For his book Dracula in Visual Media, Browning documented over 700 "domestic and international Dracula films, television programs, documentaries, adult features, animations, and video games . . . [as well as] nearly 1000 domestic and international comic book titles and stage adaptations".[6] For the book, Browning won the Lord Ruthven Award, an award for deserving work in vampire fiction or scholarship.[7] The book was also nominated for the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award (often called the Rondo Award) for Book of the Year in 2011,[8] as was his book The Vampire; or, Detective Brand's Greatest Case in 2023 for Best Classic Horror Fiction, co-edited with Gary D. Rhodes.[9]
At SUNY-Buffalo, Browning received an Arthur A. Schomburg Fellowship in the Department of Transnational Studies. While there, Browning continued his doctoral studies and served as an adjunct instructor in English.[11] One of the courses Browning taught at SUNY-Buffalo was "A Cultural History of the Walking Dead," a fifteen-week course.[12] The course drew on Richard Matheson's novel I Am Legend as well as the films of George A. Romero.[13] While teaching at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Browning lectured on vampires, zombies, and monsters,[14] as well as on Slasher cinema in a course entitled, "The Slasher Film: Gender, Disability, and Transgression."[15]
Doctoral dissertation
For part of his doctoral dissertation, Browning conducted, over a period of two years, an ethnographic study of people who self-identify as vampire in New Orleans.[16] Browning's fieldnotes recount the experience: "On the eve of the second Tuesday of every month, I have become, to the watchful bystander, a familiar presence in the French Quarter. Flying through the dusky sky over Bourbon Street, as I strolled along casually, were fast, sweeping brown bats: An homage, maybe, to the business of interviewing vampires? To my side hung the trusty brown leather satchel that housed my pen and paper, and digital voice recorder. I left politely at home, of course, the crucifix I didn't actually own, and the short wooden stake carved for me by an older brother when I was younger. For indeed the vampires with whom I was meeting tonight were not prisoners of lore and legend: theirs was a new lore, and they were becoming very quickly their own legend."[17] Browning extended his ethnographic fieldwork to include real vampires living in Buffalo, NY.
For an op-ed in Deep South Magazine entitled Conversations with Real Vampires, Browning's notes further recount the experience: "We are meeting an hour later than usual for the third month in a row, because the sun, during the summer months, sets closer to 9 instead of 8. Tonight, I will ask for the first time if I can watch them feed."[18] Browning has more recently elaborated on his experiences in Palgrave Communications,[19]The Conversation UK,[20] twice in Discover (magazine)[21] and The Atlantic.[22]
Professional affiliations
Browning sits on a number of editorial and advisory boards, including the Board of Advisors[23] for The Blood Project (TBP) based out of Harvard Medical School, its members representing "leaders in their fields, including hematology, medical education, history of medicine, comparative and evolutionary medicine, art and medicine, literature in medicine, health literacy, and medical training in under-represented minorities".[24] He also sits on the Editorial Advisory Panel[25] for Humanities & Social Sciences Communications (a Springer Nature journal), previously called Palgrave Communications; the Advisory Board[26] for Ethics International Press, founded in 1993 in Cambridge, UK to publish "academic books on Ethics and all related and associated topics" for "leading universities worldwide, the British Government, the European Commission, and to wholesalers, bookshops, libraries, agents, and individuals around the world";[27] the Editorial Board[28] for the Journal of Positive Sexuality, a multidisciplinary publication "designed to be accessible and beneficial to a large and diverse readership, including academics, policymakers, clinicians, educators, and students"; the Advisory Board[29] for the Series on Law, Culture and the Humanities, edited by Caroline Joan S. Picart and published by Fairleigh Dickinson University Press; as well as the Executive Advisory Committee[30] for The Journal of Gods and Monsters, published through the Department of Philosophy at Texas State University.
