Academic Trajectory




Hollywood, Marvel, and Streaming: Transmedia Tactics Transforming Cinematic Genre Theory.
The Hollywood Conference; University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, July 2025.
‘I’m Not a Girl,’ ‘I’m Just Ken:’ Gender, Agency, and Commodity in “Barbie” and “Crossroads.” Blockbuster Futures Conference; University of Indiana, Bloomington, IN, October 2024.
“I’m Not A Girl,” “I’m Just Ken:” An Analysis of "Crossroads" (2002) and "Barbie" (2023).
Popular Culture Association, Chicago, IL, March 2024.
"Historiography in the Film Archive: Making New Conclusions About The American Immigration Film."
Cultural Studies Association, Fairfax, VA, June 2023.
From Shield to Ass: Reassessing the Captain America Complex through Contemporary Films and Television.
Popular Culture Association, San Antonio, TX, April 2023.
Genre Fluidity: Applying American Methodology to Agnes Varda. Southwest American/Popular Culture Association, Albuquerque, NM, Feb. 2021.