Dr Nichola Dobson is a leading scholar in Animation Studies. Between 2015 and 2019 she was the President of the Society for Animation Studies promoting scholarship around theory and practice in Animation. Founding editor of the online, peer reviewed journal, Animation Studies (2006 - 2011) and Animation Studies 2.0 (2012- present), she has published widely on animation, television genre and fan fiction, including Norman McLaren: Between the Frames (2018) for Bloomsbury, The Animation Studies Reader (co-ed and authored, Bloomsbury 2018) and both Historical Dictionary of Animation and Cartoons (2009) and Historical Dictionary of Animation and Cartoons (2nd Edition 2020) for Scarecrow Press. She is currently working on a book on TV animation with Paul Ward for Edinburgh University Press. She gained her PhD at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh in 2004, organised and chaired the 2010 Society for Animation Studies annual conference and has worked at Edinburgh College of Art since 2010.
She has presented keynote addresses at numerous conferences and events both internationally, focusing on the large project on Scottish Animator Norman McLaren.
She recently founded the Animation Research Network Scotland to promote collaboration in animation related research in Scotland and beyond.
