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Papers & Conferences
Publications, presentations, and accepted abstracts in visual literacy, aesthetic psychology, and design education.
Publications
Presentations
Accepted abstracts
Publications
Unraveling the Persuasive Power of Memes
In W. Huang et al. (Eds.), Illuminating Perspectives through Critical Visual: The Book of Selected Readings 2025 (pp. 75–93). International Visual Literacy Association. https://doi.org/10.52917/ivlatbsr.2025.016
2025
Woman Wonder
With Larson, B., Claiborne, J., et al. Produced at Buena Vista University. Performed at KCACTF Regional Festival 2018. Nominated for the David Mark Cohen National Playwriting Award.
2017
Weeping Angels, Archetypes, and the Male Gaze
With Goodfriend, W. In T. Langley (Ed.), Doctor Who Psychology: A Madman with a Box. Sterling.
2016
Making Home: Adapting Our Homes and Our Lives to Settle in Place
Astyk, S. New Society Publishers. Illustrations by Miranda Pollock.
2011
Presentations
Unraveling the Persuasive Power of Multimodal Memes
International Visual Literacy Association
San Diego, CA
2024
Memes of Persuasion: Relationships between Affect, Ideology, and Familiarity on Truth Judgments
American Psychological Association · Division 46, Society for Media Psychology and Technology
Seattle, WA
2023
UNgrading — Concept, Techniques, and Reflections
Invited Talk
University of Nebraska Omaha
2021
The Impact of COVID-19 on Higher Education
Fall Faculty Forum
Bradley University, Peoria, IL
2021
The Future of Communication Design & Design Education
Invited Talk · Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design
Dundee, Scotland
2020
Aesthetic Emotions Toward Images of Persuasion
SSBS Research Conference
Northcentral University
2020
Creating the Aesthetic Experience: Combining Art, Experience, and Psychology
Invited Talk
University of Nebraska Omaha
2019
The Games We Play: Designing Games while Considering Interactive Experiences
Ireland Game-Based Learning Conference
Cork, Ireland
2018
Accepted abstracts
The Future of Design Education
20th International Conference on Design Principles & Practices
Rome · Italy· Accepted
2026
Visualizing the Sacred Nation: Nationalism and Religious Iconography
International Visual Literacy Association
The Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, Mexico · Accepted
2025
Persuasive Memes: Affective and Truth Responses to Memes of the Other
EMPACT International Conference on Semiotics of Culture and Visual Communication
Cyprus · Accepted
2024
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