MEDIA

2021 Madame Curiosity Podcast, Episode Feb 23: “Women and Romance.”

2020 quoted in “Tik Tok on the Clock” by Rachel Schonberger. North by Northwestern Magazine. Spring 2020 Issue.

PResentations

2021    “Contested Classification: The Trajectory of Multicultural Romance.” Sociology of Culture Section Panel: Popular Culture at the Margins. American Sociological Association, Virtual.  

2021    “Contested Category: Multicultural Romance and the Politics of Inclusion.” Panel: From to Margin to Center: The Politics of Inclusion and Romance. Popular Culture Association, Virtual.

2020 -“The Politics of Happily-Ever-After: Envisioning Utopia(s) in Romance Fiction.” Sociology of Culture Roundtables. American Sociological Association, Virtual. Presenter and Presider.

2020 - “Effective Assessments Across Disciplines: A Graduate Student Roundtable.” Designed and implemented (with Maziyar Faridi) for the Searle Center for Advanced Teaching and Learning, Northwestern University.

2019 - “Learning to Listen: Musicianship and Omnivorous Taste.” Culture Section Roundtable. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. New York, New York.

2019 - “One Book One Northwestern Keyword Panel: Pleasure.” Gender & Sexuality and One Book One Northwestern Event. Invited by Professor Helen Thompson.

2017 - “Embracing the Erotic: Negotiating Multiple Boundaries of Sexuality and New Media in Romance Genre Fiction.” Midwest Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, St. Louis.

2017 - “Embracing the Erotic: Negotiating Multiple Boundaries of Sexuality and New Media in Romance Genre Fiction.” American Sociological Association, Montreal.

2016 - “The Educated Omnivore: College Culture and the Cultivation of Music Taste.”  American Sociological Association, Seattle.

2013 - "The Cultural Omnivore in Its Natural Habitat: Music Taste at a Liberal Arts College.” Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago.