Articles & Publications
“Cats and True Crime: Empathetic Responses and Moral Consequences in On-Demand Docuseries,” Streaming Video Services: Essays on markets, audiences and content of Internet Television. Ed. Christina Adamou & Sotiris Petridis (2022)
“The Sovereignty of Truth: Memory and Morality in Black Mirror’s ‘Crocodile,’” Through the Black Mirror: Reflections on ‘the Side Effects’ of the Digital Age. Ed. Stuart Joy (2019)
“Motorcycle Monasticism: Masculine Religiosity in MC Culture,” Bonds of Brotherhood: Gender and Masculinity in Sons of Anarchy. Ed. Susan Fannetti (2018)
“Reimagining the Stacks: Classroom Technology and Library Collaboration for Writing in the Disciplines,” The Journal of Student Success in Writing (2017) (co-authored with Daniel C. Reardon)
Pending Publications & Ongoing Research
“The Paradox of Digital Empowerment: Writing Centers as Bastions of Interpersonal Trust in Higher Education,” WLN Digital Edited Collection
“Trust Beyond the Text: Using GISMO to Reimagine Writing Center Advocacy,” (co-authored with Georgette Nicolosi), The Imaginitive WPA
“Writing After Collapse: Multimodal Communication as Survival Skill in Higher Education,” (pending final review)
“Dumbing Down to Survive: Faculty Heuristics and Student Adaptations in the Age of AI,” (ongoing research)
“Voicing Survival: Writing, Speaking, and the Future of Free Expression in Higher Education”(Northeast MLA Presentation, March 2026)
Endorsements and Reviews
Solicited endorsement: Theology and Black Mirror, Ed. Amber Bowen and John Anthony Dunne, Lexington and Fortress Press. (2022)
Book Review: Strategic interventions in mental health rhetoric Ed. Lisa Melonçon and Cathryn Molloy, Routledge. (2022)
Recent Presentations
“Nuns in Horror: Women’s Movements and the Resurgence of Nunsploitation” Midwest Popular Culture Association (MPCA) Chicago, IL (October, 2022)
Panelist: “Presence, Participation, and Empowerment: Reimagining Engagement in the Virtual Classroom” Focus on Teaching and Learning, Saint Louis, MO (September, 2022)
Presentation: “Smash the “Like” on Instructor Presence: Techniques from YouTube and Twitch Streamers to Enhance Student Engagement”
“How a Farm Saved my Life” TEDx Missouri S&T, Dir. Lindsey Stratton, (2021)
“What’s Wrong with Believing in Science?” TEDx Missouri S&T, Dir. William Zwikelmaier, (2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SadxGRZ_cU
“Dismantling the Magisteria: How an education in rhetoric can heal social and political divides,” Presented for the Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA), (2017)
“How do you feel? Mindfulness, Writing, and the STEM Student,” Presented for the Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA), (2017)
“Searching the Disciplines: Improving Student Writing Self-Efficacy through Departmental Collaboration” Presented for the Conference on College Composition and Communication (4Cs), (2016)
“The ‘Small Class Feel’ and Increasing Enrollment: Using Blended Classroom Techniques to Maximize Efficacy” Presented for the Teaching and Learning Technologies Conference (TLT), (2016)
“Visualizing Research and Writing: Improving Student Self-Confidence through Focus Groups and Library Interaction,” CERTI Mini-grant Final Report (2016)
*Additional presentations from 2015 and earlier are available upon request.