Şafak Horzum, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of English Literature and Translation Studies at Kütahya Dumlupınar University, Türkiye. A former Erasmus, Fulbright and Harvard fellow, Horzum conducted several of his research projects at University of Lisbon, Harvard University, and Münster University. His publications and research areas are on posthuman subjectivities, fantasy fiction, comedy of manners, and sexualities. His latest work is a coedited volume entitled Posthuman Pathogenesis: Contagion in Literature, Arts, and Media, published by Routledge in 2023.