About
Dr. Laura Arnott is a UK-based interdisciplinary researcher specialising in media and cultural studies. She completed her PhD at the University of Manchester in 2025.
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PhD Thesis: “Investigating Japaneseness in Japanese Role-Playing Games: Transcultural Reception, Embodied Identities and Self-Reflexive Methods.”
Teaching: 5 years of experience as a Graduate Teaching Assistant in Film Studies. For the past 2 years, a Guest Lecturer in Screen Media at the University of Manchester
Research Interests:
❖ Video game studies
❖ Affect theory
❖ Autotheory & autoethnography
❖ Reception studies/methods
❖ Feminist & queer studies
❖ Transcultural media circulation
Dr. Laura Arnott 