Here are some essays and scholarly-type things.
Articles/Reviews/Essays/Chapters
2017
Praxeology and literature: the intersection of action and imagination, thesis for M.A. in Language & Literature at Signum University
2015
Follow the Trail of Trailers to The Force Awakens, Mythgard.org, Nov. 6, 2015
Police Brutality Is in the Headlines, So Where Is Our Jim Gordon of ‘Gotham’? PopMatters. July 14, 2015.
Book Review: Michael Newton’s “Victorian Fairy Tales.” Signum Eagle. May 2015.
“I’ve Never Met Anyone I Didn’t Disappoint”: In Your Eyes’ Flaws and Fortes — Joss Whedon: The Complete Companion, 2nd ed. (April 2015)
2014
Book Review: Amy Pascale’s Joss Whedon: A Biography. Signum Eagle. October 2014.
Exploring Cabins in the Whedonverse Woods — Slayage 11.2/12.1 [38-39], Summer 2014
2013
The Left Hand of Kindness: Cruelty and Its Effects in Ursula K. Le Guin’s “The Left Hand of Darkness”. Nov. 16, 2013.
Switchblades and Tube Maps: Humanity’s Enduring Similitude in Connie Willis’s “Doomsday Book”. March 4, 2013.
Naturally: Character Assumptions in Joanna Russ’s “When It Changed”. Feb. 13, 2013.
Presentations
“A translator is not free”: J. R. R. Tolkien’s Guidelines for Translation and Their Application in Sir Orfeo – Presented at Mythmoot V: Fantastic Frontiers, held at the National Conference Center, Leesberg, VA, June 21-24, 2018
Lazarus Long’s Recovery in “Time Enough for Love” by Robert Heinlein – Presented at Texmoot, held at Scarborough College, Fort Worth, TX, Jan. 13, 2018
Literature and Praxeology – Presented at Mythmoot IV: Invoking Wonder, held at the National Conference Center, Leesberg, VA, June 1-4, 2017
“We have nothing else to give”: Kindness and Cruelty in Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Left Hand of Darkness (abstract) — Presented at Mythmoot III: Ever On…, held at the BWI Marriott in Baltimore, MD, Jan. 9-11, 2015
The Masks of Moloch: Demands of Sacrifice in Speculative Fiction and Film (abstract) — Presented at Mythmoot II: Back Again, held at the Conference Center at the Maritime Institute, Linthicum, Maryland in Baltimore, MD, Dec. 13-15, 2013
Exploring Cabins in the Whedonverse Woods — Presented at Joss in June, held at Cleveland Community College in Shelby, North Carolina, June 29, 2013
Bibliographies
Secondary Bibliography: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Blog Posts/Miscellaneous
2015
3 Ways to Improve Site Security, Usability & Searchability. Terakeet Insights. Oct. 20, 2015.
Understanding Online Behavior: 6 Motivators for Content Creators. Terakeet Insights. May 19, 2015.
The Importance of Happiness at Work. Inside Terakeet. March 20, 2015.
Why You Must Optimize Your Website for Mobile in 2015. Terakeet Insights. Jan. 29, 2015.
2014
How Benjamin De Casseres Built Authority 100 Years Ago: A Case Study for Modern Marketers. Terakeet Insights. Dec. 29, 2014
2013
Shameful Plugs. McSweeney’s Internet Tendency. Aug. 21, 2013.
2010
Common Sense Solutions to Alt-Pop Song Problems. McSweeney’s Internet Tendency. March 18, 2010.