Bárbara Aranda C.

Affiliation: University of Regensburg

Research Areas:
Period: 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Masculinity, Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Tourism and Travel
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, Latin American Gothic, Tropical Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies

Bárbara Aranda C. is a doctoral researcher at DIMAS, University of Regensburg. Her research focuses on contemporary Latin American literature, particularly examining how genres and modes such as horror, gothic, fantastic, and travel narratives engage with cultural and political imaginaries. She is especially interested in how these narratives articulate issues of memory, space and identity, often drawing on decolonial and postcolonial perspectives. She also incorporates gender studies into her work, examining the intersection of gender and violence, and its representation in literary and visual cultures.

Email: barbara.aranda@zea.uni-regensburg.de
Website: https://www.uni-regensburg.de/en/university/dimas/team/barbara-aranda

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Mimi Manyin

Affiliation: University of Birmingham

Research Areas:
Period: 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic, 20th 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, Gothic Music, Gothic Fashion, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction, Film and TV, Children and YA, Comics and Graphic Novels, Theatre and Performance
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, American Gothic, Canadian Gothic, English Gothic, European Gothic, Irish Gothic, Latin American Gothic, Nordic Gothic, Scottish Gothic, Welsh Gothic
Creatures: Aliens, Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies

Writer/musician/scholar. Research interests include Gothic literature/film, posthuman/animal studies, and veterinary Gothic. Published fiction in Ploughshares, Witness, Michigan Quarterly Review, Meridian, Greensboro Review, Bennington Review, etc.

Email: MimiManyin@gmail.com
Website: https://mimimanyin.com

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Melanie Magnon

Research Areas:
Period: Early Modern Gothic, 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Queer Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth, Gothic Music, Gothic Fashion
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction, Film and TV, Tourism and Travel
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, Asian Gothic, Black Gothic, Creole Gothic, English Gothic, European Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

Melanie Magnon researches Gothic literature as a hobby and is partial to Villette, by Charlotte Brontë, the poetry of Lord Byron, and Frankenstein.

Email: this.starlight@gmail.com

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Stephanie Oliver

Affiliation: Manchester Metropolitan University

Research Areas:
Period: 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic
Genres and Media: Poetry
Regions and Cultures: English Gothic

Part time PhD student studying at MMU.

Email: 20062430@stu.mmu.ac.uk

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Anastasia Dilova

Affiliation: Sofia University

Research Areas:
Period: 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Masculinity, Queer Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Poetry
Regions and Cultures: English Gothic, European Gothic, Irish Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

Anastasia Dilova is a second-year PhD student on the Literary Theory Departament at The Faculty of Slavic Studies at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, in Sofia, Bulgaria.

She has been working in the field of the Gothic literature for three years, under the supervision of prof. Ognyan Kovachev. Now the object of her dissertation is the roles of the woman in the British Gothic fiction, and she observes some of the canonical works of Gothic authors through the ages, such as Horace Walpole, Ann Radcliffe, Jane Austen, Matthew Gregory Lewis, Emily Brontë, Charlotte Brontë, Angela Carter, A. S. Byatt, etc.

Email: adilova.su@gmail.com

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Elena Selthun

Affiliation: Syracuse University

Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Queer Gothic, Trans Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Games
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, Black Gothic, English Gothic, Irish Gothic
Creatures: Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

Elena Selthun (they/them) is an English PhD candidate at Syracuse University. Their research focuses on decay and other Gothic ecologies in Victorian/Neo-Victorian literature.

Email: elselthu@syr.edu

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Gabriella Petrillo

Research Areas:
Gender: Female Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth, Gothic Fashion, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction, Poetry, Tourism and Travel

Gabriella Petrillo is an educator and writer of Gothic fiction.

Email: darknetstories@gmail.com

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Amber Tate

Research Areas:
Period: Early Modern Gothic, 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Poetry, Theatre and Performance, Tourism and Travel
Regions and Cultures: American Gothic, Black Gothic, English Gothic, European Gothic, Irish Gothic, Scottish Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts

I am a mere former English major with a love of gothic literature. I love (to read) a good research paper.

Email: amber@tatefamily.org

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Christa Angelios (Korra Saqqara)

Affiliation: Manchester Metropolitan 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, 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: Aliens, Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies

Christa Angelios is an Egyptian-American Gothic Studies MA student at MMU, publishing professional, writer and former educator.

Email: christa.angelios@gmail.com
Website: https://community.the-efa.org/member/christa-angelios

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Lucy Irene Nicholls

Affiliation: Curtin University

Research Areas:
Period: 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, Welsh Gothic
Creatures: Aliens, Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies

Lucy Irene Nicholls is an Australian lover of horror and modern Gothic literature, exploring dark narratives, unsettling themes, and nuanced emotional depths. Passionate about contemporary authors reshaping Gothic storytelling today.

Email: lucy.nicholls@student.curtin.edu.au

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