Ailea Merriam-Pigg
The greeneyedtrombonist (she/they)
PhD Candidate, ABD and looking
Research themes: Game Studies, digital studies, disability, marginalized identity, rhetoric, communication
@elizabethahintz.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Health Communication at UConn | I study how patients communicate about complex, stigmatized, and poorly understood health conditions and identities with their clinicians, romantic partners, and family members. #commsky #firstgen
@amyahn.bsky.social
PhD @Univ. of St Andrews | English, Game Studies | Contemporary Literature, Affect, Video Games, Technology
@socialvideogame.bsky.social
PhD in Informatics @ UC Irvine. Lecturer in Game Studies and Sociology. Researching video games, social dynamics, video game history, and other nonsense. I post mostly retrogaming junk.
@morganellithorpe.bsky.social
@pocooperose.bsky.social
Assoc Prof, Teaching Stream @UTSC Opinions my own. Likes or tweets or whatever they’re called here are probably accidental.
@jamiemadigan.bsky.social
My book about the psychology of Dungeons & Dragons is out! See www.psychologyofdnd.com. I'm also the author of Getting Gamers: The Psychology of Video Games. I write and podcast at www.psychologyofgames.com
@wytang.bsky.social
Erasmus Rotterdam University - Lecturer Communications Ph.D. - sexual harassment in online video games
@hardcasual.bsky.social
Playing hard, but keeping it casual. Games, music, movies, pop culture. Anti-fascism, far, far left. Monterey, CA
@maxdebe95.bsky.social
@vintagemillennial.bsky.social
queer latinx | anti-fascist | goes down rabbit holes 🐇 | research data analyst at uc davis centers for violence prevention
@marcuscarter.com
Professor in HCI @ USYD, Australian Research Council Future Fellow. Game Studies & Virtual Reality.
@funwoody.bsky.social
“Co-founder @SPRYT (fixing healthcare no-shows) & Tribes (Digital Avengers). On a mission to save time, money, and sanity with AI & digital wizardry.”
@careymillsapspears.bsky.social
Author of Star Trek Discovery and the Female Gothic: Tell Fear No, Lexington Books, 2023. Views own https://careyspears.academia.edu/
@brookebennett.bsky.social
AAS - Austin Community College // BA - U Of Arkansas // MA - USC 🤓 ——— future Minnesota PhD student fall 2025 // feminist media studies // see also: horror film, pop culture, & identity // neurodiverse & dis/ability queen // she/her 🌈🍿🐕🦴🏈👾📚🎗️
@newsnerd.bsky.social
Journalist. 32. Pro DM. Autistic. Diet Coke Addict. I write about the TTRPG industry and the creative people behind it. https://www.ttrpginsider.news Email me with tips, scoops at [email protected]. Signal also available.
@lesleyawillard.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Media Studies, Emerson College. UT Austin alum. I spend my time yelling about platforms & capitalism. Unionize.
@davidjroache.bsky.social
Assistant prof at Christopher Newport U. Studying tech in close relationships. Often communicates in gif form (pronounced jif). Views/opinions my own. he/him
@persephone.blue
🔥 ludoarsonist 🕹️ media scholar 🎮 game maker AP of Experimental Game Design @UAlberta. Dir. @ https://darcmode.org + https://triptable.top. 🔍 trans play 🏳️⚧️ TRPGs 🎲 extremism 💀 & the ✨unplayable✨ 🌐 https://persephone.blue 🎲 https://gravesnail.itch.io
@profsteve.bsky.social
PhD Rhetoric and Politics, Professor, Writer, Gamer. Interested in institutional speech, political campaigns, and how idiosyncratic choices inform our future. Lifelong fan of the power to do things with words.
@orhankaraoglu.bsky.social
Presidential Security and Foreign Policy Council, Associate Professor in International Relations-IR specialist-Dâiyân-ı Devlet-PhD Middle East Studies and International Relations-Geopolitics-Motorbike-Basketbol Manager-
@johngmcnutt.bsky.social
Recovering academic (Emeritus Full Professor--taught public policy and social work). I do research and work to make the world a better place. Data enthusiast. #Tech4Good #CivicTech #PublicinterestTechnology #Data4Good #AI4Good #Data
@atillahallsby.bsky.social
Rhetoric, secrecy, a.i. skeptic, OA advocate he/him; 🇹🇷/🇸🇪. www.atillahallsby.com
@pamelavanhaitsma.bsky.social
Outdoorsy sneaker femme. Scholar of rhetoric & archives, gender & sexuality. ART mom.
@kellykjen.bsky.social
I teach + study rhetoric. I dream about a more just world. I am a mom and a proud Aquarius.
