Buffy Scholar/Critic

Sherry Ginn earned both her MA (1984) and PhD (1988) in General-Experimental Psychology from the University of South Carolina.  She completed post-doctoral training at the East Carolina University School of Medicine and taught at East Carolina University for a number of years, during which time she also enrolled in several classes in the Women’s Studies Program. Dr. Ginn taught at Wingate University from 1999 – 2006, serving as the Director of the Women’s Studies program while there. She currently teaches at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College and is in the planning stages for developing a Gender and Women’s Studies Center at the school. She has published numerous articles in the fields of neuroscience and psychology. Dr. Ginn’s book, entitled Our Space, Our Place:  Women in the Worlds of Science Fiction Television, was published in 2005.  She is the member and/or officer of a number of professional organizations, including the International Society for the History of the Neurosciences (President, 2008-2009; Secretary, 2010-), the Popular Culture Association (Chair, Science Fiction and Fantasy Section, 2009-2012), the Southeastern Women’s Studies Association (Treasurer), and the North Carolina Writers’ Network. Current projects include an essay on the Doctor Who companion Sarah Jane Smith, cinematic intersections of neuroscience with the Frankenstein myth, Sexing Science Fiction (with co-editor Michael Cornelius), and Farscape (with co-editor Ryan Neighbors). She lives in North Carolina, with her husband of many years, and her new cat, Madison. Her favorite hobbies are reading and watching science fiction, horror, and murder mysteries. She loves to travel and laments that there is not enough time or money to do as much as she would like.