Appearances
Talks & appearances
Where I've presented this work in person and in the press — conference papers and talks on both sides of the faunalore project, plus occasional expert commentary on animal legends. Where a talk has a published or recorded version, the title links to it; event pages and schedules are linked beneath each entry.
All appearances
2022 — 2025-
Enchis, Zeros and Harlequins, Oh My: What Can Reptile Morphs Tell Us About Humans?
IU/OSU "Shared Traditions: More than Human Experiences", Ohio State University, Columbus, OH — Conference talk asking what the culture of reptile morph breeding — its named color and pattern varieties — reveals about the humans who keep and trade these animals. Event site (OSU Center for Folklore Studies) Conference schedule talk -
Snakes From a Plane (expert commentary on the airdropped-rattlesnakes legend)
The Buzz (Advocates for Snake Preservation), Issue 12 — Expert commentary in the May 2024 issue of The Buzz on the contemporary legend that rattlesnakes are dropped from planes to repopulate wild areas, examined from a folklorist's perspective. media -
Love, Loss and Blue Ribbons: An Ethnographic Study of 4-H Animal Projects in Rural Community Fairs
American Folklore Society Annual Meeting ("Re-centering the Periphery"), Tulsa, OK — Conference paper presenting his ethnography of 4-H animal projects at rural community fairs, later published in Children's Folklore Review as "Love, Loss and Blue Ribbons" (2023). The talk marks the start of the talk-to-paper lineage behind that publication. Event site (AFS 2022 Annual Meeting) talk