Marie Dücker is an assistant professor of American studies at the University of Graz, where she also teaches American literary and cultural studies. Her research interests are in narratology, intermediality studies, affect studies, and the Anthropocene. Her dissertation, "Affect and Emotion in the Intermedial Interfaces of the Contemporary American Young Adult Suicide Novel," was awarded the Fulbright Prize of American Studies in 2019. Her doctoral research was supported by two research grants from the University of Graz. Prior to starting her postdoctoral engagement, she worked as a Teaching Associate at Williams College, Massachusetts. She is a member of the EAAS's Women's Network Steering Committee and is co-editor of the Women's Network journal "WiN." She has published in the fields of American literature, affect studies, and intermediality studies, and is currently researching on the climate change graphic novel. She holds a PhD from the University of Graz, Austria.