I have been busy finishing a few writing projects recently. I pitched three short articles exploring adaptations in 21st century… Continue Reading New Publications: Poetry, Football, Afrofuturism, and Eco-Friendly Teaching!
Category: Public engagement

Frankenreads UCC: Gloria Anzaldúa; or, the Chicana Prometheus
I was invited to give a short talk as part of the Frankentalk symposium in UCC on the 30th of… Continue Reading Frankenreads UCC: Gloria Anzaldúa; or, the Chicana Prometheus
Conference Paper on Claudia Rankine’s Citizen: An American Lyric at “Beyond Borders: New Formulations in Hispanic and Lusophone Studies”
I am presenting a paper called “‘Entangling Encounters’: Transnational and Intertextual Exchanges in Claudia Rankine’s Citizen: An American Lyric” at… Continue Reading Conference Paper on Claudia Rankine’s Citizen: An American Lyric at “Beyond Borders: New Formulations in Hispanic and Lusophone Studies”
CFP Launched for “Digital Literacies in HEIs”
Please consider submitting an abstract for “Digital Literacies in HEIs“, a 2-day conference taking place in University College Cork on… Continue Reading CFP Launched for “Digital Literacies in HEIs”
#EditWikiLit 2017: Storify and Responses
The second annual #EditWikiLit took place on the 8th of February 2017. This year students from the MA in English… Continue Reading #EditWikiLit 2017: Storify and Responses
New Publication: “Twessays and Composition in the Digital Age”
I am delighted to have published “Twessays and Composition in the Digital Age” with Hybrid Pedagogy on the 8th of… Continue Reading New Publication: “Twessays and Composition in the Digital Age”

Open Access Week 2016: Making a Commitment
It’s Day 1 of #OAWeek2016 and I’ve just signed up to take action to open up research and scholarship during… Continue Reading Open Access Week 2016: Making a Commitment

A Scholarly Haunting: The Possibly Friendly Spectre of the “Professional Instagrammer”
I tweeted about the “serious academic” debacle at the time, but decided against responding any further here or elsewhere. Many… Continue Reading A Scholarly Haunting: The Possibly Friendly Spectre of the “Professional Instagrammer”
CASiLaC Seminar on Lorna Dee Cervantes’s Poetry
I have been invited to give a paper as part of the CASiLaC (Centre for Advanced Studies in Languages and… Continue Reading CASiLaC Seminar on Lorna Dee Cervantes’s Poetry