Conference/ Convention Work

The following includes a list of activities I have performed in the service of academic conferences, fan and writing conventions, and other similar activities. Events include in-person, hybrid, and virtual programming and presentations.

Academic Conferences and Activities

  • Academic Programming Head at Chicon 8 / Worldcon 80
  • Provided web and programming support for the University of Florida’s EGO Conference
  • I have chaired sessions at the following conferences:
    • International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts
    • South Atlantic Modern Language Association Conference
    • Eaton Science Fiction Conference
    • Precarious Subjects: Borders, Interstices, and Instabilities in Literature and Culture
    • National Popular Culture and American Culture Association Conference
    • Southwest Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Association Conference
    • University of Florida’s International and Minority Science Fiction in a Global World, Imagining Climate Change: Science & Fiction in Dialogue, and EGO Conference

Fan and Writing Conference Activities

Capricon (Wheeling/Chicago, IL)

  • Programming Second for Capricon 42 (2022) and 43 (2023)
  • Programming Support for Capricon 41 (2021) 
  • Conducted an interview with Tobias Buckell (Guest of Honor for Capricon 40)
  • Program Participant (Invited) for Capricon 38-43

 

Worldcon (WSFS)

  • Academic Programming Head for Chicon 8 / Worldcon 80 (2022)
  • Program Participant at Worldcons 72 (London), 75 (Helsinki), 77 (Dublin), 78 (Wellington), 79 (Washington, D.C.), and 80 (Chicago).
 

World Fantasy Convention (2021)

  • Programming Second
  • Conducted interviews with Megan Lindholm (Lifetime Achievement Award winner) and Brandon O’Brien (Special Guest of Honor)
  • Program Participant (Invited)
 

NASFiC 2017 in San Juan, Puerto Rico (North American Science Fiction Convention)

  • Conducted an interview with Tobias Buckell (Guest of Honor)
  • Program Participant
 

Astronomicon 13 (2022)

  • Media Guest of Honor
  • Program Participant (GoH)
 

OASIS (Orlando Area Science Fiction Society Convention)

  • Media Guest of Honor for The Skiffy and Fanty Show at OASIS 28 (2016)
  • Program Participant (Invited) for OASIS 28 and 29 (2016-2017)