Panek, Helena (2026) Getting Her Off: Looking at Women Authors in Romance Compared to Other Fiction Genres Honors thesis, Eastern Kentucky University Topic Publishing authors
Montejo, Aurora (2026) Guilty Pleasure or Attack on Feminism?: An Analysis of the Dark Romance Subgenre The Odyssey: Undergraduate Arts & Humanities Academic Journal 1:7-18 Topic feminism Penelope Douglas Danielle Lori H. D. Carlton Charlotte Brontë rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse gender
Lu, Jie (2026) Chinese Online Fiction: A New Romantic Imagination The International Journal of Literary Humanities 24.1:35-58 DOI: 10.18848/2327-7912/CGP/A360 Topic paranormal/fantasy/time-travel romance China genre definitions Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) Liuyue gender
Tomas, Marina (2026) Truhelkin Plein air: feministička romansa? Kroatologija : časopis za hrvatsku kulturu Fakulteta hrvatskih studija Sveučilišta u Zagrebu 17.1:7-24 Topic Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) Jagoda Truhelka Croatia feminism
Nankervis, Madison (2021) Diversity in Romance Novels: Race, Sexuality, Neurodivergence, Disability, and Fat Representation Master of Science in Publishing, Pace University Topic race/ethnicity sex/sexuality disability fat, fatness