Federica Palazzi

Affiliation: University of Macerata

Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic
Genres and Media: Fiction, Games
Regions and Cultures: English Gothic, Irish Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters

Federica Palazzi is an English culture teacher and PhD researcher in Gothic literature, gender, and game design, creating a digital game based on Victorian women’s ghost stories.

Email: federica.palazzibacher@gmail.com
Website: https://www.federicapalazzibacher.com/en/home/

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Teresa Sorolla

Affiliation: Universitat Jaume I

Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction, Film and TV
Regions and Cultures: English Gothic, Scottish Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Vampires

Full Lecturer in Film Studies and Visual Culture at Universitat Jaume I (Spain)

Email: tsorolla@uji.es
Website: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2768-4169

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Dennis Jackson

Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic
Gender: Trans Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Technology, Medicine and Science, Gothic Music, Gothic Fashion
Genres and Media: Film and TV
Regions and Cultures: Irish Gothic
Creatures: Monsters, Zombies

Email: david.jaques@uss.co.uk

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Shaun Mclaren

Affiliation: University of Stirling

Research Areas:
Period: 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Gothic Masculinity
Genres and Media: Fiction, Games
Regions and Cultures: Scottish Gothic
Creatures: Monsters

Shaun Mclaren is an early career gothicist and MRes Arts and Humanities student at the University of Stirling, specialising in weird literature and nihilism.

Email: shaunmclarenwriter@gmail.com

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Taylor Cooper

Research Areas:
Period: Early Modern Gothic, 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth, Gothic Music, Gothic Fashion, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Animation, Fiction, Film and TV, Poetry, Tourism and Travel
Regions and Cultures: African Gothic, American Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

Taylor Cooper is a full time worker, part time student, and hobby reader who loves to devour gothic, gothic horror, and fantasy literature!

Email: taylorcooper4244@gmail.com

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C. E. Smith

Research Areas:
Period: 18th Century Gothic, 19th 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, Children and YA, Poetry, Theatre and Performance
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, American Gothic, Black Gothic, Canadian Gothic, English Gothic, European Gothic, Irish Gothic, Latin American Gothic, Scottish Gothic, Southern American Gothic
Creatures: Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

C. E. Smith is an independent scholar. Graduated from Nottingham Trent University with a PhD in Contemporary Gothic Literature, her areas of research include twenty-first century literature, gender and queer studies, identity studies, ecocriticism, and theoretical approaches beyond postmodernism. Her book, Metamodern Gothic: Exploring Identity in the Twenty-First Century, is due to be published by University of Wales Press in 2026.

Email: cesmith96@hotmail.com

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Saide Harb-Ranero

Affiliation: University of the Balearic Islands

Research Areas:
Period: Early Modern Gothic, 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Fiction, Poetry, Theatre and Performance
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, American Gothic, English Gothic, Irish Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

Saide Harb-Ranero is a PhD candidate at UIB focusing on the Irish postcolonial Gothic in Anne Enright’s The Gathering and Tana French’s The Likeness.

Email: suehr81@gmail.com

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Sarah Worgan

Research Areas:
Period: 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Queer Gothic, Trans Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Technology, Medicine and Science
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction, Film and TV, Comics and Graphic Novels, Virtual Gothic
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, Asian Gothic, Canadian Gothic, Caribbean Gothic, English Gothic
Creatures: Monsters

Scholar of dark arts and dark humour.

Email: sworgan90@hotmail.co.uk

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Amanda Harrington

Affiliation: University of Oregon

Research Areas:
Gender: Female Gothic, Queer Gothic
Genres and Media: Animation, Film and TV, Children and YA, Theatre and Performance

I am working on a PhD in journalism and communication. My work examines the intersections of fandom, autistic depictions, Disney, cute aesthetics, and horror.

Email: alhar@uoregon.edu

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Hayley Louise Charlesworth

Affiliation: Manchester Metropolitan University

Research Areas:
Period: 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Masculinity, Queer Gothic, Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Gothic Music
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Theatre and Performance, Virtual Gothic
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, English Gothic, Irish Gothic, Nordic Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies

Hayley Louise Charlesworth recently submitted a PhD on bisexuality, biphobia and bisexual erasure in contemporary supernatural American television. Based in Greater Manchester.

Email: hayleylouisecharlesworth@gmail.com

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