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  • Teaching Assistant, English

Education

  • English M.A., Washington State University, 2015
  • English B.A., Arkansas State University, 2011

Courses Taught

  • ENGLISH 101 - Introduction to College Writing
  • ENGLISH 102 - College Writing and Research
  • Videogames: History and Theories (WSUV)
  • Engines and Platforms (WSUV)
  • Technical and Professional Writing (WSU)

Research Interests

  • Games studies
  • The expression of cultural values in games
  • Digital media
  • Interface theory
  • Remediation
  • Narrative
  • Digital humanities

Related Activities

  • UWM Distinguished Graduate Student Fellowship (2020) UWM Chancellor’s Graduate Student Award (2018)

Conference Presentations

  • "'What’chu Lookin’ At?': Narrative, Spectatorship, and Ludic Constructivism in Variable State's Virginia. International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, Salt Lake City, Utah, November 19-23, 2019.
  • “When Games End: Leaving the Magic Circle.” Embracing the Gap – Beginnings and Endings Panel. Electronic Literature Organization International Conference – Mind the Gap, Montréal, Canada, August 13-17, 2018.
  • “Playing God: Creating and Destroying Life in LOCALHOST and The Talos Principle.” Popular Culture Association National Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, March 28-31, 2018.

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