Guest Teaching

• 2024 April. Carol Brandt’s Youth Cultures course. Temple University. Undergraduate level.
• 2024 March. Jessica Castonguay’s Media and Their Influence on Children Course. Temple University. Undergraduate level.
• 2021 October. Melissa Toomey’s Honors Writing Course: Gaming and Representation. Temple University. Undergraduate level.
• 2021 April. Soomin Seo’s Theory II Class. Temple University. Graduate level.
• 2019 October. Jessa Lingel’s Introduction to Popular Culture Class. University of Pennsylvania.
• 2019 October. Ethan Ham’s Critical Issues in Game Design Class. Bradley University.
• 2017 October. Patrick Murphy’s Media Ethnography Class. Temple University. Graduate level.
• 2017 April. Felami Burgess’s LGBTQ Media Representation. Temple University.
• 2017 March. Devon Power’s Stereotypes in Media. Temple University.
• 2017 March. Devon Power’s Media and Society. Temple University.
• 2017 February. Paul Hembree’s Video Game: History and Design course. Skidmore College.
• 2016 October. Beth Corzo-Duchardt’s Queer Media course. Muhlenberg College.
• 2016 October. Laura Zaylea’s Mobile Media course, Temple University.
• 2015 June. School of Justice Studies Summer Skype Series. Eastern Kentucky University.
• 2015 March. Florence Chee’s Game Studies Course. Loyola University Chicago.
• 2015 March. Gabriela Marcu’s Human Computer Interaction course. Drexel University.
• 2015 March. Chadwick Robert’s New Media course. University of North Carolina Wilmington.
• 2015 March. Tony Liao’s Information Society course, Temple University.
• 2015 February. Tom Boellstorff’s Digital Technologies. Culture, and Media course. University of California-Irvine. Graduate level.
• 2014 November. Guest lecture for Kelly Joyce’s STS colloquium. Drexel University. Graduate level.
• 2014 April. Guest Lecture Digital Environments Workshop. University of Michigan.
• 2013 November. Cathy Hannabach’s First Person America course. Temple University.
• 2013 April. Diana Swanson’s LGBT Studies course. Northern Illinois University.
• 2013 March. Sharrona Pearl’s Facing Race course. University of Pennsylvania.
• 2012 November. Jeff Rush’s Video Game Theory and Practice course. Temple University.
• 2012 March. Cathy Hannabach’s Feminist Theory course. University of Pittsburgh.
• 2011 November. Cathy Hannabach’s Introduction to Women’s Studies course. University of Pittsburgh.
• 2011 November. Cathy Hannabach’s Introduction to Feminist Theory course. University of Pittsburgh.
• 2011 July. Lauren Sessions Goulet’s New Media and Community Life course. University of Pennsylvania.
• 2009 April. Three lectures for Sharrona Pearl’s Facing Race course. University of Pennsylvania.

Service to the Community

• 2024 Guest speaker (online). Youth Alliance and Diversity, Boise, Idaho.
• 2023 Consultant on Geena Davis Institute’s report “Changing the Narrative: Why Representation in Video Games Matters” https://seejane.org/research-informs-empowers/changing-the-narrative-why-representation-in-video-games-matters/
• 2022-Present GayBlade 30th Anniversary Advisory Committee
• 2021-Present GLAAD Gaming Advisory Council
• 2020-Present Gayming Awards Judge https://gaymingmag.com/2021/02/read-the-official-gayming-awards-2021-programme-now/
• 2020 April 13. Speaker: Diving into the LGBTQ Game Archive. Queering the Quarantine digital learning lunch series. William Way Community Center, Philadelphia, PA.
• 2017 January 25. Presenter: Queer Games History. Drexel’s Entrepreneurial Game Studio, Philadelphia, PA.
• 2015, 2016 Guest speaker for Maven’s Queer Tech Youth Summer Camp
• 2016 September 24. Annenberg School for Communication Professional Development
• Day, Philadelphia, PA
• July 27. Panelist. Electoral Dysfunction at the 2016 DNC. The Adrienne Theater. Philadelphia, PA.
• 2015 November 19. Guest lecture: Diversity, representation, and video games. Baldwin School (Upper School), Bryn Mawr, PA.
• September 16. Guest lecture: Philly Geek Girl Dinners. Philadelphia, PA.
• March 28. Panelist: Race and Gender in Games. Penn Play. University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA.
• 2013–2015 Media Production Chair, Philly Queer Media
• 2013 December 10. Invited Panelist: Talk Nerdy to Me: The Social Dialect of the Tech Generation. Patron Enrichment Programming for NERDS at the Suzanne Robert Theater.
• October 16. Invited Panelist. How do girls game differently? Grassroots Games Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
• 2013 Volunteer, Phreak N’ Queer Arts and Music Festival
• 2012 November 13. University Teaching Workshop, University of Pennsylvania