Laura García Soria

Affiliation: University of Zaragoza

Research Areas:
Period: 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic
Genres and Media: Fiction, Games
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic
Creatures: Aliens, Ghosts, Monsters

Laura García Soria is a PhD candidate in English Studies at the University of Zaragoza. Her research focuses on the role of the planet Earth in the human imaginary and its reflection on fiction, as well as representations of the natural environment in different media.

Email: laura.garcia@unizar.es
Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Laura-Garcia-Soria

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Nikkita Snelleksz

Research Areas:
Period: Early Modern Gothic, 19th Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth, Gothic Fashion, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Poetry, Tourism and Travel
Regions and Cultures: Creole Gothic, English Gothic, European Gothic, Irish Gothic
Creatures: Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

Nikkita Snelleksz is a prospective PhD student who is working on achieving a doctorate on Shakespearean gothic.

Email: Nsnelleksz2100@gmail.com

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M’Balia Thomas

Affiliation: The University of Arizona

Research Areas:
Period: 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV

M’Balia Thomas is an Associate Professor of English Applied Linguistics in the Department of English at The University of Arizona.

Email: mbthomas@arizona.edu

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Rhi Johnson

Affiliation: Indiana University Bloomington

Research Areas:
Period: 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Masculinity, Queer Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth, Technology, Medicine and Science
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction, Poetry
Regions and Cultures: Caribbean Gothic, European Gothic, Latin American Gothic, Southern American Gothic, Tropical Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

Rhi Johnson explores the pain and pleasure of haunted shores and crumbling ruins of Spain and Latin America from Indiana University Bloomington.

Email: rhirjohn@iu.edu
Website: https://spanport.indiana.edu/about/faculty/johnson-rhi.html

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Sonika Jaiganesh

Affiliation: University of Glasgow

Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic
Gender: Queer Gothic, Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Technology, Medicine and Science
Genres and Media: Fiction, Poetry
Regions and Cultures: English Gothic, Scottish Gothic
Creatures: Monsters, Vampires

Sonika Jaiganesh is currently researching the ontology of disease in Victorian gothic monster fiction.

Email: sonikajaiganesh1@gmail.com

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Joana Jacob Ramalho

Affiliation: University College London

Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Masculinity
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth, Technology, Medicine and Science, Gothic Music
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction, Film and TV, Poetry
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, American Gothic, English Gothic, European Gothic, Latin American Gothic, Nordic Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

Joana Jacob Ramalho is a lecturer at University College London, specialising in gothic film with research focusing on memory, displacement, music, and failure.

Email: joana.ramalho@ucl.ac.uk

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Hayley Billet

Affiliation: Penn State Harrisburg

Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Animation, Arts, Fiction, Film and TV, Poetry, Tourism and Travel
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, English Gothic, Irish Gothic, Scottish Gothic
Creatures: Aliens, Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

Hayley Billet is an American Studies PhD candidate at Penn State Harrisburg. Her areas of interest include gothic literature, the Ecogothic, and dark tourism.

Email: billeth123@gmail.com

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Ellie Shawcross

Affiliation: Lancaster University

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

Ellie Shawcross is a PhD student at Lancaster University, researching her thesis ‘(Un)Natural Desires: Wildness and Abject Desire in the Contemporary Queer Horrorsphere’.

Email: e.shawcross1@lancaster.ac.uk

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Teresa Rahi

Affiliation: Lebanese University

Research Areas:
Period: Early Modern Gothic, 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Masculinity, Queer Gothic, Trans Gothic, Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth, Technology, Medicine and Science, Gothic Music, Gothic Fashion, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Animation, Arts, Fiction, Film and TV, Children and YA, Games, Comics and Graphic Novels, Poetry, Theatre and Performance, Tourism and Travel, Virtual Gothic
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, African Gothic, American Gothic, Antipodean Gothic, Arctic Gothic, Asian Gothic, Black Gothic, Canadian Gothic, Caribbean Gothic, Creole Gothic, English Gothic, European Gothic, Irish Gothic, Latin American Gothic, Middle-Eastern Gothic, Nordic Gothic, Scottish Gothic, Southern American Gothic, Tropical Gothic, Welsh Gothic
Creatures: Aliens, Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies

Teresa Rahi is an MA student in English Literature at the Lebanese University, Lebanon whose research sits at the intersection of Gothic literature, Posthumanism, and artificial intelligence.

Email: rahiteresa@hotmail.com

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Greta Dunn

Affiliation: University of Bristol

Research Areas:
Period: Early Modern Gothic, 18th Century Gothic, 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, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction, Film and TV, Games, Poetry
Creatures: Aliens, Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies

Greta Dunn is interested in EcoGothic, arboreal gothic, theological gothic, queer gothic and particularly gothic girlfriends.

Email: gd13769@bristol.ac.uk

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