Zombie Talk: Culture, History, Politics (Palgrave Pivot) as co-author with David R. Castillo, David Schmid, and David A. Reilly, afterword by William Egginton[32]
Books (edited)
Bram Stoker's Dracula: The Critical Feast, An Annotated Reference of Early Reviews & Reactions, 1897-1913 as editor with afterword by J. Gordon Melton[33]
Bram Stoker's Gibbet Hill and Other Lost Writings: An Anthology as co-editor with Paul S. McAlduff[34]
Dracula (Norton Critical Editions) as co-editor with David J. Skal[35]
Draculas, Vampires, and Other Undead Forms: Essays on Gender, Race, and Culture as co-editor with Caroline Joan S. Picart, foreword by David J. Skal[36]
The Fantastic in Holocaust Literature and Film: Critical Perspectives (Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy) as co-editor with Judith B. Kerman, foreword by Jane Yolen[37]
The Forgotten Writings of Bram Stoker as editor with foreword by Elizabeth Miller and afterword by Dacre Stoker[38]
Graphic Horror: Movie Monster Memories as editor with foreword by David J. Skal and afterword by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro[39]
The Criminal Humanities: An Introduction (Criminal Humanities & Forensic Semiotics) as a contributor with editors Michael Andrew Arntfield and Marcel Danesi[55]
Dead Reckonings: Review of Horror Literature (journal)[56]
Dracula: An International Perspective (Palgrave Gothic) as a contributor with editor Marius-Mircea Crisan[57]
Encyclopedia of the Vampire: The Living Dead in Myth, Legend, and Popular Culture as a contributor with editor S. T. Joshi[59]
Encyclopedia of the Zombie: The Walking Dead in Popular Culture and Myth as a contributor with editors June Pulliam and Anthony J. Fonesca[60]
McAlduff, Paul S.; Browning, John Edgar (2014). "Bram Stoker's 'Lost' Sketch: 'To the Rescue'". English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920. 57 (3): 299–308. Project MUSE546595.
The Evolution of Horror in the Twenty-First Century as a contributor with editor Simon Bacon[61]
Fear and Learning: Essays on the Pedagogy of Horror as a contributor with editors Sean Moreland and Aalya Ahmad[62]
Ghosts in Popular Culture and Legend as contributor with editors June Michele Pulliam and Anthony J. Fonseca[64]
McAlduff, Paul S.; Browning, John Edgar (November 2016). "Bram Stoker's Oeuvre and 'Other Knowledges': The 'Lost' Book Review of Norman Macrae's Highland Second-Sight (1909)". Gothic Studies. 18 (2): 86–95. doi:10.7227/GS.0010.
Browning, John Edgar; Skal, David J. (2015). "Something in His Blood: An Interview with David J. Skal". The Green Book: Writings on Irish Gothic, Supernatural and Fantastic Literature (6): 74–83. JSTOR48536092.
Horror Literature through History: An Encyclopedia of the Stories That Speak to Our Deepest Fears as a contributor with editor Matt Cardin[65]
Browning, John Edgar (June 2011). "Survival horrors, survival spaces: Tracing the modern zombie (cine)myth". Horror Studies. 2 (1): 41–59. doi:10.1386/host.2.1.41_1.
Browning, John Edgar (2 December 2015). "Monster culture in the 21st century: a reader". Information, Communication & Society. 18 (12): 1455–1456. doi:10.1080/1369118X.2014.987153. S2CID143737007.
Monsters: A Companion (Genre Fiction and Film Companions) as a contributor with editor Simon Bacon[67]
Monsters, Law, Crime: Explorations in Gothic Criminology as a contributor with editor Caroline Joan S. Picart[68]
Monstrous Children and Childish Monsters: Essays on Cinema's Holy Terrors as a contributor with editors Markus Bohlmann and Sean Moreland[69]
Nyx in the House of Night: Mythology, Folklore and Religion in the PC and Kristin Cast Vampyre Series as a contributor with editor P. C. Cast[70]
Browning, John Edgar (2012). "Review of Gothicka: Vampire Heroes, Human Gods, and the New Supernatural". Religion & Literature. 44 (3): 277–279. JSTOR24397771.
