Jack Hunter received his PhD in 2018 from University of Bristol, having studied in the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology there. His research interests are focused on developing an ethnographic and ecological approach to understanding psi phenomena, especially mediumship and trance states. In 2010, he established Paranthropology: Journal of Anthropological Approaches to the Paranormal, as a means to promote an interdisciplinary dialogue on issues relating to paranormal beliefs, experiences and phenomena. He is the author, co-author or editor of several books, including Why People Believe in Spirits, Gods and Magic (2012), Talking with the Spirits: Ethnographies from Between the Worlds (2014), and Folklore, People and Place: International Perspectives on Tourism and Tradition in Storied Places (2023).