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My YouTube channel is foundational to my research and teaching. I began producing vlogs in the summer of 2020, seeking to demystify graduate school by showing behind-the-scenes looks at my everyday life as a Ph.D. student. From this experience, I began contemplating the relationship between vlogs and embodiment, ultimately shaping my research interests and my teaching practices. Today, I use the skills I have learned (video production, multimodal content creation, community engagement, brand partnership communication strategies, etc.) to teach writing for the 21st century.
My YouTube channel is foundational to my research and teaching. I began producing vlogs in the summer of 2020, seeking to demystify graduate school by showing behind-the-scenes looks at my everyday life as a Ph.D. student. From this experience, I began contemplating the relationship between vlogs and embodiment, ultimately shaping my research interests and my teaching practices. Today, I use the skills I have learned (video production, multimodal content creation, community engagement, brand partnership communication strategies, etc.) to teach writing for the 21st century.
I produce weekly vlogs that showcase my everyday life (as a former PhD student and current Assistant Professor). These videos follow genre conventions of lifestyle vlogs by documenting mundane tasks such as grocery shopping, getting ready for the day, planning out weekly schedules, etc. However, these videos also provide me with a space to "think out loud" about my in-progress research, as demonstrated at 12:30 and 27:00 in this video and foster a digital community. Moreover, vlogging my life equips me with an invaluable insider perspective as I analyze and advocate for vlogs as embodied writing practices in my research.
In addition to vlogs, I also produce instructional videos to guide my viewers through common challenges of academia, especially related to graduate school. This video walks through the process of writing a dissertation chapter, from brainstorming, to outlining, to writing, to revising. With a paid partnership from Scrintal, I also discuss some helpful digital technologies for maximizing productivity and catering to more visual learning styles.
By the Numbers
By the Numbers
Subscribers
Subscribers
8K+
8K+
Hours of Watch Time
Hours of Watch Time
80,000+
80,000+
(in channel lifetime)
Featured Partnerships & Collaborations
Featured Partnerships & Collaborations
Scrintal
Scrintal
unriddle.ai
unriddle.ai
Paperpile
Paperpile
Walkingpad
Walkingpad
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