Academic Presentations & Writings
“Kimo: Word Pictures” an essay exploring the kimo poetry form in Scifaikuest print for August 2024.
Foreword to Cosmic Journeys and Gothic Visions (2023) by Richard H. Fay from Azure Lion Productions.
History of the Earliest Days of the East Kingdom July 2022 published by Written Image Press ISBN: 978-1-944249-12-0. A scholarly history of the early days of one chapter of the international non-profit educational organization named the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc.
“Fifty Years After La Révolution Tranquille: An Anglo-American Tries to Understand the Impact of Quebec's Quiet Revolution” written with Dr. Eileen M. Angelini & delivered at The International Scientific Conference at Lomonosov Moscow State University 8 June 2021 via Zoom.
Appeared on a Zoom panel discussion of "Portrayals of Mental Illness in Horror" with Mark Matthews, Jessica York, and moderated by Sarah Read and made available on-demand as part of the StokerCon World Horror Convention & Ann Radcliffe Academic Conference 20-23 May 2021.
Thirteen entries of roughly a thousand words each in the reference book Minimalism: A Handbook of Minimalist Genre Poetic Forms (August 2020 Hiraeth Press) edited by Teri Santitoro.
“The Distance Between Poet, Poem, and Reader” an essay exploring reading/writing dynamics published in Scifaikuest August 2019.“Fedora Hats and the Great Gazoo: Pop Culture References in Robert J. Sawyer's novels Triggers and Red Planet Blues” published electronically by McMaster University in the collection Science Fiction: The Interdisciplinary Genre October 2017.
“Lucidity Grows Around a Tree Trunk” an article on lucidity versus abstraction trends in poetry published in Scifaikuest August 2017 online edition and collected in Recalibrating the Future.
"Rebranding Atwood: A Look at Margaret Atwood Admitting She Writes SF, then Redefining It as Slipstream" presented at Crossing Borders in March 2017 at Niagara University.
"Canada in Neuromancer: Gibson's Altered View of National Identity" presented at the Framing the Self(ie)-Heterogeneity of Identities in (Non)Spaces conference in April 2016 at the University of Buffalo.
"Cross-Border College Website Appeals to Undergraduates in the Niagara Binational Region Updated" presented at the ACSUS Biennial Conference in October 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
“An American’s Look into Moodie’s Roughing It” presented at Crossing Borders in March 2015 at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario.
“50 Years After the Quiet Revolution: An Anglo-American Tries to Understand” presented at Crossing Borders in March 2014 at University at Buffalo in Buffalo, NY.
“Fedora Hats and the Great Gazoo: Pop Culture References in Robert J. Sawyer’s novels Triggers and Red Planet Blues” presented at Science Fiction: The Interdisciplinary Genre in September 2013, at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.
“What Do Potential Cross-Border College Students See When Looking at Websites of Institutions in the Niagara Binational Region?” presented at Crossing Borders in March 2012 in Niagara Falls, NY.
“Arts Funding in Canada, Alberta, and Ontario” presented at Crossing Borders in March 2011 in Niagara Falls, ON.
“Canadian Television Exports to the U.S.” Presented at Crossing Borders in March 2010 in Niagara Falls, NY.
“Carl William Thiel: An Appreciation” appeared in the program book for the Consonance 2008 conference in San Francisco, CA
Paper re-presentation: “How History is Filtered” at the Confluence SF Conference in Moon Township, PA in July 2005.
“Sense of Place, Sense of Wonder” an introduction to Pulp: Poems in the Pulp Tradition by Scott E. Green, 2004 W. Paul Ganley publisher.
“How History Is Filtered” Paper originally presented at the 62nd World Science Fiction Convention in Boston in September 2004.
“Introduction” to Come-on from the Horse on 7th Avenue by David Clink, 2002 – published by believe your own press.
Foreword to Cosmic Journeys and Gothic Visions (2023) by Richard H. Fay from Azure Lion Productions.
History of the Earliest Days of the East Kingdom July 2022 published by Written Image Press ISBN: 978-1-944249-12-0. A scholarly history of the early days of one chapter of the international non-profit educational organization named the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc.
