Melanie KreitlerMelanie Kreitler is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Giessen in the Department of Anglophone Literary, Cultural and Media Studies. Her research interests are in the intersections of cognitive and cultural approaches to film, television nd videogames, and critical approaches to empathy afforded through narrative fiction. She is co-editor with Silvia Boide, Benjamin Brendel and Maaike Hommes of the special issue Illness, Narrated (On_Culture 2021), co-editor with Laura Borchert of the special issue Queer Politics in Media and Legal Cultures (Amerikastudien/American Studies 2024), and co-editor with Marta Lopera-Mármol of the special issue Mental TV (Series 2025). Read More Read Less