Founding Faculty Director of Writing and Digital Communication and Assistant Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Agnes Scott College, 2018-2020
Agnes Scott College
Agnes Scott College
Emory University
“Entitled to a Happy Ending: Fairy-tale Logic from ‘Beauty and the Beast’ to the Incel Movement.” Marvels and Tales 33.2 (2019). Download PDF of post-print version
“Difference and Ability: Conceptualizing Bodily Variation in Lois McMaster Bujold’s Vorkosigan Series.” Forward Momentum: The Science Fiction and Fantasy of Lois McMaster Bujold. Ed. Janet Croft. McFarland (2013).
“God the Father: Religious and militaristic rhetoric in the construction of TradCon masculinities.” National Communication Association. Indianapolis, IN. November 2020. Presented virtually due to Covid-19.
“Once Upon a Podcast: Oral storytelling as resistance.” Co-authored with Wanda Swan. National Women’s Studies Association National Conference. Minneapolis, MN. 2020. Canceled due to Covid-19.
““The dark in me is all that will remain”: Mainstreamed nerds and radicalized incels.” International Association for Media and Communication Research. Online due to Covid-19. 2020. Video presentation selected for Flow34 streaming session.
“Revenge of the Nerds, Rise of the Incels: Nerd and geek masculinities in U.S. film and television.” Society for Cinema and Media Studies National Conference. Denver, CO. 2020. Canceled due to Covid-19.
“Brand New Flavor in Your Ear: Social Justice Podcasting as Resistance.” Co-facilitator for workshop. RespectCon. Atlanta, GA. 2019.
“Frustrated vs. Functional Misogyny: Beauty and the Geek and the Fairy Tale Logic of the Incels.” International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts. Orlando, FL. 2019.
“Finding your way to and along the alt-ac path.” Panel Presentation. National Women’s Studies Association National Conference. Atlanta, GA. 2018.
“Beauty and the Geek: Fairy Tale Logic and Reality TV.” PCA/ACA National Conference. Boston, MA. 2012.
“New Dynamics for Fairy Tale Studies.” American Folklore Society National Conference. Louisville, KY. 2008.
“White Girls, Rage and Invulnerability: Television and Cultural Pedagogy.” Southeastern Women’s Studies Association. Charlotte, NC. 2008.
“Chalk Circles: The Romance of Female Disability.” PCA/ACA National Conference. San Francisco, CA. 2008.
“Buffy and Veronica: White Girls, Rage, and Invulnerability.” Women’s Symposium. Emory University. 2007.
“Buffy and Veronica: White Girls, Rage, and Invulnerability.” Panel Presentation. Women in the Media Panel. Emory University. 2007.
“Re-Creating the Self: Functions of the Fantastic in Jeanette Winterson’s Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit.” National Women’s Studies Association National Conference. Oakland, CA. 2006.
“A Common Fever: Towards a New Metaphor for Feminist Coalition.” Coming to the Table. Emory University. 2005.
“Theorizing Diversity in Women’s Studies.” Panel Presentation. National Women’s Studies Association National Conference. Orlando, FL. 2005.
“Hollywood and the Hero: A Case of Mistaken Identity.” Twelfth National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Salisbury, Maryland. 1998.
“The Art and Politics of Podcasting.” Panel. Denton Black Film Festival. Denton, TX. 2021. Online due to Covid-19.
“Once Upon a Podcast: Oral storytelling as resistance.” Co-authored with Wanda Swan. Critical Border Crossings: Stories, Texts and Their Feminist Travels, virtual symposium hosted by the Women’s and Gender Studies Department at Eastern Michigan University. 2020.
“Professional Identity and Online Presence.” Co-facilitator for two-day workshop. Emory University. Atlanta, GA. 2019.
“So You Want to Start a Podcast.” Lead facilitator. Peak Week. Agnes Scott College. Atlanta, GA. 2019.
“What on earth happened at 6pm?” Higher Education Analytics Conference. Webinar. 2015.
“Magic and Momentum, a talk about fairy tale logic.” Lecture and discussion. Feminists in Action. Emory University. 2012.
“Myth and Storytelling.” Invited presenter for CINformation seminar. Atlanta Film Festival. Atlanta, GA. 2012.
“Beauty Bias: How Appearance Plays Out in the Workplace.” Lecture. Office of Equal Opportunity Programs, Emory University. 2011.
“Legacies of Racism in Evolutionary Biology,” Guest Lecture. Anth 4310: Human Variation. Department of Anthropology, Georgia State University. 2011.
“Difficult Dialogues.” Lecture. Feminists In Action Summer Leadership Retreat. Emory University. 2010.
“Documenting Tutor Work.” Co-presenter for Plenary Session. Southeastern Writing Center Association Conference. Atlanta, GA. 2010.
“Sustainable Activisms: Choosing your environmentalism wisely.” Lecture. Center for Women. Emory University. 2008.
The OpEd Project Write to Change the World Workshop. 2012.