My public-facing work engages journalists, public audiences, and cross-sector collaborators around questions of digital platforms, popular media, care, labor, and inequality. Drawing on my research in communication and media studies, I translate critical scholarship into accessible insights about how contemporary media systems shape everyday life. I regularly provide expert commentary on digital culture, creator economies, platform governance, and media industries, with particular attention to how mental health, identity, and care are produced, circulated, commodified, and contested across media environments. My public scholarship focuses on the cultural and political stakes of platform power, including how visibility, credibility, responsibility, and participation are structured within algorithmic systems.
Topics I Speak On
- Platform power, governance, and digital care
- Therapy, mental health, and media culture
- Influencers, visibility, and creator economies
- Reality television and platformed popular culture
- Gender, sexuality, and digital labor
- Algorithms, credibility, and media power
- Care, affect, and inequality in digital culture
For Journalists and Collaborators
I am available for:
- Expert commentary and interviews
- Speaking engagements and panels
- Workshops and training on digital culture and platforms
- Policy and research consultations
- Collaborative public scholarship projects
For media inquiries or collaboration opportunities, please visit my Let’s Connect page or email me directly.
Selected Media Appearances and Expert Commentary
- Expert commentary on medical influencers and reproductive politics, The Guardian US
- Expert commentary on political influencers and U.S. elections, CNN Business/Tech
- Expert commentary on influencer responses to Hurricane Milton, CNN Business/Tech
- Expert commentary on the manosphere and digital identity, Business Insider
- Expert commentary on LGBTQ influencers and platform visibility, Business Insider
- Expert commentary on tradwives and influencer branding, Marketing Brew
- Expert commentary on political influencers, The Telegraph
- Expert commentary on TikTok and social media trends, NBC News
- Expert commentary on influencer culture and media industries, TheStreet
- Contribution on reality television and influencer culture, AV Club
- Expert interview on TikTok, Radio Wave (Český rozhlas, Czech Radio)
- Invited interview on the creator economy, PR Carnet
Invited Talks, Workshops, and Policy Engagement
- Invited Consultant, U.S. Department of State, on social media applications and digital communication
- Workshop creator and facilitator on TikTok, storytelling, and gaming for a Mellon Foundation–funded project on Intersectional Technology and Gaming
- Invited participant, “The Promises and Perils of Generative AI for the Creator Economy,” Microsoft Research New England
- Participant, Digital Mental Health Symposium, University of Turku, Finland
- Selected participant, Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) Doctoral Colloquium
Editorial and Public Scholarship Roles
- Invited Founding Member, Academic Advisory Circle, American Influencer Council (AIC)
- Editorial Board Member, Creator & Influencer Studies
- Social Media Editor, Feminist Media Studies
These roles reflect my commitment to shaping public and scholarly conversations about platforms, culture, and power.
Where platforms, power, and care collide 