Éamonn Shults

Affiliation: Utah Valley University

Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Queer Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Poetry
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, American Gothic, English Gothic, Irish Gothic, Scottish Gothic
Creatures: Aliens, Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies

Éamonn Shults is Utah Valley University’s 2025 Outstanding Graduate for the Department of English. He is currently preparing to pursue an MFA in creative writing, where he will focus his time writing literary horror and researching Gothic histories.

Email: eamonn.thomas.shults@gmail.com

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Megan Gannon

Affiliation: Ripon College

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, Technology, Medicine and Science
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction, Film and TV, Children and YA, Comics and Graphic Novels, Poetry, Tourism and Travel
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, African Gothic, American Gothic, Black Gothic, English Gothic, European Gothic, Irish Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Vampires

Megan Gannon is an Associate Professor of English and Ripon College. She is the author of three poetry collections, WHITE NIGHTGOWN, THE WITCH’S INDEX, and DISPATCH FROM EVERY SECOND GUESS, as well as a Gothic-leaning novel, CUMBERLAND.

Email: gannonm@ripon.edu

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Ebru Tufan

Affiliation: Ege 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: Arts, Fiction, Film and TV, Games
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, African Gothic, English Gothic, Irish Gothic, Middle-Eastern Gothic
Creatures: Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

Ebru Tufan is a PhD student in English Literature whose research focuses on ecogothic theory, environmental humanities, and postcolonial ecologies.

Email: ebrutufan@outlook.com

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Vanessa Hoffmann

Affiliation: University of Augsburg

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

Vanessa Hoffmann has a Bachelor’s in Applied Linguistics and a Master’s in English and American Studies from the University of Augsburg, where she wrote her thesis on short stories of the Southern Gothic.

Email: vanessahoffmann0@web.de

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Tori Elliott

Affiliation: Pohang University of Science and Technology

Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Technology, Medicine and Science
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV
Regions and Cultures: Scottish Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies

I am a part-time PhD student, full-time lecturer, and very busy mother. My research lies in the intersection between the Gothic and science/technology.

Email: elliott@postech.ac.kr

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Diana Fulger

Affiliation: Bielefeld University

Research Areas:
Period: Early Modern Gothic, 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Masculinity
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth, Gothic Music, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction, Film and TV, Poetry
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, American Gothic, Arctic Gothic, Black Gothic, Canadian Gothic, Caribbean Gothic, Creole Gothic, English Gothic, European Gothic, Irish Gothic, Latin American Gothic, Nordic Gothic, Scottish Gothic, Southern American Gothic, Tropical Gothic, Welsh Gothic
Creatures: Aliens, Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

Diana Fulger is a lecturer for North American Literatures and Cultures and coordinator of the MA Program in InterAmerican Studies/Estudios InterAmericanos at Bielefeld University, Germany.

Email: maria_diana.fulger@uni-bielefeld.de

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Patrick Otieno

Research Areas:
Period: 21st Century Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Games
Regions and Cultures: African Gothic

Email: otienopatrick20@gmail.com

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Antonia Klawitter

Research Areas:
Period: Early Modern Gothic, 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Masculinity, Queer Gothic, Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth, Technology, Medicine and Science
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction, Film and TV, Children and YA, Comics and Graphic Novels, Tourism and Travel
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, English Gothic, European Gothic, Irish Gothic, Welsh Gothic
Creatures: Aliens, Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies

Teacher with an interest in the Gothic.

Email: antonia.klawitter@gmail.com

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Sharmila Ghanekar

Affiliation: The University of British Columbia

Research Areas:
Period: 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Queer Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Technology, Medicine and Science
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Children and YA, Virtual Gothic
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, American Gothic
Creatures: Monsters, Zombies

Sharmila Ghanekar (she/her) is an MA English student at the University of British Columbia. Her research interests include Posthuman, Queer and Feminist theory.

Email: sharmilajoyghanekar@gmail.com

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William Ellis

Affiliation: Loughborough College

Research Areas:
Period: Early Modern Gothic, 18th Century Gothic
Gender: Queer Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic
Genres and Media: Poetry
Regions and Cultures: Black Gothic
Creatures: Zombies

Email: 301885@student.loucoll.ac.uk

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