Studio
Books. Experiences. Research in progress.
Experiences
Immersive and object-based work.
Flagship
Remembering Together
A practice for holding someone's story in three forms — digital, facilitated, and immersive.
Object-based
Emotional Baggage
What we pack, what we can't put down, what we didn't know we were carrying.
Object-based
The Lost and Found
What gets left behind and what gets carried forward. Objects as the medium.
Installation
The Kitchen
A recreation of a real kitchen built from objects and stories. The most personal work.
Books & Publications
Writing that holds the work.
2026
McFarland · Rethinking True Crime
Eudamonic Wellness of True Crime Hosts
A co-authored examination of what sustained engagement with true crime content does to the hosts who produce it, and what it reveals about parasocial connection and identity.
2025
Dissertation · Fielding Graduate University
Exploring the Role of Need for Cognition on Podcast Companion Engagement
An investigation into how cognitive engagement shapes the parasocial bonds audiences form with podcast hosts, and what that reveals about identity, narrative, and media connection across the lifespan.
Read the dissertation →2024
Routledge · Fandom in Marginalized Communities
The Power of Parasocial Relationships: Fandoms and Black Men's Mental Health through HBO's Insecure
How parasocial relationships with fictional characters support identity, belonging, and mental health in communities historically underrepresented in media. Co-authored with Tieranni Parquet.
View book →2009
Self-published
Karmic Acts of Kindness
A collection exploring small gestures and their ripple effects — an early iteration of the attention to ordinary moments that runs through all the work.
2005
Wyatt-MacKenzie · IBPA Award Winner
Mommyhood Diaries: Living the Chaos One Day at a Time
An early expression of the belief that the small moments of ordinary life are worth attending to.
Research
The work behind the work.
Active inquiries, academic grounding, and the ongoing scholarship that informs everything I build.
Explore the research →Studio
Reading