This site was designed by the students of Dr. Susan Farrell’s ENGL 364: The Female Gothic class at the College of Charleston in Spring of 2025.  Much of the information is drawn from papers students turned in over the course of the semester.  The following students contributed: 

Designers—Chloe Barnette, Celine Imani 

Content Builders/Editors: 

• Gothic Definitions and Characteristics: Kendall Jeliff, Jay Ward 

• What’s Specific to the Female Gothic: Nick Wilsey, August Soto 

• Northanger Abbey Section: Silas Bradley, Cece Connelly 

• Frankenstein Section:  Sydney Akers, Avery Greene 

• Jane Eyre Section: Audrey Slaughter, Blake Alford 

• We Have Always Lived in the Castle Section: Maria Borges, DJ Rouse 

• Beloved Section: Darrah Clime, Emily Monahan 

• Gothic Quizzes: Harper Scott, Avery Brunson  

• Games (in the style of the New York Times): Lexi Hentschel, Mila Lawson 

• The Gothic Gazette: Calvert Peddler 

• Other Gothic Fun (advice columns, playlists, worst Gothic villains, etc): Rebekkah Sowell, Molly Unger, Jones Metzler