Barbara Stevenson

Research Areas:
Period: Early Modern Gothic, 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic, 20th 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: Fiction, Film and TV, Games, Theatre and Performance
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: Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

Barbara Stevenson is a writer of Gothic fiction and research, living in Orkney.

Email: stevensonsbj1@aol.com

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Evan Foley

Research Areas:
Period: 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Trans Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Technology, Medicine and Science, Gothic Music, Gothic Fashion, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Virtual Gothic
Regions and Cultures: Irish Gothic, Scottish Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Vampires, Zombies

Email: EvanFoley@lyndhurstschools.net

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Karen Graham

Affiliation: University of Strathclyde

Research Areas:
Period: 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth, Gothic Music, Gothic Fashion
Genres and Media: Film and TV, Children and YA, Comics and Graphic Novels, Theatre and Performance
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

Karen Graham has a PhD in Religious Studies from the University of Aberdeen. Her thesis focused on the form and transmission of myth in contemporary fantasy literature in the fiction of American author Gregory Maguire. Her research interests focus on the adaptation and retelling of myths in contemporary pop culture, and she is currently involved in a research project exploring the interactions between the Gothic and dance, starting with ballet. She works in an academic adjacent position at Strathclyde Business School, managing the School’s Quality Assurance and Accreditation activity.

Email: karen.graham@strath.ac.uk

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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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