Conference Schedule

Saturday, February 7

8:30am - 9:45am

Finding Paths and Making Inroads Through Horror

Queer Agency in an Unholy Apocalypse: Horror, Creation, Moral Dilemmas, and Monstrosity in The Walking Dead Universe
Wendy Adele-Marie

Queer and Horror Culture Parallels
JB Corso

10:00am - 11:30am

"It is too bad that men cannot be trusted unless they are watched": The Visual and the Visceral

The Terror of Trans Unbecoming in Jane Schoenbrun's I Saw the TV Glow
Carina Stopenski

Dracula: The Unholy Creation as a Perpetual Visual Archive
Enrique A. Palafox

The Intersectionality of Race, Gender, Sexuality in AMC’s Interview with the Vampire
George Sandoval

1:00pm - 2:30pm

“It is true, we shall be monsters": The Limits of Self-Creation

Dracula's Monstrous Femininity
Rachel Allison

The Mise-en-Scène of Transfemme Annihilation
Farrah Freibert

Trans Possibilities/Monstrosities in the Speculative Works of Andrew Joseph White
Leo Gillard

2:45pm - 4:15pm

"If your eyes drop, they will get atop of you!" Worlds of Extreme Horror

Public Domain Horror: Mickey Mouse, Popeye, and Winnie-the-Pooh Made Monstrous
Mark Edlitz

Monstrous Queers and Queer Monsters: The Intrigue of Extreme Horror
Emma Johnson-Rivard


“You’re not like the rest of these girls.” “Actually, I’m worse.”: Exploring Feminine Monstrosity in Yellowjackets
Mack Brumbaugh

4:30pm - 5:45pm

"In due time I found my ghost..." Subaltern Spirits Speak Back

Unholy Queer Creations of Appalachia
Audrey T. Heffers

The Empress's Monstrosity: Competing Depictions of the Transgressive and Transgender in Southern Gothic
Elizabeth Broadbent

Horror Haunts Back: Situating Queer Gothic in Avik Sarkar’s Inquisition
Deblina Bhattacharyya

6:00pm - 7:30pm

"What's Your Favorite Scary Movie?" Cinematic Horror and the Art of Viewing

The Cinematic Vindications of Monstrous Motherhood in 21st Century Latin American Horror Film
Ana Ponce-Castaneda

“I Like to Watch Horror”: Trixie Mattel and Katya Digitally Enact Horror Viewing and Authoring
Michele White

A Home of Their Own: Sorority Domesticity and the Queer Refusal of Closure in Black Christmas (1974)
Milton W Wendland