Lucy Swift

Affiliation: Northumbria University

Research Areas:
Period: 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Queer Gothic, Trans Gothic, Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth, Technology, Medicine and Science
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction, Film and TV, Virtual Gothic
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, American Gothic, English Gothic, European Gothic
Creatures: Animals, Ghosts, Monsters

Lucy Swift is a first year PhD student researching liminality and hauntology in contemporary media.

Email: lucy.c.swift@northumbria.ac.uk

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Catherine Cook

Research Areas:
Period: 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Masculinity, Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Games, Theatre and Performance, Virtual Gothic
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, American Gothic, English Gothic, European Gothic, Irish Gothic, Scottish Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies

Catherine Cook holds a Masters in Gothic literature.

Email: catherinescook71@gmail.com

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James Bogdanski

Affiliation: Long Beach City College

Research Areas:
Period: 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Queer Gothic
Genres and Media: Film and TV
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

James Bogdanski teaches at two colleges in Southern California, focusing on Gothic cinema, genre, screenwriting, film history, visual culture, and related media studies research.

Email: jbogdanski@lbcc.edu

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Rebekah Brammer

Affiliation: University of New England (Australia)

Research Areas:
Period: 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth
Genres and Media: Film and TV
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, Antipodean Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters

Rebekah Brammer is a professional member of the Australian Academy of Cinema Television Arts and Australian Film Critics Association, with over 30 papers published across a range of screen texts and topics. She commenced PhD candidature at the University of New England (Australia) in 2024, with her research based on screen ecologies in film and television produced and set in Tasmania. Her interests include Australian Gothic (and Noir) and Tasmanian Gothic (and Noir) in film and TV.

Email: rbrammer@myune.edu.au
Website: https://rebekahbrammer.wordpress.com

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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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