Sam Close ButNoCigar

Dear Colleagues & Peers, My name is Deanna Zarrillo (she/they), and I am a PhD candidate at Drexel University’s College of Computing & Informatics. I am conducting dissertation research on the experiences of trans and gender diverse authors who have changed their name on academic publications and perspectives around digital identity more broadly. This work is aimed at assessing the community impact of post-publication name change policies from major publishers and enhancing policy around author privacy in the publication process. As part of this work, I am recruiting eligible participants for a survey on this topic. If you are an academic and have changed your name in the past, whether on publications or not, please consider responding to this survey! As publishing policies evolve, your experiences can help shape more inclusive practices for current and future scholars. You’re eligible if you: You are an academic student or faculty member (current or previous) with a history of publications in academic journals You are transgender, gender diverse, or otherwise self-identify outside of the gender binary. You have changed your name and have used, or have considered using, a post-publication name change policy or have changed your name on a publication in another way. Are fluent in English. What to Expect: This survey includes questions about your experiences with post-publication name changes and utilizing publisher policies. Your participation in this survey is voluntary. You may refuse to take part in the research or to exit the survey at any time. Partial responses will not be retained. Should you volunteer as an interviewee*, further consent information will be provided via email prior to the scheduled interview in addition to a verbal consent agreement at the beginning of the interview. Your responses will provide vital information to help assess current policies, identify barriers and challenges, explore impact, develop recommendations for improvem…

please RT! if you've ever contacted a journal or publisher to have your name changed on a publication, a friend and colleague of mine wants to hear about your experience! drexel.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

#phdchat #academicchatter

the abstract for the essay Platform authoritarianism in the creator economy

new essay on platform authoritarianism, disability, and class in creator economies out now in comm & critical/cultural studies!

www.tandfonline.com/eprint/P8HRY...

This is the link! depaul.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Played at least 5 hours of Ghost of Yotei? Over 18 Years old? Then our research study needs you! We're investigating how video game players identify (or not) with non-customizable, female player characters. The study will take 20-30 minutes. Anyone who completes the study and provides their email will be entered into a drawing for 5 $70 Steam or Amazon gift cards! Odds of winning are 1 in 80, or 1.25% For more information, go to the QR code link or email Prof. Samantha Close at sclose@depaul.edu

Played Ghost of Yōtei? Please check out my research study on character identification! Please click this link depaul.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
to participate or find out more info! #ghostofyotei

Played Ghost of Yōtei? Please check out my research study on character identification! Please click this link depaul.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
to participate or find out more info!
@icagames.bsky.social @scmsfaas.bsky.social @scmsvideogames.bsky.social

Adorable!!

Thank you!!

Is there a pattern for that awesome dinosaur one? (They're both lovely, my wife is just a big dinosaur person)

#AltAc job: www.asianstudies.org/call-for-app...
#AcademicSky

Yes, please!!! And share it with us 😄

Is there a guide to prepping art for print that you'd recommend?

Barbie in Pakistan: The Toy, the Movie, and the Cultural Ambiguities — Pop Junctions In Pakistan,  Barbie  the movie transcended its form as mere cinematic spectacle and metamorphosed into a tool through which the complex, unspoken, and ambiguous scales of morality can be an...

To coincide with the holiday season, we present a series of posts based around the theme of ‘toys’. First up, @javariafarooqui.bsky.social looks at #Barbie in Pakistan. Stay tuned for more to come over the month.

Ah, bummed our panel on cozy domesticity and craft didn't make it into SCMS 25! We had a great international slate of panelists too.

To Boldly Go Editor’s Log, Stardate -298115.2331891317 Contingent Magazine is now accepting pitches for its December issue exploring the relationship between Star Trek and history. Pitches may engage any or all ma...

Contingent Magazine is now accepting pitches for its December issue exploring the relationship between Star Trek and history. Click through or read down the thread to learn more!

Publishing Agreement Template Kit This was written by   Daphne Benford-Smith , Esq. Counsel at Holon Law Partners ​​In collaboration with Aerial Knights, LLC, we present this video game publishing agreement “how-to” guide...

I’m VERYYYY excited to announce that the Video Game Publishing Agreement Template Kit I wrote in collaboration with Aerial Knight Studio (a WELL-known Detroit based indie game studio) is NOW LIVE and FREE for developers! Check it out below! 🥹

www.aerialknight.com/publishing-a...

Gotta shout out romance as a genre with incredible mentorship.

Anyone in my network know people with a degree in STS? I have lot of questions. Pls reshare 🥹 #BlackAcademics #STS

☺️ Also my mom would be SOOO proud I’m perusing a PhD.

My head says Lemon but my heart says Sweet!

ScienceWrite, a UK scheme for aspiring STEM writers from minoritised backgrounds, is open for 2025 applications!

The 3rd year @romatheengineer.bsky.social & I are running this, with support from @royalsociety.bsky.social & I am SO EXCITED

Deadline 3rd Jan #SciComm 🧪

www.sciencewrite.co.uk

More for nonfiction and academic writers, but: Think of your audience as smart but lazy.

Periodic reminder that WE ARE HIRING 3 full-time positions in Games and Animation at U of Cincinnati. Review starts Jan 1.

Here are the 3 positions:

Tenure-track: jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna...

Educator, Game Design:
jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna...

Educator, Animation:
jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna...

If you see this, quote with your first anime!

Yup--Sailor Moon quite literally changed my life since it encouraged me to study Japanese and pop culture.

a girl with purple hair and a girl with white hair are standing next to each other ALT: a girl with purple hair and a girl with white hair are standing next to each other

Frieren, all the way. The first 2-3 episodes will make you cry, and then there is So Much fascinating world & character-building. Also the animation itself is gorgeous.

Introduce yourself as an anime character... (but, you know, like she is in fic...not as much canon...)

Job Position, Assistant Professor of Social Sciences and Digital Technologies, University of Toronto (Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy)
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

Ooh, thanks! I'm at the stage of IRB review and contracting a coder, so nothing online yet. The idea is to interview artists who sell their work on places like Etsy & gather quantitative data from them (sales, views) so we can get a qual & quant understanding of the impact.

I'd love to be added, if you would!

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I'd love to be added!