Anne Jamison
{{Short description|Professor of English and fandom scholar}}
Anne Elizabeth Jamison is an American professor of English at University of Utah noted primarily for her work on fan fiction.{{cite web |last1=Blair |first1=Kirstie |title=Meet the English Professor Who Taught Fanfic in the Ivy League |url=https://theconversation.com/meet-the-english-professor-who-taught-fanfic-at-an-ivy-league-university-42664 |website=The Conversation |date=14 July 2015 |access-date=25 July 2022}}
Jamison grew up in Albany, New York. She received a BA from Barnard College, an MA from the University of London and a PhD from Princeton University.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Anne Jamison profile |url=https://faculty.utah.edu/u0452760-ANNE_JAMISON/hm/index.hml |access-date=25 July 2022}} She moved to Salt Lake City in 2004 to take a position of Assistant Professor at the University of Utah. She teaches courses in Victorian literature, children's literature, and literary theory. She is a longtime Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan.{{cite web |last1=Jenny |first1=Gin |title=Reading the End |url=http://readingtheend.com/2019/11/18/authors-in-fandom-an-interview-with-anne-jamison/ |website=Podcast |date=18 November 2019 |access-date=25 July 2022}}
Her book Fic: Why Fanfiction is Taking Over The World was published by Penguin Random House in 2013.{{cite web |last1=Jamison |first1=Anne |title=Fic: Why Fanfiction is Taking Over the World |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/692119/fic-by-anne-jamison/ |website=Penguin Random House |access-date=25 July 2022}} Jamison is also the author of books on poetry and Kafka.{{cite web |title=Anne Jamison Books | website=Amazon |url=https://www.amazon.com/Anne-Elizabeth-Jamison/e/B0028OKH9K%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share |access-date=25 July 2022}} Fan fiction such as "Pottermania," springing from the Harry Potter series, has been touted as ushering in a new era of creativity outside the usual publishing and entertainment channels.{{cite magazine |last1=Miller |first1=Laura |title=The New Powers That Be |url=https://slate.com/culture/2016/09/online-harry-potter-fans-transformed-what-it-means-to-love-a-story.html |website=Slate |date=12 September 2016 |access-date=25 July 2022}}
Jamison has been a noted expert on "fan fiction" since publishing her book Fic.{{cite web |last1=Fulton |first1=Ben |title=Utah Scholar studies Fan Fiction, Particularly 'Mommy porn' |url=https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=53895710&itype=CMSID |website=Salt Lake Tribune |access-date=25 July 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Lewis |first1=Andy |title=Why Fan Fiction is Taking Over the World |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/why-fanfiction-is-taking-world-666356/ |website=Hollywood Reporter |date=19 December 2013 |access-date=25 July 2022}}{{cite magazine |last1=Burt |first1=Stephanie |title=The Promise and Potential of Fan Fiction |url=https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-promise-and-potential-of-fan-fiction |access-date=27 July 2022 |magazine=The New Yorker |date=23 August 2017}}
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