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