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Matt Johnson

Research Areas:
Period: Early Modern Gothic, 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Trans Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth, Technology, Medicine and Science, Gothic Music, Gothic Fashion, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Film and TV, Games, Poetry, Theatre and Performance, Tourism and Travel, Virtual Gothic
Regions and Cultures: African Gothic
Creatures: Monsters

Email: mattjninja636@gmail.com

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Emma Nicole Penfold-Hall

Affiliation: University of Hull

Research Areas:
Period: 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth, Gothic Music, Gothic Fashion, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Animation, Arts, Fiction, Film and TV, Games, Comics and Graphic Novels, Poetry, Theatre and Performance, Tourism and Travel
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, Arctic Gothic, Creole Gothic, English Gothic, Irish Gothic, Nordic Gothic, Scottish Gothic, Welsh Gothic
Creatures: Aliens, Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies

Family call me a grebo; others: mosher. I am an elder emo, mature student, living for the weekend, or… however long the tide’s out. Em.

Email: e.n.penfold-hall-2022@hull.ac.uk

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Micah James Spiece

Affiliation: Wayne State 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, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Games, Theatre and Performance, Tourism and Travel
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, American Gothic, Black Gothic, Canadian Gothic, Caribbean Gothic, Southern American Gothic
Creatures: Aliens, Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies

Ph.D. student, adjunct professor, performing artist.

Email: micahspiece@gmail.com

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Jessica Risk

Affiliation: Wayne State University

Research Areas:
Period: Early Modern Gothic, 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth, Technology, Medicine and Science, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Fiction, Poetry
Regions and Cultures: English Gothic, European Gothic, Irish Gothic, Scottish Gothic, Welsh Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

Jessica Risk is a PhD student specializing in Early Modern and Gothic literature, exploring how representations of the supernatural interrogate knowledge, historical narratives, and authority.

Email: jessica.risk@wayne.edu

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Germán Biener Camacho

Affiliation: University of Alicante

Research Areas:
Period: 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Queer Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth, Technology, Medicine and Science, Gothic Music, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Animation, Arts, Fiction, Film and TV, Games, Comics and Graphic Novels, Poetry, Theatre and Performance, Virtual Gothic
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, Black Gothic, Canadian Gothic, English Gothic, Southern American Gothic
Creatures: Aliens, Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies

Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Alicante. MLitt in “The Gothic Imagination” from the University of Stirling. Eternal lover of the spooky and bizarre.

Email: germayhem@gmail.com

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Amelia Reardon

Affiliation: Concordia University

Research Areas:
Period: Early Modern Gothic, 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, English Gothic, Irish Gothic, Southern American Gothic

Amelia Reardon (she/they) is a first year PhD student at Concordia University in Montréal. Their research focuses on the Gothic genre and the ways it serves as an interlocutor between literary analysis, cognitive literary theory, and deconstructionist theories of self and narrative. She is also interested in the overlapping application of quantum theory on both narratology (specifically in the Gothic) and cognitive understandings of consciousness.

Email: amelia.reardon@mail.concordia.ca

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Celeste Auman

Research Areas:
Period: 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Masculinity, Queer Gothic, Trans Gothic, Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Poetry
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, African Gothic, American Gothic, Latin American Gothic, Middle-Eastern Gothic
Creatures: Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

Celeste Auman is a prospective graduate student with a special interest in the gothic, specifically modern and American gothic.

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Meltem Vardal Ozkutlu

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, Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth, Technology, Medicine and Science
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Theatre and Performance, Virtual Gothic
Regions and Cultures: English Gothic
Creatures: Aliens, Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies

Meltem Vardal Ozkutlu holds a PhD in English Literature, researching women’s Gothic fiction, spatiality, female subjectivity, and nineteenth- and twentieth-century literary representations of gender, identity, power.

Email: meltemvardal@hotmail.com
Website: https://avesis.ankara.edu.tr/mvardal

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Henriikka Koivisto

Affiliation: University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Research Areas:
Period: 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Masculinity, Queer Gothic, Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth, Technology, Medicine and Science
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction, Film and TV
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, Black Gothic, English Gothic, Irish Gothic, Nordic Gothic
Creatures: Monsters, Vampires

Henriikka Koivisto is a PhD candidate and instructor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Email: hhkoivisto@uncg.edu

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Maria-Alexandra-Olivia David

Affiliation: West University of Timișoara

Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth, Technology, Medicine and Science, Gothic Music, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Animation, Arts, Fiction, Film and TV, Comics and Graphic Novels, Tourism and Travel
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, English Gothic, European Gothic, Irish Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

Maria David is a Ph.D. student at the West University of Timișoara, Romania. Her research focuses on the representation of Count Dracula as a sympathetic figure in popular fiction, cinema, and television.

Email: maria.david01@e-uvt.ro

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