Lissette Lopez Szwydky

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Associate Professor

University of Arkansas

Also affiliated: Pennsylvania State University (2010)

Faculty Researcher

3 h-index 15 pubs 83 cited

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Lissette Lopez Szwydky's research investigates the intersection of media, culture, and literary studies, with a particular focus on adaptation and transmedia narratives. Her work explores how stories evolve across different platforms and how these transformations impact cultural understanding and academic study. She has examined the pre-monstrous mad scientist and the post-nerd smart girl in young adult literature, as well as the historical development of Frankenstein adaptations in popular culture.

Szwydky also engages with pedagogical approaches, considering how to effectively teach classic literature, such as nineteenth-century novels, to contemporary adolescent audiences. Her scholarship has contributed to understanding the evolution of adaptation studies and its future directions within literary scholarship. She has published 15 works, with an h-index of 3 and 77 total citations. Key collaborators include Glenn Jellenik and Sean P. Connors.

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h-index: 3
Publications: 15
Citations: 83

Selected Publications

: <i>Peggy Webling and the Story Behind Frankenstein: The Making of a Hollywood Monster</i> (2025)

The Wordsworth Circle DOI OpenAlex
A transmedia turn for literary studies (2024)

Nineteenth Century Contexts 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
CODA: Transmedia Cultural History, Convergence Culture, and the Future of Adaptation Studies (2023)

Palgrave studies in adaptation and visual culture 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
Introduction: Adaptation’s Past, Adaptation’s Future (2023)

Palgrave studies in adaptation and visual culture DOI OpenAlex
Penny Dreadful’s Palimpsestuous Bride of Frankenstein (2023)

Palgrave studies in adaptation and visual culture DOI OpenAlex
Teaching Nineteenth-Century Novels to Today's Teens (2021)

Dickens Studies Annual 1 citation DOI OpenAlex