PhD @UofUEnglish '24 | she/her 🏳️🌈 | 📚 pop culture, platforms, #fanstudies, DH, Tolkien | ✍🏻 diss: D&D, drow, “canon” | #FSNNA, #CritRoleBib, @SaltLakeCC
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Maria K. Alberto, PhD (✍️🏼 a book proposal!!) retweeted
Our submissions for the FSNNA 2025 conference are now open! Our theme this year is Reputation: Influence, Power, & Capital.
🤔Pick from: poster OR poster + talk
✍️Due: Abstract, bio, keywords
⏰Deadline: Friday, May 16
For full CFP & form, see: fsn-northamerica.org/2025/04…
Maria K. Alberto, PhD (✍️🏼 a book proposal!!) retweeted
I have *finally* got my hands on @misscaprice717 and @MariaKAlberto's edited collection exploring transcultural fandom for the world famous #danmei series #TheUntamed! Can't wait to dig in and read this important work in global #BL and fandom studies 🥰
Maria K. Alberto, PhD (✍️🏼 a book proposal!!) retweeted
New EXU...👀
After Calamity Ends, A New Age Begins 🌱🎲
As the Gods craft the Divine Gate and seal themselves off from the mortal realms of Exandria, players @matthewmercer, @voiceofobrien, @jasminevdon, @AlexWard777, and Celia Rose Gooding pick up the pieces of a shattered world in #ExUDivergence a new four-week miniseries Game Mastered by the incomparable Brennan Lee Mulligan - premiering February 13th at 7PM PT on BEACON, YouTube, and Twitch! ✨
READ MORE ⬇️
critrole.com/state-of-the-ro…
Maria K. Alberto, PhD (✍️🏼 a book proposal!!) retweeted
Hello everyone! We are excited to announce that we're looking for new FSNNA committee members ahead of #FSNNA25
deadline: Jan 31
need: bio and Q&A emailed
See more, and our full call, on the website here: fsn-northamerica.org/2025/01…
Maria K. Alberto, PhD (✍️🏼 a book proposal!!) retweeted
Do you study #anime , #manga , #cosplay , or their fandoms?
The Call for Papers for JAMS Volume 6 is LIVE!
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.ed…
JAMS is full #openaccess, and Volume 6 will be published in December 2025!
Maria K. Alberto, PhD (✍️🏼 a book proposal!!) retweeted
Happy new year from the ARB! We asked our contributors for their most interesting reads of 2024; here's 17 you should have on your radar:
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2…
Maria K. Alberto, PhD (✍️🏼 a book proposal!!) retweeted
Today is J.R.R. #Tolkien's 133rd birthday!
As Frodo did for Bilbo, the Tolkien Society continues to celebrate Tolkien's birthday in his absence with our #TolkienBirthdayToast. Our tradition: at 9pm your time raise a glass and toast, "The Professor!" tolkiensociety.org/events/to…
Maria K. Alberto, PhD (✍️🏼 a book proposal!!) retweeted
My book about race in fandom came out yesterday! If you like Les Mis, thoughts about racebent headcanons and analysis of Tumblr AUs, please tell your library to order a copy!
bloomsbury.com/uk/constructi…
ALT The book cover for "The construction of race in Les Miserables fanworks". The cover is a loosely coloured sketch of a man wearing a head scarf and thick moustache holding a rifle.
Maria K. Alberto, PhD (✍️🏼 a book proposal!!) retweeted
Is there a doctor on the flight? Specifically an English PhD? A passenger is attributing the views of the first-person narrator to the biographical author
Maria K. Alberto, PhD (✍️🏼 a book proposal!!) retweeted
Just a reminder that our annual SIG meeting will take place during the SCMS pre-conference on Saturday, Dec. 7, from 9-11am CDT. Watch your email for links and more details.
Maria K. Alberto, PhD (✍️🏼 a book proposal!!) retweeted
We’re excited to announce that we will be publishing TUSK LOVE, the saucy romance novel beloved by @CriticalRole's Jester (and tolerated by the Mighty Nein), on July 1! 💕 Preorder this steamy novel by @theagwrites here: CriticalRoleBooks.com
Cover illustration: @erionmakuo
Maria K. Alberto, PhD (✍️🏼 a book proposal!!) retweeted
Happy 4th Destiel-Putin-Election anniversary everyone
Maria K. Alberto, PhD (✍️🏼 a book proposal!!) retweeted
COVER REVEAL!
We're excited to invite you to Barovia, where a group of five strangers must survive the twisted enigmas of Strahd and Castle Ravenloft—lest the mists of Barovia claim them forever.
ALT Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft: Heir of Strahd by Delilah S. Dawson Coming Spring 2025
Maria K. Alberto, PhD (✍️🏼 a book proposal!!) retweeted
Did you ever just feel so lucky for knowing someone you met online? Like.. I was one click away from not following you. I was one second away from never even knowing of your existence.I would never have been this happy!
Maria K. Alberto, PhD (✍️🏼 a book proposal!!) retweeted
If you enjoyed my presentation @FSNNorthAmerica, join me for a longer talk about fanfiction reviews (including more on digital methods) on Mon 28 Oct. @FanStudies
After a bit of a hiatus, the ATNU Virtual Speaker Series is back, starting with a talk by Dr @SuzanneRBlack on "New literary canons: A digital approach to reviews of fanfiction on Goodreads". For more info and free registration see: research.ncl.ac.uk/atnu/news…
Maria K. Alberto, PhD (✍️🏼 a book proposal!!) retweeted
#FSNNA24 attendees: Last chance to enter our raffle and win 20 fan studies books, shipped to you! DM our editor @meredithstabel on the conference Discord to enter. Must enter by 5 pm CST on 10/20/24.
Maria K. Alberto, PhD (✍️🏼 a book proposal!!) retweeted
Percival Everett has voiced this sentiment a lot, but here's one phrasing I like: "Reading really is subversive because no one can see what is going into you. They can look over your shoulder and see all the words you see, but they will never know what they mean to you."
