Matthew I. Helm ,

Matthew I. Helm is a professor of English at the University of Iowa, specializing in twentieth and twenty-first century transnational American literature and culture, with a focus on LGBT+ literature, mass media and communication studies, and queer/trans theories. His current book project, *Transmediations: Queer Literature, Media Technology, and the Archive*, examines the role of media technology in queer socialization, activism, and community from the 1930s to the present. He has published in journals such as *Religion & Literature*, *The Nathaniel Hawthorn Review*, and *Studies in the Novel*, and is committed to pedagogy, community engagement, and public humanities initiatives.