This page contains various slides/records of conference and workshop I’ve presented.

Conference/Speaking Presentations:

When a Twist isn’t a Twist: Kishotenketsu, Normative Drives, and Queer Twists – And exploration of an observed disconnect between the definition and understanding of the Japanese narrative form, Kishotenketsu, as expressed by native culture versus that found in Western academic circles. Presented at The Narrative Society’s 2024 Narrative Conference

From Living Sickness to Alien Abductions: Neuroqueer Demi-Rhetoricity and Lyrical Memesis – An examination of how combining science fiction research with neuroqueer theory provides a new perspective for disabled, queer, and neurodivergent individuals to share/communicate their lived experiences through creative works and or interpretations. Presented at the Science Fiction Research Association 2023 conference as part of their Support a New Scholar fellowship.

Queer Theory: History and Personal Research – A presentation on the history of queer theory and a dive in to my, at the time, burgeoning research into its potential connections to science fiction and game studies. Presented for the Georgia Tech LGBT Centers Reading Rainbow series for Spring 2022.

Gated Story Structure – Presentation for the Gate Story Structure conference paper.

Workshops:

As part of the Digital Integrated Liberal Arts Center my role involved providing workshops for students and faculty on topic across digital humanities. These were part of the initial on-boarding to attendees before the hands-on portion of the event occurred.

Audio Recording for Podcasts and Interviews – Presented with Kevin Tang, this workshop gave an overview of the technology and techniques individuals can use to record the best possible audio for either live and pre-recorded events.

Audio/Visual Editing – Presented with Kevin Tang, this workshop gave an introduction for both the terminology of editing and some software suggestions to allow attendees to get started.

Physical Prototyping – Introduction to physical computing discussing soldering, circuit creation, Arduino micro-controllers, and safety tips.