Special Guests:

Dr. Michele Hanks is a cultural anthropologist, teacher, and writer. She has taught writing in the Expository Writing Program at New York University since 2015. She has conducted ethnographic fieldwork with English paranormal investigators and ghost tourists as well as more recent fieldwork with psychics in NYC. Her book, Haunted Heritage: The Cultural Politics of Ghost Tourism, Populism, and the Past, was published in 2015. Her writing also appears in American Anthropologist, Nova Religio, Ethnos, and Focaal.

Dr. Liberty Stanavage is an associate professor in the Department of English and Communication at State University of New York, Potsdam. Her research focus is on early modern literature. She holds a PhD from the University of California, Santa Barbara, an MA from San Francisco State University, and a BA from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She also has the patience of a saint and has been putting up with Matt’s nonsense for much longer than any human should be expected to.