Project PhDcast

Podcasting and social media research.


March 2023

  • Academia from the Edges

    I’m honoured to be presenting at the student-organized Humanities Graduate Student Symposium at Brock University. I will be speaking on my experiences doing “academia from the edges” and sharing some of what I have learned in my decade of alt-ac work since completing my MA. Continue reading

  • Workshop: Introduction to Podcasting for Researchers

    Workshop: Introduction to Podcasting for Researchers

    Drawing on my own experience and research as both an independent podcaster and as a university-based podcaster with the Faculty of Humanities, this workshop will explore some of the unique opportunities offered by this medium.   Continue reading

  • Introduction

    Introduction

    Welcome to my new podcast research website! I am a PhD student in the Interdisciplinary Humanities PhD program at Brock University, working under the supervision of Dr. Aaron Mauro in the Department of Digital Humanities. My research examines how podcasting as a communication technology works politically, socially, and culturally with both academic and non-academic audiences.… Continue reading

About Me

-PhD student in Interdisciplinary Humanities researching podcasting and social media under the supervision of Dr. Aaron Mauro at Brock University
-Strategic Initiatives and Outreach Officer with the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University
-Host and producer of Foreword
-Cohost and producer of MythTake
-MA in Classics from Brock University (2013)
-BA from McMaster University (2009)
-BA from Glendon College, York University (2003) 

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