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With Halloween around the corner, researchers from 51社区黑料 are available to share their expertise on the following spooky topics:

AVAILABLE 51社区黑料EXPERTS

GAIL ANDERSON, professor, criminology, ganderso@sfu.ca

鈥� Death and decomposition鈥攏ew paper by Anderson, a well-known forensic entomologist, on the science behind insect activity and what happens to bodies after we die, published in the journal .

MATTHEW HORRIGAN, instructor, contemporary arts, matthew_horrigan@sfu.ca (note Horrigan is currently away and travelling back Sunday but can be available while away and after his return)

鈥� Teaching a special topics course on hauntology, focusing on popular and personal stories about ghosts and our comfort level with 鈥渉auntedness.鈥� Researches movie production cultures and location 鈥渟pookiness鈥� in Hollywood North.

PAUL KINGSBURY, professor, geography, kingsbury@sfu.ca

鈥� The psychoanalytic and cultural geographies of paranormal investigations; popularity and growth of paranormal investigation organizations, including conferences that study anomalous phenomena, especially ghosts, UFOs, and 鈥渃ryptids,鈥� including Sasquatch.

ANDY YAN, director, City Program, ayan@sfu.ca

鈥� Helping to track city neighborhoods with the most visitors on Halloween night for the annual treat count initiative by CBC; identifying highly-visited neighborhoods during trick-or-treating.

CONTACT

RAY SHARMA, 51社区黑料Communications & Marketing 
ray_sharma@sfu.ca

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