Jodey Castricano

Jodey Castricano is a Canadian scholar of English and cultural studies who is a Professor at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan. They are known for their work in critical theory, critical animal studies, and gothic studies.

Education Castricano originates from Vancouver, British Columbia. They worked in civil engineering as a draftsperson before beginning university studies with the intention of attending medical school. They attended Simon Fraser University from 1984, originally intending to double major in Kinesiology and English. As an undergraduate, however, they became vegan after watching The Animals Film, and reflected on their study choices after conversations with tutors about animal testing. They graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English with a minor in Kinesiology in 1988. After completing their undergraduate studies, Castricano remained at Simon Fraser, studying for a Master of Arts degree in English, ultimately graduating in 1992. In the book, Castricano examined the increased prevalence of concepts of "living-dead", "revenant", "phantom", and "crypt" in Jacques Derrida's later work. They developed the idea of cryptomimesis, a term referring to a mix of philosophy, psychoanalysis, and the gothic, to explore Derrida's claim that people must talk with ghosts.