Dr Maggie Gray
- Kingston School of Art
- Department of Critical and Historical Studies
- School of Creative and Cultural Industries
Senior Lecturer in Critical and Historical Studies (Illustration Animation)
About
I teach and research the history and theory of illustration and animation with a specialism in comics, cartooning, and visual narrative.
My research has been published in peer-reviewed journals and academic books in the fields of Comics Studies and Art & Design History, as well as general-audience publications.
I am active in the Comics Studies community and sit on the organising committee of the Comics Forum conference, part of the Thought Bubble festival, and the editorial board of the journal Studies in Comics. I'm a member of the Comics & Performance Network and an associate member of the UAL Comics Research Hub (CoRH!!). I've taught the history of art and design, aesthetics, cultural and contextual studies as an Associate Lecturer at Middlesex University, London College of Communication, Central St. Martins, and University College London.
With Nick White and John Miers, I co-run the Kingston School of Art Comic Club, ksacomicclub.tumblr.com
I'm interested in supervising PhDs in the fields of Comics Studies and Illustration, both practice-based or theory-based. Please get in touch if you'd like to discuss your research.
Qualifications
- PhD History of Art, University College London
- MA History of Art, University College London
- BA History of Art and English & Related Literature, University of York
- Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy