Dr Samantha George is a Senior Lecturer in Literature in the Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities Research Institute at the University of Hertfordshire.

She is known for her research on eighteenth century literature and science with a particular emphasis on the role of women and botany.

[1] She is also known for her work on Gothic and vampire literature and culture,[2][1] and is the convener of the 'Open Graves, Open Minds: Vampires and the Undead in Modern Culture' (OGOM) research project at the University of Hertfordshire.

[9][10] In the field of feminist botany she is best known for her book Botany, sexuality, and women's writing 1760-1830 : from modest shoot to forward plant (2007), following in the steps of Londa Schiebinger and Ann Shteir[11] in the field of gender and science, detailing the exclusion of women from botany after Linnaeus' classification was published in English (1783–1785),[12] because the sexual reproduction of plants was considered harmful to 'female modesty'.

[13][14][15][16][17] Since then she has continued to research and publish on the intersections of literature, women and science, and in particular botany.