Conference Presentations
“Crake's Big Reset: Upending Taxonomy to Unhuman the World”
Forum: Margaret Atwood Society
Modern Language Association, San Francisco, CA, January 5-8, 2023
“From Adam to Android: The Judaic Myth that Inspires a Speculative Fiction Trope”
Forum: Jewish American
Modern Language Association, Washington, D.C., January 6-9, 2022
“Outlandish Settler Colonialism in The Wake and "Bloodchild"”
Forum: Speculative Fiction
Modern Language Association, Washington, D.C., January 6-9, 2022
“'Creation by Letters': Alterity and Belonging in Tales of Recombination”
Forum: Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tale
Modern Language Association, Virtual Convention, January 7-10, 2021
“Fantastical Border Crossings: The Language of Parallel Spaces and Alternate Realities”
International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Orlando, FL, March 13-17, 2019
“The Symbolic Blending of Science and Magic in Cabiya's Wicked Weeds”
Forum: Science and Literature
Modern Language Association, Chicago, IL, January 3-6, 2019
“Synontological Communicative Acts as Atypical Rhetoric”
International Conference on Narrative, Montreal, Canada, April 19-22, 2018
“Biological Homunculus, Mystical Golem, Technological Robot”
American Comparative Literature Association, Los Angeles, CA, March 29-April 1, 2018
“Dancing Aleph-Bet: Grapheme Recombination in Speculative Fiction”
Gimelstob Symposium, Boca Raton, FL, January 28-29, 2018
“The Transmedial and Synontological Complexity of Castle”
Forum: Popular Culture
Modern Language Association, New York, NY, January 4-7, 2018
“Stories of Graphemes and Genes: Diversity and Extinction in Languages and Species”
Subject Area: Science Fiction and Fantasy
Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, San Diego, CA, April 12-15, 2017
“Units of Expression on Shuffle in Borges, Asimov, and the X-Men”
International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Orlando, FL, March 22-26, 2017
“Ectostory Interaction: The Confluence of Reception, Fandom, and Cognitive Flexibility”
Allied Organization: Reception Study Society
Modern Language Association, Philadelphia, PA, January 5-8, 2017
“Ignorance, Bliss? Collective Memory and Cultural Narrative in The Buried Giant and The Wake”
Forum: Memory Studies
Modern Language Association, Philadelphia, PA, January 5-8, 2017
“Metaphor and Fictionality”
International Comparative Literature Association, Vienna, Austria, July 21-27, 2016
“Fan-tastic and Non-fictional Locales: Where Ectostory Interactions Commemorate Fictional Events”
Fan Studies Network, Norwich, England, June 25-26, 2016
“Synontological Spaces”
International Conference on Narrative, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, June 16-18, 2016
“Beyond Metalepsis: How Participation Lets Fictions Exceed Fictionality”
American Comparative Literature Association, Cambridge, MA, March 17-20, 2016
“Of a/0 in the work of Borges”
Literature and Crisis Conference, Florida International University, Miami, FL, April 9-10, 2015
“Figmentum nonfictumi, or, What You Get When You Cross Taxonomical Nomenclature with
Popular Culture”
Subject Area: Science and Popular Culture
Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, New Orleans, LA, April 1-4, 2015
“Media Convergence + Participatory Culture = De-fictionalization”
American Comparative Literature Association, Seattle, WA, March 26-29, 2015
“Sweet Sounds: Synaesthetic Metaphors and Multi-Modal Categorization”
Division: Linguistic Approaches to Literature
Modern Language Association, Vancouver, Canada, January 8-11, 2015
“#Hashtag: Autoclassification in Hypertext and Speech”
Subject Area: Internet Culture
Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, Chicago, IL, April 16-19, 2014
“Transontological Crossover Universes: Where Sherlock Holmes Meets both Tarzan and You”
American Comparative Literature Association, New York, NY, March 20-23, 2014
“Kindred Metaphors: Literary Criticism at the Confluence of Narratology and Jewish Mysticism”
Association for Jewish Studies, Boston, MA, December 15-17, 2013
“How Narratology and Speech Act Theory Decipher Quidditch, Klingon, and Kwik-E-Mart”
International Conference on Narrative, Manchester, UK, June 27-29, 2013
“Temporal Crosshatching: Mapping Sentient Spaces”
American Comparative Literature Association, Toronto, Canada, April 4-7, 2013
“The Tree of (Real) Life as a Metaphor for Fiction-Memoir Integration in Amos Oz’s A Tale of Love and Darkness”
Discussion Group: Hebrew Literature
Modern Language Association, Boston, MA, January 3-6, 2013
“Illusory Contours in the Language of the Palimpsests”
American Comparative Literature Association, Providence, RI, March 29-April 1, 2012
“The Implausible Traces of YouTube in Borges”
Northeast Modern Language Association, Rochester, NY, March 15-18, 2012
“The Authentic Imaginary: A Study of Catalogs and Second-Tier Fictionals”
American Comparative Literature Association, Vancouver, Canada, March 31-April 3, 2011
“Border Crossings Along Axes of the Real and the Fictional”
Crossroads Conference II, Amherst, MA, October 9-10, 2010
“Western Philosophy and Hebrew Mysticism: A Comparison of Language Theory”
American Comparative Literature Association, New Orleans, LA, April 1-4, 2010
“Brands of Multi-Dimensional Discourses”
American Comparative Literature Association, Cambridge, MA, March 26-29, 2009
“Brands of Multi-Dimensional Discourses”
Crossroads Conference, Amherst, MA, October 11-12, 2008
“Flying Through Walls: Magical Realism in Literature and Advertisements”
American Comparative Literature Association, Puebla, Mexico, April 19-22, 2007
