At Evergreen, reflecting on learning is a foundation of our pedagogy. Students and faculty alike submit a complete portfolio of our work at the end of each year/program, including a self-evaluation. I post excerpts from mine here as a way of sharing my thoughts about teaching more broadly. Reading with Alison Bechdel: Queer and Feminist […]
2014-15 Teaching (part 1) – Teaching Science Fiction
At Evergreen, reflecting on learning is a foundation of our pedagogy. Students and faculty alike submit a complete portfolio of our work at the end of each year/program, including a self-evaluation. I post excerpts from mine here as a way of sharing my thoughts about teaching more broadly. My second year as a member of […]
Fan/Remix Video special issue in TWC
I’m thrilled to finally share with you my special issue of the online journal Transformative Works and Cultures, co-edited with Francesca Coppa. Two years in the making, this project brings together new scholarship and multimedia from across the continuum of fan/remix video. One of our animating concerns was the intersections and tensions between fan vidding […]
Twansformative? The Future of Fandom on Twitter
I’d like to share my position paper for this year’s Flow Conference. My roundtable topic is TwitterTube, but I originally submitted to Rethinking the Audience/Producer Relationship, so I’ll also include that abstract below. Unfortunately teaching respo…
recent publications
I’ve had three pieces of varying scope come out in the past few weeks. The eagle-eyed will have spotted some portion of each of my three main dissertation chapters!
• Sex detectives: Law & Order: SVU’s fans, critics, and characters investigate lesbi…