@omarnajam.bsky.social
Evergreen honor roll student | aspiring Rupert Giles | Tegan and Sara fan | as seen on Power Play, Dimension 20's A Court of Fey and Flowers, Critical Role, and DesiQuest
@erikaishii.bsky.social
Rika of the Elite 4. Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s Rook. The Ghost of Yōtei | Worlds Beyond Number| D20, Dropout, Critical Role | Gender🌊: all pronouns
@aoir.bsky.social
Researching the Internet is serious business. Mostly. (We're mainly over on AoIR.social, our organisation Mastodon instance, which is open to all members.) https://aoir.org/ https://aoir.social/@aoir
@valeriefrankel.bsky.social
👨🎓Professor, 📚author of 100 books on drwho💫starwars✨outlander #sfwa🚀 #scbwi #kidlit Cali https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B004KMCLQK pitch me on #academic #Jewish #sff https://rowman.com/Action/SERIES/_/LEXJSF/Jewish-Science-Fiction-and-Fantasy
@42librarians.bsky.social
RIP Twitter. Passionate cat herder of English and lapsed librarian. Shifting to Sky mid semester. “Thou shalt get sidetracked by BS every time” (Ghoul). #RhetComp #TeamRhetoric
@ldwilliamsonphd.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Communication Science at UW-Madison. Health communication scholar researching communication, medical mistrust, and health inequities. UIUC and UNC alum. Tar Heel. She/her.
@brentneyh.bsky.social
comp lecturer. rural rhetorics researcher. ultra trail jogger. manic pixie dream possum. lost gonzo.
@marissadiaz.bsky.social
Did my post-doc @ Washington State University 🇺🇸 LLM Int'l Law in 🇧🇪 PhD completed in 🇨🇭 with data collection in 🇮🇪 Focusing on access to end of life care for people with intellectual/learning disabilities. Qualitative methods. Views are my own.
@socstudygames.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary researcher studying video games, players, and esports. Formerly @ Activision. Current Assistant Professor of Games and Esports.
@merryrobin.bsky.social
Fighting misinformation is fighting fascism 🍉🏳️🌈 Contra la desinformación anti derechos que vive en las Wikipedias 🚩 You can buy me a coffee at https://ko-fi.com/merryrobin
@brianleechphd.bsky.social
Historian of American West, Midwest, environmental history, mining, energy, food, animals. Currently researching the history of U.S. speed limits & mining in popular culture. https://brianleechphd.net
@kairosdoug.bsky.social
Writing and Rhetoric faculty at GMU. Digital Rhetoric, Games/Gaming, Tech Comm. Wine and Chinese tea. Tai chi student.
@alejandrapickett.bsky.social
I am Arrow's mom, an Artist, and I know a little about online teaching & learning. @alexpickett on the bird site. #EDUsky #OnlineTeaching #HigherEd #educator #researcher #PhDlife
@alexiscarlota.bsky.social
(she/they) 🇨🇦🏳️🌈🇵🇪 phd(c) at mcmaster university in ontario, canada / technology-facilitated gender-based violence, queer theory, critical data + ai, platform studies, digital humanities / coordinating digital scholarship @ scds.ca More at: alexiscarlota.com
@lizwfab.bsky.social
Writer, Editor, Teacher Books: The Computer’s Voice (U Minn Press, 2020) Robot Suicide (Lexington, 2023) Under the Mistletoe (McFarland, 2024) LizWFaber.com
@maxwellfoxman.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Media Studies/Game Studies Co-author of Mainstreaming and Game Journalism: https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/5657/Mainstreaming-and-Game-Journalism 🧵: sushilovinfun 🐘: [email protected] 🐦: maxwellfoxman
@bowmanspartan.bsky.social
STL native, UM-St. Louis x Michigan State alum. Assoc Prof at Newhouse School (Syracuse U, USA) studying gaming + emerging media, Editor of Journal of Media Psychology + Editor of Registered Reports, Technology, Mind, and Behavior.
@docbrooke.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Film & Media Studies at PLU in Tacoma, WA. My research focuses on game studies, gender, race, and media. My opinions are my own.
@jaredchansen.bsky.social
Assistant Professor Game Design, Iowa State University Gamer, scholar, author, hobbyist dev. Research interests include game cultures, video game history, and archeogaming. Gen AI is theft
@pdmcdonald.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Design, Informal and Creative Education, UW-Madison. Game and play scholar, potter and dog friend.
@kurtishanlon.bsky.social
A lecturer in premodern Japanese Language and Literature at Yale University. Researching literature, especially waka, and its intersection with play. Designated departmental baker (he/him) Signal: kurtishanlon.33