Affiliation: University of Alberta
Research Areas:
Period: Early Modern Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Fiction
Creatures: Monsters
Undergraduate student in Religious Studies and Theology, exploring sin and punishment in apocalyptic literature.
Email: kecalder@ualberta.ca
Affiliation: University of Hertfordshire
Research Areas:
Period: Early Modern 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: Fiction, Children and YA
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, American Gothic, European Gothic, Nordic Gothic
Creatures: Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires
PhD student at the University of Hertfordshire researching Faustian bargains in YA Literature.
Email: rebeccabrenna@hotmail.co.uk
Website: https://faustianfatales.wordpress.com/
Affiliation: University of Hull
Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Masculinity, Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth, Technology, Medicine and Science
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Games, Comics and Graphic Novels, Tourism and Travel
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, American Gothic, Black Gothic, European Gothic, Irish Gothic, Scottish Gothic
Creatures: Aliens, Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies
Kevin Corstorphine is Lecturer in English at the University of Hull. His interests include the American Gothic, Haunted Places, and Cults.
Email: k.corstorphine@hull.ac.uk
Website: https://www.hull.ac.uk/staff-directory/kevin-corstorphine
Research Areas:
Period: 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Gothic Music
Genres and Media: Arts, Comics and Graphic Novels, Theatre and Performance
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, Canadian Gothic
Creatures: Aliens, Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies
I am a DIY musician and visual artist inspired by post punk. I am very partial to goth culture and have been part of organizing the dark wave scene in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Email: lmcollins90@gmail.com
Affiliation: Linnaeus University
Research Areas:
Period: Early Modern Gothic, 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Queer Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, African Gothic, Black Gothic, Caribbean Gothic, European Gothic, Latin American Gothic, Southern American Gothic
Creatures: Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies
Recent publications (in gothic studies): Decolonising Gothic, EUP Globalgothic. Forthcoming: The Cambridge Companion to World Gothic Literature. Interests: Political Ecology, World Literature, Decoloniality.
Email: rebecca.duncan@lnu.se
Website: https://lnu.se/en/staff/rebecca.duncan/
Affiliation: Dalhousie University
Research Areas:
Period: 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Masculinity, Queer Gothic, Trans Gothic, Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth, Technology, Medicine and Science
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction, Film and TV, Children and YA, Games, Comics and Graphic Novels, Poetry
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, American Gothic, Black Gothic, Canadian Gothic, European Gothic, Irish Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires
Kala Hirtle completed her PhD in English Literature at Dalhousie University where she studied 19th-century Gothic literature with a focus on altered states of consciousness, gender, and early vampire literature (texts published before Bram Stoker’s 1897 Dracula). She has presented on Gothic popular culture on topics such as The Haunting of Hill House, Stephen King’s It, and many vampire texts.
Email: kala.hirtle@dal.ca
Affiliation: Penn State Harrisburg
Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth
Genres and Media: Animation, Fiction, Film and TV, Games, Comics and Graphic Novels, Virtual Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies
Dr. Jeffrey A. Tolbert is a folklorist whose research focuses on vernacular belief and the supernatural, popular and traditional cultures (especially horror), and digital ethnography.
Email: jat639@psu.edu
Website: https://harrisburg.psu.edu/faculty-and-staff/jeffrey-tolbert
Affiliation: University of British Columbia
Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Queer Gothic, Trans Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Technology, Medicine and Science, Gothic Fashion
Genres and Media: Fiction
Student at the University of British Columbia.
Email: dianaljandrews@gmail.com
Affiliation: Boston College
Research Areas:
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Comics and Graphic Novels
Creatures: Monsters
Johnny Murray is an author and scholar currently based in Boston, Massachusetts
Email: murrayug@bc.edu
Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic
Gender: Gothic Masculinity, Queer Gothic, Trans Gothic, Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth, Technology, Medicine and Science, Gothic Fashion
Genres and Media: Fiction, Poetry
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, American Gothic, European Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires
Gothic scholar from Texas, currently in the PhD application process. Aspiring college professor and overall goth nerd.
Email: damienrasberry@gmail.com