Abigale Mazzo

Affiliation: Tulsa Community College

Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth
Genres and Media: Fiction
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic

Abigale Mazzo, PhD, is an American Literature scholar interested in the intersections of the Gothic, Apocalypse, and Ecology.

Email: abigale.mazzo@tulsacc.edu

Chloé Bour-Lang

Affiliation: Université de Strasbourg

Research Areas:
Period: 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Masculinity, Queer Gothic, Trans Gothic, Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction, Film and TV
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, American Gothic, Scottish Gothic, Southern American Gothic
Creatures: Animals, Ghosts, Monsters

PhD candidate and lecturer at the University of Strasbourg, working on (eco)spectral and ecoGothic representations of human and non-human animals in contemporary American literature.

Email: chloebourlang@gmail.com

Marion Clanet

Affiliation: Université de Lille

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: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth, Technology, Medicine and Science
Genres and Media: Animation, Arts, Fiction, Film and TV, Children and YA, Games, Comics and Graphic Novels, Poetry, Theatre and Performance, Tourism and Travel, Virtual Gothic
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, African Gothic, American Gothic, Antipodean 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, Tropical Gothic, Welsh Gothic
Creatures: Aliens, Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies

Post-doctoral researcher at the University of Lille. My PhD thesis (2023 – Sorbonne Nouvelle) dealt with posthumanist and biopolitical issues in Gothic novels.

Email: clanetmarion@gmail.com

Sophie Jessica Davies

Affiliation: Aberystwyth University

Research Areas:
Period: Early Modern Gothic, 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Masculinity, Queer Gothic, Trans Gothic, Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth, Technology, Medicine and Science, Gothic Music, Gothic Fashion, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Animation, Arts, Fiction, Film and TV, Children and YA, Games, Comics and Graphic Novels, Poetry, Theatre and Performance, Tourism and Travel, Virtual Gothic
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, American Gothic, Irish Gothic, Scottish Gothic, Welsh Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

PhD candidate researching Welsh Gothic literature.

Email: sophiejd94@hotmail.co.uk

Sarah Dutson

Affiliation: Manchester Metropolitan University

Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Technology, Medicine and Science, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Fiction

Sarah Dutson is a PhD candidate at Manchester Metropolitan University, where she recently completed her MA in Gothic Studies. Her research interests include women’s writing and the supernatural, with a particular focus on spiritualism and the occult in neo-Victorian women’s Gothic fiction. Sarah’s current research examines the figure of the female medium, exploring how neo-Victorian Gothic novels by women writers use this character to reflect and interrogate the position of women in society.

Email: sarahdutson01@gmail.com

Laurie Huggett

Affiliation: University of Exeter

Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Queer Gothic, Trans Gothic, Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction, Film and TV, Games, Poetry
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, American Gothic, European Gothic, Irish Gothic, Scottish Gothic, Welsh Gothic
Creatures: Animals, Ghosts, Vampires

I have a particular interest in ‘hauntings’ and representations of the rural within twentieth century textual and visual narratives.

Email: lbhuggett@outlook.com
Website: https://www.lauriehuggett.com

Casey Maeve

Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Queer Gothic, Trans Gothic, Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction, Poetry
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, African Gothic, American Gothic, Antipodean 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, Welsh Gothic
Creatures: Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

I am a postgraduate researcher in the area of proto-“queer” and “Sapphic” 19th century literature, art and poetry, with a particular interest in Gothic themes and “abject” imagery.

Email: caseyreeves46@outlook.com

Meredith Silver

Affiliation: University Centre Peterborough

Research Areas:
Period: Early Modern Gothic, 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Masculinity, Queer Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth, Technology, Medicine and Science, Gothic Fashion, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction, Poetry, Virtual Gothic
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, American Gothic, Black Gothic, Canadian Gothic, European Gothic, Scottish Gothic, Welsh Gothic
Creatures: Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies

I am an English Literature student at University Centre Peterborough with an interest in the Gothic.

Email: 22003208@student.peterborough.ac.uk

Liz Popko

Affiliation: University of California San Diego

Research Areas:
Period: 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Masculinity, Queer Gothic
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic
Creatures: Aliens, Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies

Associate Director of Writing for Culture, Art, and Technology; teacher of monsters and other weird things.

Email: epopko@ucsd.edu

Melis Mulazimoglu

Affiliation: Ege University

Research Areas:
Period: Early Modern Gothic, 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Masculinity, Queer Gothic, Trans Gothic, Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth, Technology, Medicine and Science, Gothic Music, Gothic Fashion, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction, Film and TV, Poetry, Tourism and Travel, Virtual Gothic
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, African Gothic, American Gothic, Antipodean 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, Tropical Gothic, Welsh Gothic
Creatures: Aliens, Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies

Melis Mulazimoglu is a Hacettepe graduate of American Studies as of 2000. She earned her MA degree on Black Mountain Poetry in 2003 and her PhD on Apocalypse in American Narratives in 2010. She has been working at the American Studies Department of Ege University since 2000. Her fields of interest are eco-poetics, eco-horror, Gothic studies, politics of body and fashion, and cultural studies in general.

Email: meliserkal@yahoo.com