Francis Gene-Rowe

Affiliation: University of Southampton

Research Areas:
Period: 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Queer Gothic, Trans Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Technology, Medicine and Science
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction, Games, Poetry
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, English Gothic
Creatures: Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Zombies

Writer/designer/researcher of poetry, games, sf, utopia. Monstrous neoliberal subjecthood. Mr Blobby. Digital culture. Gothic reminds us that ‘The World’ isn’t real, but will kill you.

Email: f.gene-rowe@soton.ac.uk
Website: https://goblin-futures.itch.io

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Meghan Hewitt

Research Areas:
Period: 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Children and YA, Games, Comics and Graphic Novels, Virtual Gothic
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, European Gothic, Irish Gothic
Creatures: Aliens, Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies

Meghan Hewitt (she/her)
BA English Literature and History, Trinity College Dublin.
MA Issues in Modern Culture, University College London. Thesis: Identifying the Digital Individual: Establishing the Self within Collaborative Digital Horror.

Email: meghan.hewittf@gmail.com
Website: https://linktr.ee/thefloodflow

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Ivana Prelević-Mrdak

Affiliation: The Graduate Center CUNY

Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Gender
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction, Poetry, Theatre and Performance
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, European Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

Ivana Prelević-Mrdak is undertaking a PhD in French, specialising in 19th-century French Gothic, gender, and abjection; teaches at Queens College (CUNY) and directs a legal translation company.

Email: iprelevic@gc.cuny.edu

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Sina Raeder

Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Queer Gothic, Trans Gothic, Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth, Technology, Medicine and Science, Gothic Music
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction, Film and TV
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, American Gothic, Black Gothic, English Gothic, European Gothic
Creatures: Aliens, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

Sina Raeder is a postgrad independent Gothic scholar with a focus on genre evolution, phenomenological readings of haunted houses, and lesbian vampires.

Email: sina@schmudlach.de

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Sol McIntyre

Affiliation: Lincoln Bishop University

Research Areas:
Period: 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic
Genres and Media: Fiction
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, American Gothic, Black Gothic, Latin American Gothic, Southern American Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts

Sol McIntyre is a PhD student researching trauma and hauntings in the American Gothic.

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Taylor Hall

Affiliation: Manchester Metropolitan University

Research Areas:
Period: 20th Century Gothic
Gender: Queer Gothic, Trans Gothic
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV
Creatures: Monsters, Vampires, Zombies

Taylor Hall is an MA student at MMU.

Email: taylor.r.hall@stu.mmu.ac.uk

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Stephanie Roberts

Affiliation: University of Massachusetts Boston

Research Areas:
Period: 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth, Gothic Music
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Poetry
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, American Gothic, Creole Gothic, English Gothic, European Gothic, Irish Gothic, Scottish Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

English 101 and 102 professor; research areas and interests- 20th and 21st century American, French, and Irish independent lit/films and the Gothic: postcolonial, eco, folk, and southern gothic; research questions surrounding memory, the mind, atrocity and non-representation, haunting, nostalgia, and film form.

Email: s7roberts@bridgew.edu

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Dania Idriss

Affiliation: University of Calgary

Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth, Technology, Medicine and Science
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction, Film and TV, Games, Comics and Graphic Novels, Poetry
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, African Gothic, Asian Gothic, Black Gothic, Caribbean Gothic, Creole Gothic, Latin American Gothic, Middle-Eastern Gothic, Southern American Gothic
Creatures: Aliens, Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies

Dania Idriss is a Lebanese-Canadian author and a doctoral candidate in the Department of English at the University of Calgary. Her writing focuses on global gothic, particularly Arabic speculative fiction. Her first book was published in Spring 2026.

Email: didriss22@gmail.com

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Elena Romea Parente

Affiliation: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction, Film and TV, Poetry, Virtual Gothic
Regions and Cultures: English Gothic, European Gothic, Nordic Gothic, Southern American Gothic
Creatures: Aliens, Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies

Elena Romea Parente is a university lecturer and researcher in literature, film, and linguistics, specialising in contemporary narratives, Spanish horror cinema, and interdisciplinary cultural studies.

Email: elena.romea.parente@gmail.com
Website: https://spanishfear.com

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Dawn Keetley

Affiliation: Lehigh University

Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, Black Gothic, English Gothic, Irish Gothic, Scottish Gothic, Welsh Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters, Zombies

Dawn Keetley is a Professor of English and Film at Lehigh University and editor of the journal Horror Studies and the website HorrorHomeroom.com. Obsessed with folk horror.

Email: dek7@lehigh.edu
Website: https://wordpress.lehigh.edu/DawnKeetley

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