Cynthia Jones

Affiliation: Weber State University

Research Areas:
Period: 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: Folklore and Myth, Technology, Medicine and Science
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Theatre and Performance, Tourism and Travel
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, Canadian Gothic, European Gothic
Creatures: Monsters, Vampires, Zombies

My research centres on the literary and cultural representations of monsters, vampires, zombies, and werewolves. I focus on corporeal representations of the monstrous and notions of the liminal as a reflection of societal values, fears, and norms. Other research interests include: French decadence, 19th century French literature, 18th century literature and philosophy, folklore and fairy-tales, and theatre.

Email: cynthiajones1@weber.edu
Website: https://wordpress.com/post/cynthiaannjones.com/4

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Charlotte Cassidy

Affiliation: University of Arkansas

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, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Animation, Fiction, Film and TV, Children and YA, Comics and Graphic Novels, Theatre and Performance
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, American Gothic, Arctic Gothic, Black 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 singer, writer, actress, film buff, and theatre nerd. Research interests: Victorian Literature, Science Fiction, Adaptation Theory, Psychoanalysis, Horror, and Gothic Fiction.

Email: cc175@uark.edu

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Rosalind Crocker

Affiliation: University of Sheffield

Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Gothic Masculinity
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Technology, Medicine and Science
Genres and Media: Fiction
Creatures: Ghosts

My research interests are in neo-Victorianism, Gothic and the neo-Gothic, literature and science, medicine in fiction, and epidemic and contagion fiction.

Email: rosie.crocker35813@gmail.com

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Keith M C O’Sullivan

Affiliation: University of Aberdeen

Research Areas:
Period: Early Modern Gothic, 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Technology, Medicine and Science, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction, Film and TV
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, Antipodean Gothic, Canadian Gothic, European Gothic, Irish Gothic, Nordic Gothic, Scottish Gothic, Southern American Gothic
Creatures: Animals, Ghosts, Monsters

Author of Ramsey Campbell (UWP Gothic Authors: Critical Revisions Series, 2023) and Senior Rare Books Librarian at University of Aberdeen, Scotland.

Email: k.m.osullivan@abdn.ac.uk

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Seonaid Gallagher

Affiliation: The Open University

Research Areas:
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth, Technology, Medicine and Science
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction, Film and TV, Games

Email: sjgall@gmail.com

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Isabella van Elferen

Research Areas:
Period: Early Modern Gothic, 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Gothic Music, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Fiction
Creatures: Animals, Ghosts, Vampires

Having retired from academic life, Isabella van Elferen is a singing gardener with a penchant for research. She publishes on Gothic music and criticism, music philosophy, and baroque sacred music.

Email: isabellavanelferen@outlook.com

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Paige Kemp

Affiliation: Sam Houston State University

Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic
Genres and Media: Fiction, Poetry
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, European Gothic, Irish Gothic
Creatures: Monsters, Vampires

I am a Masters student focusing on the Gothic and Queer Theory.

Email: paigeleeannkemp@gmail.com

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Maya Hernandez

Affiliation: University of Colorado Denver

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, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction, Film and TV, 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

I am a graduate student at the University of Colorado Denver, interested in gender and power.

Email: maya.hernandez@ucdenver.edu

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Kier-La Janisse

Affiliation: Severin Films

Research Areas:
Period: 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Animation, Fiction, Film and TV, Children and YA, Tourism and Travel
Creatures: Animals, Ghosts

Kier-La Janisse is the author of House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films (2012/2022), writer/director/producer of the documentary Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021), founder of The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies, and a producer and acquisitions executive for Severin Films.

Email: bigsmashproductions@gmail.com
Website: https://www.kierlajanisse.com/

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Ailish Brassil

Research Areas:
Period: 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Masculinity
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Gothic Fashion, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Children and YA
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, European Gothic, Irish Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Vampires

Ailish Brassil is a PhD student studying domestic horror in Rebecca, Carrie, Matilda and Coraline.

Email: ailishbrassil24@gmail.com

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