Abby Kirby

Abby Kirby is a fan studies scholar and high school English teacher based in Illinois. She has written for The Daily Fandom alongside other scholarly publications.

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Features

Bringing Fanfiction Into the Classroom

Fic does something that my traditional English classes cannot: it places the power in the hands of the student.