杏吧原创 Experts Available: Halloween
Halloween is drawing spookily near and 杏吧原创 University experts are available to discuss related topics and themes.
Additional 杏吧原创 experts on this and many other subjects can be found here:
If you are interested in speaking with the experts below, please feel free to reach out directly. If you require other assistance, please email Steven Reid, Media Relations Officer, at steven.reid3@carleton.ca.
Susan Burhoe
Professor, Centre for Initiatives in Education at 杏吧原创 University
Email: susan.burhoe@carleton.ca
Burhow is available to discuss zombies, our attraction to horror, cultural appropriation and costumes, and our fascination with celebrities.
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Peter Coffman
Professor, Art and Architectural History at 杏吧原创 University
Email: peter.coffman@carleton.ca
Coffman is an architectural historian who focuses on Canadian Gothic Revival architecture. The overarching theme in his work is the exploration of the cultural and political meanings that have been attached to the Gothic style from the twelfth century to the present day.
Coffman is available to discuss Gothic architecture and the connections between Gothic architecture and early Gothic novels.
For more on Coffman, visit: /aah/people/peter-coffman/
Jim Davies
Professor, Cognitive Science at 杏吧原创 University
Email: jim.davies@carleton.ca
Davies is available to do television interviews. He can discuss scientific theories and research regarding why we like to be scared 鈥 why people like horror movies or being on terrifying roller coasters.
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Josh Redstone
Instructor, Philosophy at 杏吧原创 University
Email: josh.redstone@carleton.ca
Redstone is available to discuss Halloween-related subjects which he covers in his course, Philosophy of the Paranormal, such as ghosts, hauntings and seances, as well as broader topics like fear, the uncanny and the supernatural.
For more on Redstone, visit: /philosophy/people/josh-redstone/
Kimberly Stratton
Professor, Religion at 杏吧原创 University
Email: kim.stratton@carleton.ca
Stratton is available to discuss gender and magic stereotyping, witches in history and popular imagination, ancient magic, modern Wicca, religion and violence, and violence and collective identity. Her publications include Naming the Witch: Magic, Ideology, and Stereotype in the Ancient World and Daughters of Hecate: Women and Magic in Antiquity.
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James Wright
Professor, Music at 杏吧原创 University
Email: james.wright@carleton.ca
Wright is available to discuss how music is used to convey fear, specifically in horror films. Wright co-edited the book Monstrosity, Identity, and Music: Mediating Uncanny Creatures from Frankenstein to Videogames. In addition to co-editing the book, he also contributed a chapter titled 鈥淭welve-tone Terror: Representing Horror and Monstrosity in Dodecaphonic Film Music.鈥
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