𝕕𝕣. 𝕜𝕣𝕪𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕟 𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕚𝕟 (𝕤𝕙𝕖/𝕙𝕖𝕣)

Now that the ink is dry, I’m thrilled to share that I’ve officially signed the contract for my first academic book with University of California Press! I feel incredibly lucky and honored that Michelle Lipinski reached out after encountering my dissertation—we immediately

My article analyzing deinfluencing/TikTok/cost-of-living crisis is now published at Television & New Media 😊 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/15…

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Another June busy with conferences! After #ICA25, I will be presenting two papers tomorrow at the 2025 @ASFS_org-@afhvs_org Conference: Food Cultures & Social Justice as part of the panel titled "Insta-Panel: Online & Social Media Mediation of Food." Hoping for a great turnout!

‘CLUELESS’ will be re-released in theaters on June 29.

Let’s make it clear: Academic freedom is not up for negotiation! 📍 RSVP here: form.jotform.com/251594774005157 🔗 Info: ucdigitalfutures.com

🕯️ Come dressed for the occasion 🕯️ Bring flowers if you wish 🕯️ Meet us in the lobby outside Room 140 of the Digital Futures Building (3080 Exploration Ave) We’ll show the Board that we are the heart of the university.

🎓⚰️ Calling all in Cincinnati: Join us for a Funeral for Academic Freedom ⚰️🎓 On June 24 at 8:00 AM, we’ll gather outside the UC Board of Trustees meeting to mourn what SB1 has killed and stand united for higher ed and academic freedom.

@desiphdstory thank you for being there and for your support and care. we take care of one another!

I was so devastated with what was happening in what was a really good panel before the main speaker stepped in. It was kind of reassuring that someone took a stand

I have a feeling he knows. But, we should send a survey link to him anyways.

For a month that started on a personal low, January is shaping up to be quite the surprise My article at @SocialMedia_Soc is up: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20… Super thankful to everyone involved in the process and grateful to the universe for giving me this during my PhD

Cheers to a great ICA amidst everything going on in the world. Holding love, anger, and tenderness together. #SolidarityAlways #FeministAcademia #CareIsResistance #ICA2025 #AcademicLife

So blessed to be surrounded by strong, beautiful, brilliant women who show up for each other, hold space, and speak truth.

#ICA25 dump 2 💥 Even when senior male scholars act wildly inappropriate, we band together and care for one another. A necessary reminder: associations and institutions will never save us—but community will.

We argue that this rhetorical dismissal functions as epistemological gatekeeping and call for a broader understanding of rigor that values descriptive work as theoretically meaningful. #ICA25

come chat with us about communication research today! our presentation focuses on how the label “too descriptive” is often used to delegitimize interpretive, critical, and community-based research in communication studies.

#ICA25 #qualitativeresearch #epistemicjustice #mediamethods #communicationstudies #descriptiveresearch #globalcommunication #academicgatekeeping

• a theory of resonant experiences with media – l. carbone, l. vandenbosch, c. klimmt, & j. schaap • in defense of descriptive research: social science theory and gatekeeping in mass communication scholarship – c.j. reynolds, j. maddox, k. stein, & n. bendefaa

if you’re at #ICA25 in denver, come join us monday at 9am for the (hybrid) theme session: consolidating communication research: theoretical, organizational, and methodological developments