Education:
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh - 2009 (English/Film Studies)
M.A., Northeastern University - 2000 (English)
B.A., University of California at Santa Cruz - 1996 (Modern Literature)
Areas of Expertise:
My research areas include contemporary American film, digital media, animation and video games.
Books and Publications
"European Horror Games: Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ and the European Game Industry." Fragmented Nightmares: Transnational Horror Across Visual Media. Eds. Dana Och and Kirsten Strayer. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2013
Guest editor, "Animation on the Fly: Animation and Video Games," special edition of Animation Journal. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2011
"Animal Crossing." Encyclopedia of Video Games. Ed. Mark J.P. Wolf. ABC-CLIO. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2010
"Girls' Games." Encyclopedia of Video Games. Ed. Mark J.P. Wolf. ABC-CLIO. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2010
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
PSC-CUNY Research Grant, for "Immaterial Materiality: Collecting in Live-action Film, Animation, and Digital Games." $3,499.64. (Grants and Fellowships) 2013
Participant, CUNY's Faculty Fellowship Publication Program. (Grants and Fellowships) 2012
PSC-CUNY Research Grant, for "Immaterial Materiality: Collecting in Live-Action Film, Animation, and Digital Games." (Grants and Fellowships) 2010
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
"'If that Little Kid Likes Me, How Bad Can I Be?': An Animated Future for 3D" poster. Annual Society for Animation Studies Conference. University of Southern California. June 24-26. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013
"Steam Meets West: Genre, Hybridity, and the Steampunk Western," 43rd Annual Northeast Modern Language Association Convention. Rochester, N.Y., March 17. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012
"The Demiurge of the Discarded: Mr. Stain on Junk Alley." Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference. Boston, March 24. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012
"Saving the World, One Game at a Time: Environmental Disaster in Video Games." Society for Cinema and Media Studies Annual Conference. New Orleans, March 11. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011
"This Is a Total Clustercuss for Everybody: Fantastic Mr Fox & the American Dream of Home Ownership." Northeast Modern Language Association Annual Conference. New Brunswick, N.J., April 9. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011
"In the Future We Will All Look Like Cartoons: Animation and Photorealism in Wall-E." Literature/Film Association Conference. Dickinson College. Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 15. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009
Professional Leadership
Member, Faculty Council Library Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2012
