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