The line between academic and creative work is blurry. Nevertheless, I have drawn that line in an effort to create some semblance of site organization. See my academic works below, listed in no particular order.
Authentic over Accurate:
Understanding the Ecology of Climate Protest, Policy, and Disaster on TikTok, and Implications for News and Education Organizations
(Ongoing MA thesis research project)
DMI Winter School 2023
Networked Media Literacy: the media ecology of #weightloss on TikTok, Instagram and Telegram
University of Amsterdam Digital Methods Institute Project
To the Farm, Mars and Beyond
Technologies for growing food in space, the future of long-duration space missions, and earth implications in English news media coverage. Research paper.
Shaw & Soma 2022. Frontiers in Communication.
Visualizing Climate Change
A methodical analysis of formal, affective, and social qualities of environmental images
Guest lecture delivered Jul 2022 to CMNS 349, Simon Fraser University
CONDUITS 2022
School of Communication Graduate Conference at Simon Fraser University
Event coordination and total redesign