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Matthias Stephan

Affiliation: Aarhus University

Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Poetry
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, European Gothic, Nordic Gothic
Creatures: Aliens, Animals

Matthias Stephan researches postmodernism, its implications in Gothic, sci-fi, and crime fiction, and their intersections in considering global climate change.

Email: engms@cc.au.dk

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Jemma Stewart

Affiliation: Birkbeck College, University of London

Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Masculinity
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction
Regions and Cultures: European Gothic
Creatures: Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

I am a PhD student researching the language of flowers and the Victorian Gothic, interested in the Female Gothic, the ecoGothic, and ecofeminism.

Email: jstewa07@student.bbk.ac.uk

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Oliver Rendle

Research Areas:
Period: 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Gothic Masculinity
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Technology, Medicine and Science
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Children and YA, Games
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, European Gothic
Creatures: Aliens, Zombies

I am a writer and researcher interested in intersections between horror, humour and pessimistic philosophy. I completed my PhD the Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies in 2022.

Email: OMRendle@outlook.com

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Anna Reid

Affiliation: Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos

Research Areas:
Period: 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Comics and Graphic Novels, Tourism and Travel
Regions and Cultures: European Gothic, Latin American Gothic, Scottish Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

I am a full time lecturer in Hispanic Studies. Interests lie in late XIX British Gothic, the Brontë sisters, Charles Dickens, degeneration and Latin American Gothic.

Email: tochtli.reid@gmail.com

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Tom J. Hillard

Affiliation: Boise State University

Research Areas:
Period: 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic
Genres and Media: Fiction, Poetry
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic

I am a professor of literature at Boise State University. My research interests include early American Gothic and book history in the early decades of the US.

Email: thomashillard@boisestate.edu

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Megan DeVirgilis

Affiliation: Morgan State University

Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Queer Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth, Technology, Medicine and Science, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, Black Gothic, Caribbean Gothic, European Gothic, Latin American Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies

Megan DeVirgilis is Associate Professor of Spanish, editor of The Female Vampire in Hispanic Literature (University of Wales Press, 2024) and co-editor of Women’s Agency and the Gothic (Manchester University Press, forthcoming).

Email: megan.devirgilis@morgan.edu
Website: https://www.morgan.edu/world-languages-and-international-studies/faculty-and-staff/megan-devirgilis

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Chloe Campbell

Affiliation: Lancaster University

Research Areas:
Period: 20th Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Masculinity, Queer Gothic, Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Film and TV
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, Southern American Gothic

Chloe is a PhD student at Lancaster University, researching witches and the Suburban Gothic.

Email: chloecampbelleveryday@gmail.com
Website: https://readingwitches.wordpress.com

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Sandie Mills

Affiliation: University of Hull

Research Areas:
Period: 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth, Technology, Medicine and Science
Genres and Media: Animation, Arts, Fiction, Film and TV, Children and YA, Theatre and Performance, Virtual Gothic
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, European Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

I am completing a PhD on the figure of the ‘living’ doll in contemporary horror and increasingly interested in the intersections between technology and Gothic Studies.

Email: sandiemills89@gmail.com

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Dara Downey

Affiliation: Trinity College Dublin

Research Areas:
Period: 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, Children and YA
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, Black Gothic, Canadian Gothic, Caribbean Gothic, Creole Gothic, Irish Gothic, Latin American Gothic, Scottish Gothic, Southern American Gothic, Tropical Gothic, Welsh Gothic
Creatures: Animals, Ghosts, Zombies

Dara Downey is a precariously employed lecturer working on American Gothic, with particular interests in domesticity, space and place, material culture, labour and class, and religion.

Email: dara.p.downey@gmail.com

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Janice Lynne Deitner

Affiliation: Trinity College Dublin

Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Masculinity, Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Comics and Graphic Novels
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Zombies

Shirley Jackson scholar, with interests in Gothic Science Fiction, all eras of American Gothic, and infection/contagion, particularly in zombie narratives.

Email: deitnerj@tcd.ie
Website: https://shirleyjackson21stcentury.wordpress.com

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