“Fifty Years After La Révolution Tranquille: An Anglo-American Tries to Understand the Impact of Quebec's Quiet Revolution” written with Dr. Eileen M. Angelini & delivered at The International Scientific Conference at Lomonosov Moscow State University 8 June 2021 via Zoom.
Appeared on a Zoom panel discussion of "Portrayals of Mental Illness in Horror" with Mark Matthews, Jessica York, and moderated by Sarah Read and made available on-demand as part of the StokerCon World Horror Convention & Ann Radcliffe Academic Conference 20-23 May 2021.
Thirteen entries of roughly a thousand words each in the reference book Minimalism: A Handbook of Minimalist Genre Poetic Forms (August 2020 Hiraeth Press) edited by Teri Santitoro.
- “The Inconstant Syllable”
- “Rengay: New Forms from Old”
- “Renku: The Social Form”
- “Tanka: Love Song to Space Song” (includes a small amount of previously published material)
- “Katuata, Sedōka, & Mondo”
- “Haibun: A Balancing Act”
- “Dividing Zappai from Haiku” (revised from previous publication)
- “Erasure Poems: A Minimal Form Created by Nature”
- “Found Poems as Minimal Verse”
- “Finding the Poetry in Prose Poems”
- “The Last Words: Epitaphs” (reprint)
- “The Scifaiku Suite” (reprint)
- “Toward a Personal Definition of Poetry”
“The Distance Between Poet, Poem, and Reader” an essay exploring reading/writing dynamics published in Scifaikuest August 2019.“Fedora Hats and the Great Gazoo: Pop Culture References in Robert J. Sawyer's novels Triggers and Red Planet Blues” published electronically by McMaster University in the collection Science Fiction: The Interdisciplinary Genre October 2017.
“Lucidity Grows Around a Tree Trunk” an article on lucidity versus abstraction trends in poetry published in Scifaikuest August 2017 online edition and collected in Recalibrating the Future.
"Rebranding Atwood: A Look at Margaret Atwood Admitting She Writes SF, then Redefining It as Slipstream" presented at Crossing Borders in March 2017 at Niagara University.
"Canada in Neuromancer: Gibson's Altered View of National Identity" presented at the Framing the Self(ie)-Heterogeneity of Identities in (Non)Spaces conference in April 2016 at the University of Buffalo.
"Cross-Border College Website Appeals to Undergraduates in the Niagara Binational Region Updated" presented at the ACSUS Biennial Conference in October 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
“An American’s Look into Moodie’s Roughing It” presented at Crossing Borders in March 2015 at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario.
“50 Years After the Quiet Revolution: An Anglo-American Tries to Understand” presented at Crossing Borders in March 2014 at University at Buffalo in Buffalo, NY.
“Fedora Hats and the Great Gazoo: Pop Culture References in Robert J. Sawyer’s novels Triggers and Red Planet Blues” presented at Science Fiction: The Interdisciplinary Genre in September 2013, at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.
“What Do Potential Cross-Border College Students See When Looking at Websites of Institutions in the Niagara Binational Region?” presented at Crossing Borders in March 2012 in Niagara Falls, NY.
“Arts Funding in Canada, Alberta, and Ontario” presented at Crossing Borders in March 2011 in Niagara Falls, ON.
“Canadian Television Exports to the U.S.” Presented at Crossing Borders in March 2010 in Niagara Falls, NY.
“Carl William Thiel: An Appreciation” appeared in the program book for the Consonance 2008 conference in San Francisco, CA
Paper re-presentation: “How History is Filtered” at the Confluence SF Conference in Moon Township, PA in July 2005.
“Sense of Place, Sense of Wonder” an introduction to Pulp: Poems in the Pulp Tradition by Scott E. Green, 2004 W. Paul Ganley publisher.
“How History Is Filtered” Paper originally presented at the 62nd World Science Fiction Convention in Boston in September 2004.
“Introduction” to Come-on from the Horse on 7th Avenue by David Clink, 2002 – published by believe your own press.