Routledge Companion to Death and Dying (Routledge Religion Companions) as contributor with editor Christopher Moreman[71]
Studies in the Fantastic (No. 2) (journal) as a contributor with editor S.T. Joshi[72]
Supernatural and Philosophy: Metaphysics and Monsters... for Idjits as a contributor with editor Galen A. Foresman and series editor William Irwin[73]
The Tale of the Living Vampyre: New Directions in Vampire Studies as a contributor with author Kevin Dodd[74]
The Transmedia Vampire: Technological Convergence and the Undead World of the Vampire as a contributor with editor Simon Bacon[75]
Undead in the West II: They Just Keep Coming as a contributor with editors Cynthia J. Miller and A. Bowdoin Van Riper[76]
Browning, John Edgar; Stoker, Bram (2013). "'Dracula's' Bram Stoker: 'The Wrongs of Grosvenor Square,' 'Bengal Roses,' and Other Lost Periodical Writings". Victorian Literature and Culture. 41 (2): 391–407. doi:10.1017/S1060150312000472. JSTOR24575706. S2CID162472497.
The Zombie Film: From White Zombie to World War Z as a contributor with authors Alain Silver and James Ursini[77]
Filmography
Самые Шокирующие Гипотезы ("The Most Shocking Hypotheses") (2020)
AMC Visionaries: Eli Roth's History of Horror (2018)
^"Taboo USA". MOADb. Archived from the original on March 29, 2014. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
^Browning, John Edgar, and Caroline Joan (Kay) Picart. Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921–2010 (McFarland, 2011), 4.
^Browning, John Edgar (2010). Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010. McFarland. ISBN978-0786433650.
^Castillo, David R., David Schmid, David A. Reilly, and John Edgar Browning (2015). Zombie Talk: Culture, History, Politics (Palgrave Pivot). Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN978-1137575241.
^Browning, John Edgar (2012). Bram Stoker's Dracula: The Critical Feast, An Annotated Reference of Early Reviews & Reactions, 1897-1913. Apocryphile Press. ISBN978-1937002213.
^McAlduff, Paul S. and John Edgar Browning (2025). Bram Stoker's Gibbet Hill and Other Lost Writings: An Anthology. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN978-303183074-7.
^Browning, John Edgar (2009). Draculas, Vampires, and Other Undead Forms: Essays on Gender, Race, and Culture. Scarecrow Press. ISBN978-0810866966.
^Kerman, Judith B., and John Edgar Browning, eds. (2015). The Fantastic in Holocaust Literature and Film: Critical Perspectives (Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy). McFarland. ISBN978-0786458745.
^Stoker, Bram (2012). The Forgotten Writings of Bram Stoker. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN978-1137277220.
^Browning, John Edgar (2012). Graphic Horror: Movie Monster Memories. Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. ISBN978-0764340826.
^Chambers, Robert W. (2018). The King in Yellow, ed. John Edgar Browning. Lanternfish Press.ISBN978-1941360132.
^Chambers, Robert W. (2019). The King in Yellow (Clockworks Edition), 2nd ed., ed. John Edgar Browning. Lanternfish Press.ISBN978-1-941360422.
^Elliott-Smith, Darren, and John Edgar Browning, eds. (2020).New Queer Horror Film and Television (Horror Studies). University of Wales Press. ISBN978-1786836267.
^Stoker, Bram (2017). Old Hoggen and Other Adventures, ed. John Edgar Browning and Brian J. Showers. Swan River Press. ISBN978-1783800186.
^Stibbs, John H. (2013). A Quarter Century of Student Life at Tulane: A Dean's Narrative History, 1949-1975. Margaret Media, Inc. ISBN978-0985568627.
^Browning, John Edgar (2012). Speaking of Monsters: A Teratological Anthology. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN978-0230114500.
^Summers, Montague (2011). The Vampire, His Kith and Kin: A Critical Edition. Apocryphile Press. ISBN978-1937002176.
^Summers, Montague (2014). The Vampire in Europe: A Critical Edition, ed. John Edgar Browning. Apocryphile Press. ISBN978-1940671451.
^Rhodes, Gary D., and John Edgar Browning, eds. (2022). The Vampire; or, Detective Brand's Greatest Case, illus. Jeremy Ray. Strangers from Nowhere Press. ISBN978-1736386644.
^Browning, John Edgar. "Oil and the (Geo)Politics of Blood: Towards an Eco-Gothic Critique of Nightwing." In Animal Horror Cinema: Genre, History and Criticism. Ed. Katarina Gregersdotter, Johan Höglund, and Nicklas Hållén. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN9781137496386.
^Hock Soon Ng, Andrew (2008). Asian Gothic: Essays on Literature, Film and Anime. McFarland. ISBN978-0786433353.
