HIVES is excited to announce that the third volume of the Buzz-Zine is now live and in circulation!. Volume III: “Trip To The Future: a zine on fiction, disability, and speculation” features the work…
Capital City Comic Con
Today, I have the great pleasure of presenting a panel on “The Mutants Who Walked so Xavier Could Roll” at the Capital City Comics Convention! This hour long presentation will introduce attendees…
Recipient The John and Ruth Yunck Endowed Scholarship
I am honored to announce that the English Graduate Committee has selected me as one of two recipients of the John and Ruth Yunck Endowed Scholarship. This award recognizes outstanding graduate students…
What is Vision but Speculation Persevering?
Octavia Butler ends her short essay on writing, “Furor Scribendi” with a single word: persist. Her contribution to science fiction broadly and afrofuturism specifically has been her labor envisioning a multiplicity of…
Council of Graduate Students DEI Award
This year, I have been recognized by the Council of Graduate Students (COGS) for my work enriching scholarship and programming around disability, equity, inclusion, and access. This award is presented to presently…
Film and Disability Dossier with Wide Screen
Working with the wonderful Wide Screen Journal, I am excited to announce the publication of an edited selection of essays that discuss film and disability! You can access my introduction to the…
Michigan State University Excellence in Diversity Award, Emerging Progress
I’m excited to announce that I have been awarded an Excellence in Diversity Award (EIDA) for my work with the organization I co-founded, the HIVES Research Workshop and Speaker Series. Excellence in…
Comics and the Archive Roundtable
As part of Michigan State University’s annual Comics Forum, I had the opportunity to discuss the relationship between the Archive and comics with three other graduate students: Zack Kruse, Justin Wigard, and…
Legacies at Modern Language Association Annual Convention
As part of the Modern Language Association’s recent Innovation Room initiative, HIVES was invited to present a poster on the Legacies of the Enlightenment Project along with dozens of other projects. Over…
Accessible Learning Conference
HIVES Research Workshop and Speaker Series had the opportunity to demonstrate some of its practices of event and website accessibility at Michigan State University’s Accessible Learning Conference! While we were there, we…
