Michael Plater

Research Areas:
Period: Early Modern Gothic, 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Masculinity, Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth, Technology, Medicine and Science, Gothic Music, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction, Poetry, Theatre and Performance
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, American Gothic, Antipodean Gothic, European Gothic, Irish Gothic, Scottish Gothic, Welsh Gothic
Creatures: Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

Michael Plater is a UK-based Australian writer. He holds a doctorate in history (University of Melbourne) and has written extensively about Victorian and Gothic culture.

Email: michaelashleyplater@gmail.com

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Máiréad Casey

Affiliation: University of Galway

Research Areas:
Period: 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Masculinity, Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Film and TV
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic

Dr Máiréad Casey lectures in the University of Galway and researches demon possession and sexual violence in post-Great Recession American horror cinema.

Email: caseym4@tcd.ie

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Cy Nobman

Research Areas:
Period: 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Gothic Masculinity
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Technology, Medicine and Science, Gothic Music
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction, Tourism and Travel
Regions and Cultures: Canadian Gothic, European Gothic, Nordic Gothic
Creatures: Animals, Ghosts, Vampires

I am a musician (classical and black metal) and lawyer specialized in medical law. Interested in the roots of goth in culture and science.

Email: nbmn@protonmail.com

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Kenneth Haley

Affiliation: Boston College

Research Areas:
Period: 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Comics and Graphic Novels
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, Black Gothic

Ken Haley is currently in the English PhD program at Boston College.

Email: haleykm@bc.edu

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Alex Wagstaffe

Affiliation: McMaster University

Research Areas:
Period: 18th Century Gothic
Gender: Trans Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic
Genres and Media: Fiction, Poetry

PhD candidate studying the Romantic Gothic works of Mary Robinson at McMaster University.

Email: wagstaa@mcmaster.ca

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Christyne Berzsenyi

Affiliation: Penn State University, Wilkes-Barre

Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth, Gothic Music, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction, Film and TV
Regions and Cultures: Black Gothic, European Gothic, Southern American Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters

As a professor of English, Christyne teaches courses in Gothic short fiction, video, and film; international crime and detection; science fiction; and professional writing since 1998.

Email: cab39@psu.edu

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Noah Gallego

Affiliation: California Polytechnic State University

Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Masculinity, Queer Gothic, Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Gothic Music, Gothic Fashion, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction, Film and TV, Poetry
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, American Gothic, Arctic Gothic, European Gothic, Middle-Eastern Gothic
Creatures: Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

Noah Gallego is a Teacher’s Associate at California Polytechnic State University, Pomona. He specializes in ecogothic, cybergothic, and oriental gothic criticism.

Email: noahrgallego@gmail.com

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Shawn Hamm

Affiliation: MacEwan University

Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth, Technology, Medicine and Science
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction, Film and TV, Games, Comics and Graphic Novels
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, Arctic Gothic, European Gothic
Creatures: Aliens, Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies

An English Instructor with research interest in Gothic mad science of the long 19th century, creative writer, tutor through kihêw waciston Indigenous Centre, and municipal grave keeper in the summer months.

Email: HammS2@macewan.ca

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Amanda Jo Hobson

Affiliation: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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: Folklore and Myth, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction, Film and TV, Comics and Graphic Novels, Theatre and Performance
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, American Gothic, Irish Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

Amanda Jo Hobson is a scholar/practitioner whose work centers on gender, relationship, and sexual diversities within popular culture, most frequently focusing on monsters and the monstrous.

Email: amandajohobson@gmail.com
Website: https://amandajohobson.com/

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Rebekah Cumpsty

Affiliation: Weber State University

Research Areas:
Period: 21st Century Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Fiction, Comics and Graphic Novels
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, African Gothic, Antipodean Gothic, Tropical Gothic

Rebekah Cumpsty is Associate Professor of Anglophone World Literature at Weber State University. Her research interests include postcolonial, world and African literatures, religion, postsecular and the Gothic.

Email: rebekahcumpsty@weber.edu

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