Conference Presentations
2026 Aliens Say “Trans Rights:” Negotiation Around Trans Rights in a Massive Multiplayer Creative Writing Project, Rhetoric Society of America
2026 For Those Who Come After: Renegotiating In/Dignities Through Game Play, Rhetoric Society of America (Panelist)
2025 “Epideictic Play in the Digital Age.” Rhetorical and Communication Theory Division, National Communication Association Conference.
2025 “Linguistic Substitution in Digital Epideixis: The Case of Gamer Words.” Game Studies Division, National Communication Association Conference.
2025 “Repairing Ruptures: Recentering Play and Games in Internet Research.” Association of Internet Researchers Conference. (Panelist)
2025 “‘It’s Just Some Gamer Words:’ Intersectional Toxicity in Male-Dominated Gaming Spaces.” International Communication Association Conference.
2025 “Who is the Internet For? Rhetorical Arguments and Digital Divides.” Rhetoric Society of Europe Conference.
2024 “‘I’m Going to Be My Own Kind of Princess:’ Embodied Play in the Sailor Moon Cosplay Community.” Student Section, National Communication Association Conference.
2024 “‘Enforce Your Own Rules:’ Hashtag Activism as Play in the Case of #TwitchDoBetter.” Association of Internet Researchers Conference.
2024 “Rainbow-washing and Double-Stufing: Memetic Humor as Corporate Critique in 2022’s Pride Month.” Rhetoric Society of America Conference.
2024 “Partnering with X: Sex, Incest, and Memetic Critique During Pride Month.” UW-Madison RSA Student Symposium
2023 “Disability Depictions in American Theatre: An Alternative Reading of Under the Gaslight.” Disability Issues Caucus, National Communication Association Conference
2022 “Delinking Through Gaming: The Decolonial Potential of Coyote & Crow.” Game Studies Division, National Communication Association Conference
2022 “Nothing Without Us: Agentic Power in #MyDisabledLifeIsWorthy.” Association of Internet Researchers Conference
2022 “The Rhetoric of the Dead: Ancient Egyptian Funeral Practices as Rhetoric.” Rhetoric Society of America Conference
2022 “Critically Considering Critical Role: Fandom and Conflict Through Communal Memory.” Rhetoric Society of America Conference
2021 “‘The Word of Your Body:’ An Analysis of Deaf West’s Theater’s 2016 Tony Award Performance of Spring Awakening.” Disability Issues Caucus and Freedom of Expression Division, National Communication Association Conference
2021 “DnD and Disability: Agonistic Discourse around the Combat Wheelchair.” Game Studies Division, National Communication Association Conference
2021 “Digital Play and Digital Education: One we Praise, One we Deride. Revealing Socioeconomic Discriminatory Structures of the Digital Divide through an Analysis of Covid-19 Pandemic News Articles.” Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide, National Communication Association Conference
2021 “She-Ra and the Monstrous Metaphor: Silencing Criticism of Performative Allyship.” Rhetorical and Communication Theory Division, National Communication Association Conference
2021 “Of Heroes and Hippies: A Reimagining of Superheroes from the Hippie Movement.” DePaul Pop Culture Conference
2021 “Mask-Ulinity: A Socially Distanced Drag King Revue.” 4W and WGSC Conference (Tech Crew and Co-Host)
2021 “The Monstrous Woke: Silencing Criticism of Performative Allyship.” UW-Madison Communication Arts (Rhetoric, Politics, and Culture) Colloquium
2020 “The Metagame of Twitch: Neoliberal Practices as Illustrated through the Transcendent Persona.” Game Studies Division Preconference- National Communication Association Conference
2020 “Who Tells Your Story? The Rhetoricity of Casting and Performance in Musical Theater.” International and Intercultural Communication Division, National Communication Association Conference
2019 “Pistis or Peitho: The Connection Between Rhetoric and Theater as Seen Through Aristotle’s On Rhetoric.” Rhetoric Society of America Student Chapter Symposium
2017 “Games and Gaming: Innovative Approaches to Actionable Research.” Southwestern Anthropological Association Conference
2017 “Parking Matters! Visual Ethnography as Provocative Design Fiction.” Southwestern Anthropological Association Conference
2017 “Agency and Surveillance at Work.” Southwestern Anthropological Association Conference
2017 “Who Watches the Watchmen?: Ethical Complications When Researching Your Own Community.” Southwestern Anthropological Association Conference
2016 Continuity and Change in Community-Based Leadership in San Jose, CA, Southwestern Anthropological Association (SWAA) Conference Presentation
2016 “Continuity and Change in Community Leadership: The CommUniverCity Study.” Anthrox, San Jose State University
2016 “Parking Matters Video Presentations.” Nissan Research Center of Silicon Valley
2014 “‘No One Mourns the Wicked’: Evolving Perspectives on the Wicked Witch of the West.” Perspectives on Evil and Human Wickedness Conference, Interdisciplinary.net (Co-Presenter)
