Kristopher Woofter
Kristopher Woofter is a faculty member of the English Department at Dawson College, where he teaches courses on the American Gothic, the Weird tradition, and horror in literature, cinema and television. He has served for ten years as a co-chair for the Horror Area of the Popular Culture and American Culture Associations’ annual national conference, and is a charter associate and former two-term secretary of the Whedon Studies Association. He received his PhD in Film and Moving Image Studies from Concordia University. His publications include work on the television series BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER (2010), on the intersection of the Gothic and documentary in the Italian journal TEXTUS, (2012), and an essay on THE CABIN IN THE WOODS in READING JOSS WHEDON (Syracuse UP, 2014). Other publications include a co-edited collection entitled, RECOVERING 1940s HORROR CINEMA: TRACES OF A LOST DECADE (2015, Lexington) and a forthcoming project on Joss Whedon and horror. Kristopher is also a programmer for the Montréal Underground Film Festival and co-director of the Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies – Montréal.
Upcoming Events
Previous Events
 | REALITY HORROR Tue. Oct. 19, 2010 - Tue. Nov. 2, 2010 - 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
 | THE HAUNTED HOUSE Tue. Jan. 25, 2011 - Tue. Feb. 8, 2011 - 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
 | THE 'TERROR' FILMS OF VAL LEWTON Wed. Nov. 23, 2011 - Wed. Dec. 14, 2011 - 12:00 am |
 | WATCHERS IN THE WOODS: REFLEXIVITY IN HORROR CINEMA Mon. Oct. 8, 2012 - 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm |
 | FRAGMENTS OF THE MONSTER: RECOVERING FORTIES HORROR Mon. Oct. 29, 2012 - Mon. Dec. 3, 2012 - 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm |
 | A GHOST STORY FOR CHRISTMAS: A BRITISH HOLIDAY HORROR TRADITION Mon. Dec. 10, 2012 - 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm |
 | SMALL SCREENS, BIG CHILLS: CLASSIC AMERICAN TV HORROR Tue. Jan. 22, 2013 - Tue. Feb. 26, 2013 - 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm |
 | Yuletide Terror!: Trivia Party Tue. Dec. 17, 2013 - 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm |
 | H.P. Lovecraft – From Cosmic Horror to Heavy Metal Tue. Feb. 4, 2014 - Tue. Mar. 4, 2014 - 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm |
 | X-mas Dread: Ghost Story Party Tue. Dec. 9, 2014 - 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm |
 | Theorizing Horror, Part 2: Horror and Sensation Tue. Feb. 17, 2015 - Tue. Mar. 24, 2015 - 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm |
 | Documenting Horror Tue. Feb. 2, 2016 - Tue. Mar. 15, 2016 - 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm |
 | MISKATONIC, Winter 2016 Curriculum & Registration Tue. Feb. 2, 2016 - Tue. Apr. 12, 2016 - 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm |
 | Shirley Jackson's Weird Tue. Nov. 15, 2016 - Tue. Nov. 29, 2016 - 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm |
 | Slasher Theory: Reassessing an Undervalued Subgenre Tue. Jan. 24, 2017 - Tue. Feb. 28, 2017 - 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm |
 | Daughters of Darkness: Women in Horror Tue. Oct. 17, 2017 - Tue. Nov. 21, 2017 - 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm |
 | The Music of Horror Tue. Jan. 23, 2018 - Tue. Feb. 6, 2018 - 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm |
