People

Guests & Acknowledgements

We are grateful to our guests on the podcast and/or at our networking event for their support and insights:

• Mona Bozdog (Lecturer in Immersive Experience Design, Abertay University)
• Anne Coxon (Professor of Professor of Practice in Forensic Science and Deputy Director Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science)
• Simon Grennan (Professor of Art & Design, University of Chester)
• Sneh Jain (Business Development Manager, University of St Andrews)
• Imants Latkovkis (XR Strategy Manager, University of Glasgow)
• Val McDermid, crime author
• Vincenzo Rinaldi (Senior Research Engineer, Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science, University of Dundee)
• Jo Sharp (Professor of Geography, University of St Andrews)
• Robin Sloan (Professor of Game Design and Culture, Abertay University)
• Victoria Murray (Project and Engagement Manager, Creative Informatics, Edinburgh)
• Caroline Parkinson (Director of Creative, Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of Edinburgh)

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We would also like to thank the following for their generous time and assistance at different stages of the project and for supporting its outputs:

• Sophie Aymes (Professor of British Literature, Université de Poitiers, France)
• Grace Docherty (PhD Candidate, ‘The Role of Objects and Agency in Late Imperial Russian Detective Fiction’)
• Heather Doran (Public Engagement Manager, Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science, University of Dundee)
• Victoria Donovan (Professor, School of Modern Languages, University of St Andrews)
• Emily Finer (Senior Lecturer, School of Modern Languages, University of St Andrews)
• Dan Franklin (formerly Publishing Director, Jonathan Cape; Commissioning Editor, The Russian Detective)
• Jesse Gardiner (Lecturer, School of Modern Languages, University of St Andrews)
• Paul Gravett (Journalist; Comics specialist)
• Nicki Hitchcott (Head of the School of Modern Languages, University of St Andrews)
• Stephen Holland (Comics Laureate; Owner, Page 45)
• Peter Kessler (Oxford Comics Network, Oxford University)
• Niamh Nic Daéid (Director, Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science, University of Dundee)
• Jillian Porter (Associate Professor, Russian & Slavic Studies and Comparative Literature, New York University, USA)
• Margarita Vaysman (Associate Professor, Jesus College, University of Oxford)
• Mikhail Vodopyanov (Associate Lecturer, School of Modern Languages, University of St Andrews)
• Staff, students, and public audiences at the University of St Andrews; Nottingham Trent University; at the Jordan Center, New York University; and at the Oxford Comics Network, University of Oxford.
• Staff and audiences at Toppings Bookshop, St Andrews; Isle of Wight Literary Festival 2024; Comica London 2024; Oxford Comics Network; LICAF (Lakes International Comics Festival 2024); Five Leaves Bookshop, Nottingham; Page 45 Bookshop, Nottingham.
• The organisers and audience at Victorian Studies in Popular Fiction conference ‘Mind Matter(s), Spirit: Forms of Knowledge in Victorian Popular Fiction and Culture’ (University of Greenwich, 2019); ILLUSTR4TIO conference ‘Illustration and Adaptation’ (University of Burgundy, Dijon, France, 2019); ILLUSTR4TIO conference, ‘Illustration Studies: New Approaches, New Directions’ (Birkbeck University, 2023).