Biography
Michael Furlong, Ed.D., is the UCF Connect Librarian at the UCF Daytona Beach campus and serves as the Photography, Nursing and Integrated Business Librarian in Daytona and also has additional subject areas in Orlando in Business, Nursing and Theater/Performing Arts.
Michael was a librarian at Valencia College, and Rollins prior to working at UCF. Additionally, Michael worked internationally in London, England at FSU’s London Librarian at the Study Center for a year as an internship.
Michael earned his doctorate (Ed.D.) in Educational Leadership in Higher Education from The University of Central Florida. Michael also holds an MS in Library Science and Information Studies from Florida State University and an MA in Literature from Florida Atlantic University. Michael’s research interests include scholarly collaborations between librarians and subject faculty, theater/film, graphic novels, and RPG tabletop gaming.
Michael is the primary librarian for:
- Photography
- College of Business
- Business Analytics
- Economics
- Real Estate
- College of Arts and Humanities
- Photography
- Theatre and Performing Arts
- College of Nursing (Daytona)
and the secondary librarian for these Colleges and Programs:
- College of Arts and Humanities:
- Africana Studies
- Architecture
- Emerging Media
- English
- History
- Latin American Studies
- Modern Languages
- Philosophy
- Themed Experience
- Visual Arts
- Writing and Rhetoric
- College of Business:
- Integrated Business
- Management
- Marketing
- Sport Business Management
- College of Nursing
Michael has presented on censorship, graphic novels, film, and gender studies at Orange County Public Libraries, The Enzian Theater, Daytona State College, The Southeast Museum of Photography, The University of Central Florida, The Florida Library Association, and The International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts (IAFA). Michael’s scholarship includes book chapters in 52 Ready-To-Use Gaming Programs for Libraries, Terrifying Texts: Essays on Books of Good and Evil in Horror Cinema, and Ages of Heroes, Eras of Men.
Selected Scholarship
Dissertation
Furlong, M. (2022). A qualitative inquiry into scholarly publishing between librarians and subject faculty. [Doctoral dissertation, University of Central Florida]. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd2020/1008
Book Chapters
Furlong, M. (2020). Call of Cthulhu: hosting roleplaying events in the world of H.P. Lovecraft.InE. Kroski (Ed.). 52 Ready-to-use gaming programs for libraries. American Library Association.
Furlong, M. (2018). Literary demons: Unraveling Julian Karswell’s bookish curse. In C. Miller & A.B.V. Riper. (Eds.). The terror of the text: Essays on books, scrolls and manuscripts in horror films. (pp. 198-208.) McFarland.
Furlong, M. (2013). Gendered power: Comics, film, and sexuality in the United States. In J. Chambliss, T. Donaldson & William Svitavsky, (Eds.). Ages of Heroes, Eras of Men (pp. 92-105.) Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Afterwords
Furlong, M. (2025). “The secret of Alas, Babylon.” A scholarly afterword for the reissued Alas, Babylon (1959) by Florida author, Pat Frank. Centipede Press.
Introductions
Furlong, M. (in press). “Revisiting Mary Stewart’s The Crystal Cave.” A scholarly introduction for the new edition of The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart, a novel exploring the Legend of Merlin. Centipede Press.
Fiction
Furlong, M. (2011). The singularity of puppies. The Fantastique Unfettered, 3. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/ucfscholar/1206/
Furlong, M. (2008). Dress rehearsal. Albedo One, 35, 23-28.
Fiction, Peer-Reviewed
Furlong, M. (2024, March). A perfect world. Dissections: The Journal of Contemporary Horror. Retrieved from https://dissections.co.uk/Dissections%202024/dissections_page_04.html
Book Reviews, Peer-Reviewed
Furlong, M. (2011). Lynch via Nietzsche et. al. [Review of the book The philosophy of David Lynch, by W.J. Devlin & S. Biderman. Extrapolation.
Furlong, M. (2011). The theorist inside me: Pop. 15. [Review of the book Neo-Noir, by M. Bould, K. Glitra, & G. Tuck. Extrapolation.
