Jens Kjeldgaard-Christiansen is a tenure-track assistant professor in the Department of English, Aarhus University. His research examines the villains of American popular media from a moral psychological perspective. Jens is also interested in the rhetoric and cultural manifestations of political polarization in the United States.

Many of Jens's recent publications focus on voices. These include a study of the accents of heroes and villains in Disney animation, an examination of Donald Trump's distinctive use of voice, and a forthcoming article on American professional wrestlers' stereotyping uses of voice.

Mathias Clasen is an associate professor in the Department of English, Aarhus University. His research is primarily concerned with horror media—focusing on American horror—and other aspects of “recreational fear.” He is Director of the Recreational Fear Lab.

Mathias has published numerous academic articles and several books on horror. His most recent book, A Very Nervous Person's Guide to Horror Movies (OUP, 2021), shows that horror offers many pleasures and benefits that its critics are apt to overlook. He is currently working on a forthcoming book on America's Master of Horror, Stephen King.

Inger H. Dalsgaard is an associate professor in American studies at Aarhus University. Her research in the field of US cultural expression comprises digital narration, science and technology in literature, conspiracy culture, popular culture, gender and romance genre fiction, and the historical roles of American First Ladies.

Inger has published extensively on the author Thomas Pynchon over the years, but recent publications reflect her growing interest in American celebrity, fandom, and conspiracy cultures as well as in paranoid and political styles of communication, including a focus on gendered uses of soft power, in the Trump era.

Mark Eaton is an associate professor in the Department of English, Aarhus University. His primary research areas include the study of “political voices” in crisis contexts, as well as the role of metaphor, history, literary quotation, and other features of language in political communication. He is Director of the Canadian Studies Centre.

Mark has published numerous articles and chapters on political communication. Reflecting his active involvement in the Center of Voice Studies, Mark has also published on voices in American popular culture, including a recent study on female voices in twentieth and twenty-first century American cinema.

Jody Pennington is an associate professor in the Department of English, Aarhus University. His research interests include American history, media, and music. In recent years, he has been engaged in many administrative activities in the School of Communication and Culture, Aarhus University, as Deputy Head of School.

Jody is the author of The History of Sex in American Film (Prager, 2007) and co-editor of A History of Evil in Popular Culture: What Hannibal Lecter, Stephen King, and Vampires Reveal about America. He has published numerous article and chapters on American culture and history.