^Browning, John Edgar (2018). "Mummies, Vampires, and Doppelgangers: Hammer's B-Movies and Classic Gothic Fiction." In B-Movie Gothic: International Perspectives. Ed. Justin D. Edwards and Johan Höglund. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN978-1474423441.
^Williams, DJ, and John Edgar Browning. "Looking Inside the Coffin: An Overview of Contemporary Human Vampirism and Its Relevance for Forensics Professionals." In The Criminal Humanities: An Introduction (Criminal Humanities & Forensic Semiotics). Ed. Michael Arntfield and Marcel Danesi. Peter Lang. ISBN9781433131943.
^Browning, John Edgar (2017). "Dracula's Oracular History." In Dracula: An International Perspective (Palgrave Gothic). Ed. Marius-Mircea Crisan. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN978-3319633664.
^Joshi, S. T. (2012). Encyclopedia of the Vampire: The Living Dead in Myth, Legend, and Popular Culture. Greenwood. ISBN978-0313378331.
^Browning, John Edgar (2014). "I Am Legend, Richard Matheson," "I Am Legend, The Omega Man, and The Last Man on Earth," and "Voodoo." In Encyclopedia of the Zombie: The Walking Dead in Popular Culture and Myth. Ed. June Pulliam and Anthony J. Fonesca. Greenwood Press. ISBN978-1440803888.
^Browning, John Edgar (2023). "Further Notes Towards a Monster Pedagogy." In The Evolution of Horror in the Twenty-First Century (Lexington Books Horror Studies). Ed. Simon Bacon. Lexington Books. ISBN978-1793643391.
^Moreland, Sean (2013). Fear and Learning: Essays on the Pedagogy of Horror. McFarland. ISBN978-0786468201.
^Browning, John Edgar (2021). "Law, Crime and Epistemological Convergences: Framing Law and Crime: An Interdisciplinary Anthology.” Film International 19.2 (Fall): 205-206. ISSN1651-6826.
^Browning, John Edgar (2016). "The Entity" and "Rosemary Ellen Guiley." In Ghosts in Popular Culture and Legend. Ed. June Pulliam and Anthony J. Fonesca. Greenwood Press. ISBN978-1440834905.
^Browning, John Edgar (2017). "Horror Criticism" (essay), "Vampire Fiction from Dracula to Lestat and Beyond" (essay), "Bram Stoker," and "Montague Summers." In Horror Literature through History: An Encyclopedia of the Stories That Speak to Our Deepest Fears. Ed. Matt Cardin. Greenwood Press. ISBN978-1440842016.
^Browning, John Edgar (2020). "The Mask: Slasher Cinema (1978-1998)–Teaching the Monster." In Monsters: A Companion (Genre Fiction and Film Companions). Ed. Simon Bacon. Peter Lang. ISBN978-1788746649.
^Williams, DJ and John Edgar Browning (2020). "Vampire Fictions and the Conflation of Violent Criminality with Real Vampirism: A Practical Overview." In Monsters, Law, Crime: Explorations in Gothic Criminology. Ed. Caroline Joan S. Picart. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. ISBN978-1683930792.
^Browning, John Edgar (2016). "Vampires and Zombies." In Routledge Companion to Death and Dying (Routledge Religion Companions). Ed. Christopher Moreman. Routledge. ISBN978-1138852075.
^Joshi, S. T. (2009). Studies in the Fantastic (No. 2). University of Tampa Press. ISBN978-1597320580.
^Foresman, Galen A. (2013). Supernatural and Philosophy: Metaphysics and Monsters... for Idjits. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN978-1118615959.
^Browning, John Edgar (2021). Foreword to The Tale of the Living Vampyre: New Directions in Vampire Studies. By Kevin Dodd. Universitas Press. ISBN9781988963327.
^Browning, John Edgar (2021). Foreword to The Transmedia Vampire: Technological Convergence and the Undead World of the Vampire. Ed. Simon Bacon. McFarland. ISBN978-1476675749.
^Miller, Cynthia J. (2013). Undead in the West II: They Just Keep Coming. Scarecrow Press. ISBN978-0810892644.
^Silver, Alain (2014). The Zombie Film: From White Zombie to World War Z. Applause Theatre & Cinema. ISBN978-0879108878.