Tamara Wilson is Assistant Professor of English at Flagler College. She received her PhD from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 1999. Her other areas of academic study include folklore, women's literature, science fiction/fantasy, American Indian literature, and film studies. Prior to Lafayette, Dr. Wilson worked in the business community of San Jose, CA, while pursuing her MA at San Jose State. Since coming to Flagler College, Dr. Wilson has presented several papers for the International Conference of the Fantastic in the Arts and the Popular Culture Conference on a range of topics from director commentaries on DVDs to classroom response to feminist utopias. Dr. Wilson also dabbles in the theater Arts. In the Fall of 2000, she worked with the cast of Flagler College's Twelfth Night.