“Crake's Big Reset: Upending Taxonomy to Unhuman the World”
Forum: Margaret Atwood Society
Modern Language Association, San Francisco, CA, January 5-8, 2023
“From Adam to Android: The Judaic Myth that Inspires a Speculative Fiction Trope”
Forum: Jewish American
Modern Language Association, Washington, D.C., January 6-9, 2022
“Outlandish Settler Colonialism in The Wake and "Bloodchild"”
Forum: Speculative Fiction
Modern Language Association, Washington, D.C., January 6-9, 2022
“'Creation by Letters': Alterity and Belonging in Tales of Recombination”
Forum: Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tale
Modern Language Association, Virtual Convention, January 7-10, 2021
“Fantastical Border Crossings: The Language of Parallel Spaces and Alternate Realities”
International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Orlando, FL, March 13-17, 2019
“The Symbolic Blending of Science and Magic in Cabiya's Wicked Weeds”
Forum: Science and Literature
Modern Language Association, Chicago, IL, January 3-6, 2019
“Synontological Communicative Acts as Atypical Rhetoric”
International Conference on Narrative, Montreal, Canada, April 19-22, 2018
“Biological Homunculus, Mystical Golem, Technological Robot”
American Comparative Literature Association, Los Angeles, CA, March 29-April 1, 2018
“Dancing Aleph-Bet: Grapheme Recombination in Speculative Fiction”
Gimelstob Symposium, Boca Raton, FL, January 28-29, 2018
“The Transmedial and Synontological Complexity of Castle”
Forum: Popular Culture
Modern Language Association, New York, NY, January 4-7, 2018
“Stories of Graphemes and Genes: Diversity and Extinction in Languages and Species”
Subject Area: Science Fiction and Fantasy
Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, San Diego, CA, April 12-15, 2017
“Units of Expression on Shuffle in Borges, Asimov, and the X-Men”
International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Orlando, FL, March 22-26, 2017
“Ectostory Interaction: The Confluence of Reception, Fandom, and Cognitive Flexibility”
Allied Organization: Reception Study Society
Modern Language Association, Philadelphia, PA, January 5-8, 2017
“Ignorance, Bliss? Collective Memory and Cultural Narrative in The Buried Giant and The Wake”
Forum: Memory Studies
Modern Language Association, Philadelphia, PA, January 5-8, 2017
“Metaphor and Fictionality”
International Comparative Literature Association, Vienna, Austria, July 21-27, 2016
“Fan-tastic and Non-fictional Locales: Where Ectostory Interactions Commemorate Fictional Events”
Fan Studies Network, Norwich, England, June 25-26, 2016
“Synontological Spaces”
International Conference on Narrative, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, June 16-18, 2016
“Beyond Metalepsis: How Participation Lets Fictions Exceed Fictionality”
American Comparative Literature Association, Cambridge, MA, March 17-20, 2016
“Of a/0 in the work of Borges”
Literature and Crisis Conference, Florida International University, Miami, FL, April 9-10, 2015
“Figmentum nonfictumi, or, What You Get When You Cross Taxonomical Nomenclature with
Popular Culture”
Subject Area: Science and Popular Culture
Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, New Orleans, LA, April 1-4, 2015
“Media Convergence + Participatory Culture = De-fictionalization”
American Comparative Literature Association, Seattle, WA, March 26-29, 2015
“Sweet Sounds: Synaesthetic Metaphors and Multi-Modal Categorization”
Division: Linguistic Approaches to Literature
Modern Language Association, Vancouver, Canada, January 8-11, 2015
“#Hashtag: Autoclassification in Hypertext and Speech”
Subject Area: Internet Culture
Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, Chicago, IL, April 16-19, 2014
“Transontological Crossover Universes: Where Sherlock Holmes Meets both Tarzan and You”
American Comparative Literature Association, New York, NY, March 20-23, 2014
“Kindred Metaphors: Literary Criticism at the Confluence of Narratology and Jewish Mysticism”
Association for Jewish Studies, Boston, MA, December 15-17, 2013
“How Narratology and Speech Act Theory Decipher Quidditch, Klingon, and Kwik-E-Mart”
International Conference on Narrative, Manchester, UK, June 27-29, 2013
“Temporal Crosshatching: Mapping Sentient Spaces”
American Comparative Literature Association, Toronto, Canada, April 4-7, 2013
“The Tree of (Real) Life as a Metaphor for Fiction-Memoir Integration in Amos Oz’s A Tale of Love and Darkness”
Discussion Group: Hebrew Literature
Modern Language Association, Boston, MA, January 3-6, 2013
“Illusory Contours in the Language of the Palimpsests”
American Comparative Literature Association, Providence, RI, March 29-April 1, 2012
“The Implausible Traces of YouTube in Borges”
Northeast Modern Language Association, Rochester, NY, March 15-18, 2012
“The Authentic Imaginary: A Study of Catalogs and Second-Tier Fictionals”
American Comparative Literature Association, Vancouver, Canada, March 31-April 3, 2011
“Border Crossings Along Axes of the Real and the Fictional”
Crossroads Conference II, Amherst, MA, October 9-10, 2010
“Western Philosophy and Hebrew Mysticism: A Comparison of Language Theory”
American Comparative Literature Association, New Orleans, LA, April 1-4, 2010
“Brands of Multi-Dimensional Discourses”
American Comparative Literature Association, Cambridge, MA, March 26-29, 2009
“Brands of Multi-Dimensional Discourses”
Crossroads Conference, Amherst, MA, October 11-12, 2008
“Flying Through Walls: Magical Realism in Literature and Advertisements”
American Comparative Literature Association, Puebla, Mexico, April 19-22, 2007