Dr Josephine Browne (she/her) has research interests in masculinities and critical animal studies, particularly cultural representations in fiction and film. Recent work includes examinations of coercive control, dystopian futures, single fatherhood and New Men. She is co-editor of a multispecies sociology collection, Human-Animal Relationships in Times of Pandemic and Climate Change (Routledge 2025), Associate Editor of Feminisms, Gender, and Advocacy (relaunch of Outskirts) and Co-convener of The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) Sociology and Activism Group. Josephine was AWGSA’s inaugural Disability Rep, and lives with chronic pain. Her award-winning fiction has appeared in publications such as Hecate, Island and several anthologies, most recently ACE IV (Recent Work Press). She can be found on Blue Sky @drejosephine.bsky.social and ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6230-4614