Research Projects
Tabletop Role Playing Games and Communal Storytelling
This is an anthropological study of tabletop role playing games, such as Dungeons and Dragons (though the research is not limited to D&D). I am most interested in the way stories are communally constructed and experienced.
Years
2024-
Cosplay and the Dressing of Identity
Cosplay and the Dressing of Identity is an anthropological study of cosplay, focusing on US and UK experiences. Primary themes of the research include: identity play with costume, gender, community, connection to story. Cosplay as mythic performance.
Book Coming Soon
Fall/Winter 2024 (Reaktion Books)
Years
2020-2023