Publications
Books
- Role-Playing Game Studies: Transmedia Foundations, Routledge Press
- Contributed to Chapter 27, alongside Prof. Jessica Hammer
Media Articles
- “Why Minority Settings in RPGs Matter“, Tor
- “Five Things I Learned About Feminine Horror“, Terrible Minds
- “Fairy Tales through Gaming: The Ancient Arc of Modern Storytelling“, Tor
- “Gen Con 2016 Sends Clear Message that Gaming is for Everyone“, Tor
Journals and Journal Articles
- “The Golden Cobra Challenge: Amateur-Friendly Pervasive Freeform Design.” Evan Torner, Whitney “Strix” Beltrán, Emily Care Boss & Jason Morningstar. The Knudepunkt 2015 Companion Book. Eds. Charles Bo Nielsen & Claus Raasted. Web.
- Between: Pacifica Graduate Institute Literary Review, vol. 17. Eds Whitney Beltrán & Jesse Whyte. 2014. Print.
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
- “Mythic Modes in the Modern West: The Evolution of Interactive Theatre in Response to the Need for Myth.” Sources of Mythology: Ancient and Contemporary Myths. Ed. Klaus Antoni, David Weiss. LIT Press. June 2014. Print.
- “Shadow Work: A Jungian Perspective on the Underside of Live Action Role-Play in the United States.” Wyrd Con Companion 2013. Ed. Aaron Vanek and Sarah Lynne Bowman. Jan. 2014. Web.
- “Yearning for the Hero Within: Live Action Role-Playing as Engagement with Mythic Archetypes.” Wyrd Con Companion 2012. Ed. Aaron Vanek and Sarah Lynne Bowman. 21 Dec. 2012. Web.
Presentations
Panels
Designing worlds: Experience Creating Tabletop RPGs
Playing to the (Virtual) Crown: Streaming Tabletop RPGs
September 2018
PAX West, Seattle WA
Panel
Women Who Crush
May 2017
Women Who Crush, presented by VivaWomen!, Seattle, WA
Panels
Twitch 101 & Streaming Safety
Stepping into the Limelight
January 2017
OrcaCon, Seattle, WA
Panels
The Morality of World Building
Global Gaming Culture
January, 2017
MAGFest, National Harbor, MD
Panels
How to be a Game Master
Queer as a Thee Sided Dice
September 2016
GaymerX, Santa Clara, CA
Panels
Knights and Nightmares
Design an RPG in 3600 Seconds or the Earth Explodes
So you think Twitch isn’t for you? Guess Again!
September 2016
PAX West, Seattle, WA
Panels
Mythology and Games
How to Diversify your Game
May 2016
Paizo Con, Seattle, WA
Presentation
Indigenous Games
March 2016
Game Developers Conference, San Francisco, CA
Amplifying New Voices event
Panel
How to Build an RPG Community (VIDEO)
August 2015
Indie+, Remote
Lecture
Larping meta techniques
April 2015
Carnegie Mellon Transformational Experience Summit, Pittsburgh, PA
Panels
Gaming as Other Does GenCon
Why is Inclusivity Such a Scary Word?
August 2014
Gen Con, Indianapolis, IN
Panel
Everything You Wanted to Know About LARP But Were Too Afraid to Ask
July 2014
Gam3rCon, San Diego, CA
Panels
Myth and Folklore in Modern Media (VIDEO)
Gaming as Other
May 2014
Wyrd Con, Los Angeles, CA
Round Tables
Race in the Gaming Industry
Gaming As Other: Breakout Session
Panels
Creating Non-Western, Non-White Settings
Women in Gaming: On Being a New Game Designer
Gaming and Mythology
April 2014
Maelstrom, Morristown, NJ
Panels
Psychology of Character
Wyrd Con Companion Book
Reprisal of Gaming as Other
February 2014
Intercon N, Chelmsford, MA
Panel
Gaming as Other (VIDEO)
February 2014
DREAMATION, Morristown, NJ
Panels
Surviving Nightmares
Reprisal of How to Date a God
November 2013
LosCon, Los Angeles, CA
Panel
The United States of Larp
August 2013
Gen Con, Indianapolis, IN
Panels
How to Date a God
Reprisal of How to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse
May 2013
Bay Con, Santa Clara, CA
Lecture
“Mythic Modes in the Modern West: The Evolution of Interactive Theatre in Response to the Need for Myth”
May 2013
International Association of Comparative Mythology Conference, Tübingen, Germany
Panel
The Making of: Tinker Web Series
May 2013
Gaslight Gathering, San Diego, CA
Panel
How to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse
November 2012
LosCon, Los Angeles
Panel
An Introduction to Eastern Themed LARPs
July 2009
Tokyo in Tulsa, Tulsa, OK