Service to the field
Editorial Work
- 2023-Present Advisory Board, Eludamos: Journal for Computer Game Culture
- 2022-Present Editorial Board, Journal of Communication
- 2021-present Editorial Board of the Research Center for Communication and Culture, Universidade Católica Portuguesa
- 2018-2022 Associate Editor, Journal of Communication
- 2020-2021 Co-editor (with M. Scharkow and Z.J. Wang), “Open Communication Research” Special Issue of Journal of Communication.
- 2018-present Editorial Board, Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies
- 2017-present Co-Editor, Critical Cultural Communication Series, NYU Press
- 2017-present Editorial Board, International Journal of Cultural Studies
- 2017-present Editorial Board, Not Your Mama’s Gamer
- 2016–present Editorial Board, Media, Culture, & Society
- 2015–present Editorial Board, Critical Studies in Media Communication
- 2015–present Reviewer Board, Game Studies
- 2016 Co-editor (with K. Sender), “Queer Technologies,” Special Issue of
- Critical Studies in Media Communication, Volume 33, issue 1
- 2015–2018 Editorial Board, Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media
- 2013–2017 Discussant Board, FirstPersonScholar
Conferences and Professional Organizations
- 2025-Present International Communication Association Working Group on Research and Cultural Expression
- 2025 Official certification of Association of Internet Researcher Election Results
- 2022 Student paper award reviewer, Global Fusion Conference, Philadelphia, PA
- 2022 Program Committee, Digital Games Researcher Association Conference, Krakow, Poland
- 2018-2023 Host Committee Lead and Program Chair for Association of Internet Researcher 2021 virtual conference and 2023 Philadelphia conference
- 201-2021 International Communication Association Division and Interest Group Standing Committee
- 2016-2024 Diversity Working Group, Digital Game Researcher Association
- 2020 Program Committee, Digital Games Researcher Association Conference, Tampere, Finland
- 2018 Program Committee, Digital Games Researcher Association Conference, Turin, Italy
- 2017 Program Committee, Digital Games Researcher Association Conference, Melbourne, Australia
- 2017 Co-organizer Digital Games Researcher Association Diversity Workshop
- 2016–2017 Conference Theme Co-Chair and Conference Organizer, International Communication Association Annual Conference, San Diego, CA
- 2016 Program Committee, Digital Games Researcher Association /Foundations of Digital Games Joint Conference, Dundee, Scotland
- 2015–2016 Task Force on Divisions and Interest Groups, International
- Communication Association
- 2015 Conference Organizer, Stuart Hall and the Future of Cultural Studies ICA
- Preconference, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- 2013–2014 Task Force on the Future of the Conference, International Communication
- Association
- 2014 Program Committee, Meaningful Play Conference, Michigan State
- University
- 2014 Conference Organizer, Technologies of Sex and Gender Unconference,
- ICA Preconference, Seattle, WA
- 2012–2015 Conference Organizer, International Communication Association Annual
- Conference: Phoenix, AZ; London, UK; Seattle, WA; San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- 2011–2015 Co-Chair for the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Interest Group in
- the International Communication Association, International Communication Association