Mike Dillon received his M.A. and Ph.D. in Critical Studies from the USC School of Cinematic Arts, with a background in East Asian studies. He has taught courses on the history of Hollywood cinema, international cinema, and Japanese media cultures. His written work is published in Film International, Journal of South Asian Film and Media Studies, Mediascape, Reconstruction, Film & History, and Journal of Popular Film and Television, among other venues; his forthcoming work includes a chapter in Negative Cosmopolitanisms (McGill-Queens); contributions to Routledge’s Encyclopedia of Modernism and The Encyclopedia of Japanese Horror (Rowan & Littlefield); and co-editing the anthology Exploiting East Asia (Bloomsbury).