Research Interests:  

Haunting, ghost stories, alternative historiography, the Western United States, Internet subcultures, folklore, memory, Tourism Studies, cultural representations of landscape/the built environment, American Studies, Critical Ethnic Studies, Critical Race Studies, Science and Technology Studies, Media Studies, Affect Theory, Queer of Color Critique, Queer Theory, Feminist Theory, Visual Cultural Studies, social networks, crowdsourced content

Fellowships, Grants and Awards: 

• Mellon Digital Cultures Fellowship, 2016-2017

Education:

B.A., American Studies, The College of William and Mary.

M.S., Library and Information Science (with Distinction), Pratt Institute. 

Presentations:

“Spoopy Matters: Skeletons, Absurdity, and (Dis)embodied Digital Identity.” Fourth Annual Interdisciplinary Humanities Graduate Student Conference, University of California, Merced, April 2017.