About
I am the production editor at the
Southern Illinois University Press. Also, I am the assistant editor of
Film Criticism and sit on the advisory board of the
Journal of Fantasy and Fan Cultures.
She/Her/Hers
When I’m not working as a production editor I can be found on the tennis court, playing board games, watching and reading horror movies and novels, or at the theater (I love professional live theater–especially musicals).
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters
Lukancic, Khara. (2020). Not All Monsters are Universal: Gothic Parody in “Monster Movie.” In Lisa Macklem and Dominick Grace (Eds.),
Supernatural Out of the Box: Essays on the Metatextuality of the Series. Jefferson, NC: McFarland.
Book Chapters
Lukancic, Khara. (2022). “I’ve Waited For Him”: Laurie Strode’s Evolution From Final Girl to Neoliberal Militant in
Halloween (2018). In Steven Gerrard and Renee Middlemost (Eds.),
Gender and Action Films 2000 and Beyond: Transformations. UK: Emerald Publishing.
Lukancic, Khara. (2021). Uncle Vlad’s Cabin: Intertextuality Between “Cabin 33” and
Blade. In Elise Fong and Paul Booth (Eds.),
A Celebration of Superheroes. Chicago, IL: Blurb.
Lukancic, Khara. (2020). (Dis)Abling Dinah: Childhood Agency and the Allegory of the Cave in
The Langoliers (1995). In Debbie Olson (Ed.),
Children and Childhood in the Works of Stephen King. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
Lukancic, Khara. (2019). #MeToo Masculinity: Critiquing Gendered Aggression in
Beauty and the Beast (1991 and 2017). In Emily Goldstein and Paul Booth (Eds.),
A Celebration of Disney. Chicago, IL: Blurb.
Lukancic, Khara. (2019). Weeping Angels:
Doctor Who’s (De)Monstrous Feminine. In Steven Gerrard, Samantha Holland, and Robert Shail (Eds.),
Gender and Contemporary Horror in Television. UK: Emerald Publishing.
Lukancic, Khara. (2018). “I Seek the White Mask”: Intertextuality of
Halloween and
Moby-Dick. In Paul Booth and Alena Karkanias (Eds.),
A Celebration of Slashers. Chicago, IL: Blurb.
Film Reviews
Lukancic, Khara. (2019).
A Libertarian’s House Cannot Stand [Film Review of It Comes at Night].
Gothic Nature, Volume 1, Issue 1, 310–313.
Lukancic, Khara. (2017).
Sleeping Beauty on a Spaceship [Film Review of Passengers].
Film Criticism, Volume 41, Number 3, np.
Book Reviews
Lukancic, Khara. (2022).
See! Hear! Cut! Kill! Experiencing Friday the 13th by Wickham Clayton.
Film & History, Volume 51, Number 1, 49–51.
Lukancic, Khara. (2019).
Robin Wood on the Horror Film: Collected Essays and Reviews ed. by Barry Keith Grant.
Film & History, Volume 49, Number 1, 99–100.
Lukancic, Khara. (2018). Spiritualism, Celebrity, and Mass Media [Book Review of
Supernatural Entertainments by Simone Natale].
Gateway Journalism Review, Volume 47, Number 348, 31.
