Dr Paul Mountfort is an associate professor, hobbyist audiophile and street photographer. He is vice-president of the Popular Culture Association of Australia and New Zealand, editor of The Journal of Asia-Pacific Pop Culture (Penn State Press) and chair of the Auckland University of Technology’s Centre for Creative Writing. Author, with Adam Gezy and Anne Pierson-Smith, of Planet Cosplay: Costume Play, Identity and Global Fandom (Intellect Books, 2018), he is interested in the intersection of popular culture and transmedia.
Contact: Auckland University of Technology (AUT), Private Bag 92006, Auckland 1142, New Zealand.
