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PLN in the news!
I am thrilled that Academica Top Ten picked up the Brock News story on our Podcast Learning Network and has shared it with their subscribers across Canada (and across Twitter!). Brock announces Podcast Learning Network initiative Academica Group, Academica Top Ten, 11 Aug. 2023 Academica Top Ten is an email newsletter that picks their ten… Continue reading
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Podcast Learning Network
I’m usually more comfortable writing about the news than being the news, but I’m excited to announce the launch of this new initiative for the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University! The Podcast Learning Network (PLN) will bring together podcasters (and podcast-interested folks!) from across the Brock community for learning and collaboration. I will be… Continue reading
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Open Podcasting
“Open podcasting is at the core of what the industry is all about. It’s what makes the medium so unique and enshitiffication-resistant. And with more and more platforms choosing to pay out big bucks to gain podcast exclusives (in other words, to close up their podcasting content), this goes against the open and free nature that makes… Continue reading
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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
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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
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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
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Super Simple Recording Set Up
Do you find yourself suddenly needing to record audio or do a PowerPoint voice over? It’s not as difficult as it may seem! I am in no way a tech person— I started a podcast with zero knowledge about audio recording and editing— so I hope my tips and information will ease some of your… Continue reading
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Invasion of the Podcasters: Podcasting 101
Once a fringe medium, podcasting has slowly and steadily grown to become mainstream. While big network names like I Heart Radio and Radiotopia are increasingly familiar to podcast listeners, there’s still room for the indie podcaster. Podcasts are in vogue and the listenership is growing; Apple has over half a million active podcasts in their… Continue reading
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Inside Out and Outside In: Public Scholarship in Classics
CAC/SCEC 2019 McMaster University 9 May 2019 Panelists: Amy Pistone, Darrin Sunstrum, Jeff Wright, Victoria Austen-Perry Chair: Katherine Blouin Organizers: Aven McMaster, Katherine Blouin, Alison Innes When we talk about public outreach or public engagement with Classics, we tend to think of scholars communicating their research and ideas beyond the confines of the classroom or… Continue reading
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Visualizing Mythology: Using Universal Design for Learning to Teach Greek Mythology
By incorporating the idea of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), we encouraged students to engage with various methods of organizing information including Cornell notes, annotating text, and sketchnoting. 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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