Claude Denis

Affiliation: University of Ottawa

Research Areas:
Period: 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction, Film and TV, Comics and Graphic Novels, Tourism and Travel
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, American Gothic, Canadian Gothic, Latin American Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters, Zombies

Sociologist at the intersection of the political and the arts in the Americas, especially Canada and Mexico. Nostalgic for Montreal’s *Cargo* club.

Email: cldenis@uottawa.ca

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Shannon Payne

Affiliation: Dalhousie University

Research Areas:
Period: 21st Century Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic
Genres and Media: Games
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters

Shannon Payne is a PhD candidate at Dalhousie University. Her work involves examining how video games respond to the climate crisis.

Email: shannon.payne@dal.ca

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Kathleen Boudreau

Affiliation: University of Birmingham

Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Masculinity, Queer Gothic, Trans Gothic, Gothic Gender
Genres and Media: Fiction
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic
Creatures: Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

Ph.D. Candidate in English Literature at the University of Birmingham and British Literature and Gender Studies teacher at The Grier School.

Email: keboudreau31@gmail.com

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Benjamin David Phillips

Research Areas:
Period: 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Gothic Masculinity
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth, Gothic Music, Gothic Fashion, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction, Film and TV, Games, Theatre and Performance, Tourism and Travel, Virtual Gothic
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

Adopted at age 7. Well read, curious about the Gothic lifestyle.

Email: bdp2721@yahoo.com

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Katrine Lohmann

Affiliation: University of Copenhagen

Research Areas:
Period: 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic
Genres and Media: Fiction, Tourism and Travel
Regions and Cultures: Irish Gothic, Scottish Gothic, Welsh Gothic

Katrine Lohmann is a PhD fellow in Gothic literature (UCPH). Interested in the Minerva Press, 18th century Gothics, Gothic landscapes, and imitational fiction.

Email: katrinelohmann@gmail.com

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Jacqueline Weal

Affiliation: Langara College

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
Genres and Media: Arts, Film and TV, Poetry, Tourism and Travel, Virtual Gothic
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, American Gothic, Arctic Gothic, Asian Gothic, Black Gothic, Canadian Gothic, Caribbean Gothic, Creole Gothic, European Gothic, Irish Gothic, Latin American Gothic, Middle-Eastern Gothic, Nordic Gothic, Scottish Gothic, Southern American Gothic
Creatures: Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

I studied art/design, worked in fashion, then studied literature/film. I have taught at Langara since 2004, including shapeshifters, biographies, and rom-coms, and co-instructed the Gothic Field School.

Email: jrweal@gmail.com

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Maria Parrino

Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Technology, Medicine and Science
Genres and Media: Fiction
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, European Gothic
Creatures: Monsters, Vampires

Maria Parrino is a secondary school teacher of English in Italy. She holds a PhD in English literature on vice and food in 19th century Gothic literature.

Email: mariaparrino7@gmail.com

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Mikala Hope-Franklyn

Affiliation: Memorial University of Newfoundland

Research Areas:
Gender: Queer Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Fiction, Tourism and Travel
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, Caribbean Gothic, Creole Gothic
Creatures: Aliens

I am a first-year PhD student, enrolled in the Transdisciplinary Sustainability Program at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Grenfell Campus.

Email: mhopefrankly@mun.ca

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Lorna Piatti-Farnell

Affiliation: Auckland University of Technology

Research Areas:
Period: 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Technology, Medicine and Science
Genres and Media: Animation, Fiction, Film and TV, Children and YA, Comics and Graphic Novels
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, Antipodean Gothic, Arctic Gothic
Creatures: Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies

Lorna Piatti-Farnell, PhD, is professor of film, media, and cultural studies at Auckland University of Technology.

Email: lorna.pfarnell@gmail.com

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Sara Wasson

Affiliation: Lancaster University

Research Areas:
Period: 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Queer Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Technology, Medicine and Science
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Poetry
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, Arctic Gothic, European Gothic, Nordic Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

Sara Wasson is Reader in Gothic Studies at Lancaster University. She specialises in medical and environmental humanities, slow violence, chronic pain, and critical plant studies. She is author of Transplantation Gothic (2020) and Urban Gothic of the Second World War (2010), both of which were honoured to win the Allan Lloyd Smith Memorial Prize. She leads the UK AHRC-funded interdisciplinary project Translating Chronic Pain. She has published extensively in Gothic studies and critical medical humanities, and is currently working on a monograph on Gothic’s writing of medicine and the body, and creative writing informed by Critical Plant Studies, honouring ancient temperate oakwood biomes of North Wales.

Email: s.wasson@lancaster.ac.uk
Website: https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/english-literature-and-creative-writing/people/sara-wasson

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