the co-editor of HBO's Original Voices: Race, Gender, Sexuality and Power; Alternative Media in Contemporary Turkey Sustainability, Activism, and...See more

Dr Victoria McCollum is a Lecturer in Cinematic Arts at Ulster University. Her research tends to examine how horror films deal with memory, ideology, and the often-competing claims of nationalism, American exceptionalism and cultural sorrow. McCollum is the author of Post-9/11 Heartland Horror: Rural Horror Films in an Era of Urban Terrorism and the co-editor of HBO's Original Voices: Race, Gender, Sexuality and Power; Alternative Media in Contemporary Turkey Sustainability, Activism, and Resistance; and Make America Hate Again: Trump-Era Horror and the Politics of Fear. See less