Student Ambassadors Hannah Dibble and Yzzy Bostyn talk to Dr Maisha Wester about her fascination with horror (disappointment with Edgar Allan Poe!), moving from Indiana to Sheffield, Black Lives Matter, racial discourse in horror, and more.

Dr Maisha Wester is a Global Professor at the School of English. You can check out her webpage on the School of English website: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/english/people/academic-staff/maisha-wester

Special shoutout to Mary Going, her Research Associate: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/english/people/academic-staff/mary-going

Links for further reading:

Black Lives Matter US Home Page: https://blacklivesmatter.com/

Black Lives Matter UK Home Page: https://blacklivesmatter.uk/

In Memoriam: I Can't Breathe: https://www.reneeater.com/on-monuments-blog/tag/list+of+unarmed+black+people+killed+by+police

The Equiano Project: https://www.theequianoproject.com/about

Black and British: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0499smp

Intro and Outro clips by Tamás Varga:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8dGOv5rGlA4AN44RCdbA2g/featured?view_as=subscriber

https://soundcloud.com/tamas-varga-984570662