Talks

I presented my paper at the Japanese Journal of Analog Game Studies (JARPS) Symposium to launch the special issue, supported by Game-in-Lab.

I spoke at Mollie Evan's "Nothing Without Us" game industry disability pride event to discuss how Crip studies can aid game accessibility and the game industry at large.

I was invited by the American Library Association Games and Gaming Roundtable to talk about cultures of consent in analog play environments

I joined the Disability Studies Panel at the Canadian Game Studies Association conference, and won the Optimist Award (Best Paper) for my presentation.

I joined the American Library Association Games and Gaming Roundtable multiple times to play one of my favourite TTRPGs and talk about worldbuilding and connection.
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The ULAB Trans Research Group's talk at ULAB 2023, where we presented our research design for the project.

I presented my undergraduate dissertation work at ULAB 2023 about magic systems and why Latin is so popular as their linguistic basis.

I spoke at session 7 of the American Library Association Games and Gaming Roundtable's March mini-conference!

I spoke at the 2022 Purdue University Literary, Interdisciplinary, Theory, and Culture Organisation Symposium on Power, Performance, and Play in November. 

I spoke on the Creative Collaborations panel at the Creative Writing Studies Organisation Conference in November 2022. 

I reprised my presentation about the growing nuances of the sparkle emoji at the LAGB conference at Ulster University.

ULAB 2022 (Best Presentation Winner)

I turned my U-Lingua article about the sparkle emoji into a presentation and won the LAGB Best Presentation prize!

Sex Positivity and Relationships (Academic Track) METATOPIA 2021

I spoke with renowned game design and co-creator of the Powered By The Apocalypse system, Meguey Baker, about using tabletop roleplaying games to facilitate sex and relationship education. 

I was invited by the London Tabletop Industry Network to speak about safety tools and TTRPGs through a lens of consent and creative freedom.

I was the only student speaker at the 2021 Stammerers Through University Consultancy Lessons Learned conference!

Using Safety Tools as Creative Freedom in TTRPGs

I facilitated a roundtable at the Zones of Connection Bradley Tabletop Games symposium about how tabletop safety tools can facilitate creative freedom. I was awarded an honorarium by Bradley University for my work as an early-career researcher.