Media Studies Online

Work

Through the Eyes of the T. rex: Animal Behavior in Dinosaur Fiction. (2023). Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience, vol. 9 no. 2. 1-23. https://doi.org/10.28968/cftt.v9i2.37839
CLADISTICS Ruined My Life: Fandom, Internet memes, and public engagement with science. (2022). Journal of Science Communication, vol. 21, no. 5. 1-20. https://doi.org/10.22323/2.21050401
Taking Action for Human Rights in Content Area Collaborations for Secondary Grades, ed. Liz Deskins. (2019). Chicago, IL: American Library Association.
We All Have Jobs Here: Teaching and Learning with Multiple Intelligences in The Walking Dead. (2018). Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy, vol. 5, no. 3. 19-31. http://journaldialogue.org/issues/v5-issue-3/we-all-have-jobs-here-teaching-and-learning-with-multiple-intelligences-in-the-walking-dead/
Speaking Language? The Politics of Language and Power in Saga. (2017). Studies in Comics, vol. 8, no. 1. 51-68. 10.1386/stic.8.1.51_1
Toward a Global Information Culture in Samoa: Growth and Challenges. (2014). World Libraries, vol. 21, no. 1. n.p. https://worldlibraries.dom.edu/index.php/worldlib/article/view/522
Geography: Bringing the World Home in Inquiry and the Common Core: Librarians and Teachers Designing Teaching for Learning, eds. V. Harada and S. Coatney (2013). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.

Mesozoic Mesocosms: Dinosaur Survival Games as Incorporated Natural History Models. (Oct 2023). Society for Literature, the Arts, and Science. Arizona State University. (Paper Presentation).
Building Digital Library Resources to Support Mongolia Studies. (Oct 2022). The Mongolia Society Annual Meeting. Indiana University. (Paper Presentation).
Gender and Imperialism in Dinosaur Images. (April 2022). Popular Culture Association Conference, Science & Popular Culture Section. Online. (Paper Presentation).
Never Seek Permission: Pigeons in Art and Urban Resistance. (April 2022). When They Became Pests: Human & Nonhuman Species as Vermin in History, Graduate Student Conference. Northwestern University. (Paper Presentation)
Lavender Cowboys: Queering Country Music, Bluegrass and Americana. (June 2021). Popular Culture Association Conference, LGBTQ Studies Section. Online. (Paper Presentation).
Untitled Videogame Paper: Postmodern Goat and Becoming-Goose. (Oct 2020). Northeast Popular Culture Association Conference, Online. (Panel Chair; Paper Presentation).
Media Studies in the Library. (May 2018). Maine Association of School Libraries Spring Symposium, Falmouth, Maine. (Workshop).
Reading the Screen: Media Literacy in the Library. (April 2017). Reading Round Up, Augusta, Maine. (Workshop).
LGBTQ Curriculum Inclusion: The Role of the School Library. (June 2015). International Association of School Librarianship, Maastricht, The Netherlands. (Paper Presentation).

Media Studies Distinguished Thesis Award, The New School (2022)
Fulbright Specialist Program, U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (2022)
American Center for Mongolian Studies Library Fellowship, Council of American Overseas Research Centers (2022)
Paul D. Coverdell Peace Corps Fellowship, The New School (2018)
Beta Phi Mu: International Library & Information Science Honor Society, Simmons College (2013)