Editorial Team:
Executive Editor: Eric Selinger, DePaul University, USA (term ends March 2025)
Managing Editor for General Issues: Amy Burge, University of Birmingham, UK (term ends July 2026)
Managing Editor for Special Issues and Forums: Suzanne Mpouli, Université de Paris, France (term ends July 2026)
Section Editor: Young Adult Romance: Amanda K. Allen, Eastern Michigan University, USA (term ends March 2028)
Section Editor: Notes and Queries: Emma Cole, Editor, Harlequin Intrigue (term ends February 2027)
Book Review Editor: Johanna Hoorenman, Utrecht University, Netherlands (term ends March 2025)
Web Editor: Sarah H. Ficke, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA (term ends March 2025)
Editorial Board:
Jonathan A. Allan Brandon University, Canada
Men and Masculinities; Sexuality; Pornography and Eroticism; Censorship and Obscenity; Theories of Gender; Psychoanalysis
Joseph Crawford, University of Exeter, UK
Paranormal romance, Gothic romance, history of romance, romance comics and manga, Jane Austen
Kathrina Haji Mohd Daud, Brunei University, Brunei
Bruneian Literature, Popular Fiction, Global Islamic Literature
Catherine Driscoll, University of Sydney, Australia
Cultural Studies
Javaria Farooqui, COMSATS University, Lahore, Pakistan
Regency historical romance; romance readers; romance ecosystem; romance on screen
Paloma Fresno Calleja, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Postcolonial literatures, cultural studies, popular romance, New Zealand and Pacific literatures
William Gleason, Princeton University, USA
American Literature, Cultural Studies
María Isabel González Cruz, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Romance and language; intercultural romance; romance and interdisciplinarity; romance and environmental awareness
Michael Gratzke, University of Hull, UK
German and Comparative Literature, Love Studies
Margo Hendricks, UC Santa Cruz, USA
Race, fiction, popular culture, performance
Betty Kaklamanidou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Romantic comedy, film, Hollywood, genre, television, adaptation studies
Jennifer Lois, Western Washington University, USA
Sociology of gender, stigma of sexuality, emotions and identity, creative careers, artistic identities
Katherine (Katie) Morrisey, Arizona State University, USA
Film and media studies
Lynn Neal, Wake Forest University, USA
Religious Study
Lynne Pearce, Lancaster University, UK
Theories of romantic love and altered states of consciousness, affective consciousness, temporality and memory
Pamela Regis, McDaniel College, USA
The romance genre, history of the American Romance, Jane Austen
Catherine M. Roach, The University of Alabama, USA
Gender and sexuality, popular culture, romance narratives, creative writing
Hsu-Ming Teo, Macquarie University, Australia
Twentieth-century European history, British imperial culture, Orientalism, travel and tourism, popular literature
Laura Vivanco, Independent Scholar
Literary, political and spiritual approaches to the popular romance novel
Huike Wen, Willamette University, USA
Media Studies; Love and Emotion in media; Romantic Love and media ecology; Gender Studies; Asian Studies