Published Works

Interviews

• “POP Archives: Animation Extravaganza with Burkely Hermann” [Discussion with Samantha Cross of Pop Archives], Dec. 26, 2022
• “Steering Share: Meet Burkely Hermann,” Issues & Advocacy, Feb. 7, 2022
• “Voices of Genealogy – Burkely Hermann,” The Hidden Branch, Apr. 23, 2021

Briefing Papers/Posts/Articles

• “Declassified U.S. Intelligence Documents Describe Taliban History with Illicit Narcotics Trade,” Unredacted, Jan. 24, 2023
• “Climate Change and the Military: Examining the Pentagon’s Integration of National Security Interests and Environmental Goals under Clinton,” National Security Archive, Briefing Paper #794, May 26, 2022
• “National Security and Climate Change: Behind the U.S. Pursuit of Military Exemptions to the Kyoto Protocol,” National Security Archive, Briefing Paper #784, Jan. 20, 2022

Writings about issues in archives and libraries

• “Archivists on the Issues: The Collector, Indigenous repatriation, and archival ethics,” Issues & Advocacy, TBA
• “Archivists on the Issues: Mass document shredding in ‘Kiff’ and the reality of record destruction,” Issues & Advocacy, TBA
• “Archivists on the Issues: Fictional Archivists Out in the Open,” Issues & Advocacy, Mar. 7, 2023
• “Archivists on the Issues: Classified Records, Archives, and Fictional Depictions,” Issues & Advocacy, Feb. 7, 2023
• “Archivists on the Issues: Sophisticated Bureaucracies, Archives, and Fictional Depictions,” Issues & Advocacy, Jan. 6, 2023
• “Archivists on the Issues: Popular Culture and the Presence of Archival Limits,” Issues & Advocacy, Dec. 6, 2022
• “Steering Share: Digging Into the FamilySearch Inmate Indexing Program,” Issues & Advocacy, May 27, 2022
• “The fate of history in the balance: The Seattle Federal Records Center still under threat,” Issues & Advocacy, Mar. 8, 2021
• ““Far-reaching impacts”: Why the closure of NARA’s Seattle facility still matters,” Issues & Advocacy, Nov. 18, 2020
• “Archivists on the Issues: More than a warehouse: why the closure of Seattle’s National Archives facility matters,” Issues & Advocacy, Feb. 18, 2020
• “National Museum of American History Guide to Conducting & Recording Digital Oral Histories,” Spring 2019, for NMAH to process their oral histories
• “Strategic Plan Analysis–Maryland State Library Resource Center (SLRC),” Fall 2018
• “Uggles and the University of Illinois: a very furry situation indeed!,” Fall 2018
• “The question of mass digitization: MD State Archives, UMD Archives, and AskUsNow! ,” Fall 2018
• “The concept of a Baltimorean Homeless Library (BHL),” Fall 2018

Reviewing pop culture depictions of archives and libraries

• “Analyzing the witchy librarian in ‘Hilda’ TV series + new movie,” Reel Librarians, Mar. 9, 2022
• “More Than the Internet on Paper: Libraries in Milo Murphy’s Law,” I Love Libraries, Feb. 4, 2022
• “Books, Magic, and Representation: Libraries and Librarians in The Owl House,” I Love Libraries, Jan. 12, 2022
• “This Nickelodeon Show Features a Magical Secret Library,” I Love Libraries, Apr. 22, 2021
• “BIPOC archivists in animated series: Arizal and Grampa Park,” Reel Librarians, Apr. 14, 2021
• “BIPOC librarians in animated series: She-Ra to Yamibou,” Reel Librarians, Mar. 24, 2021
• “Libraries Take the Spotlight in this Disney Junior Show,” I Love Libraries, Mar. 4, 2021
• “These Animated Librarians Have Big Hearts and Big Heads,” I Love Libraries, Feb. 4, 2021
• “The Mysterious Librarian in Netflix’s “Hilda” Finally Gets a Name,” I Love Libraries, Jan. 8, 2021
• “Arizal, Recordkeeping, and the World of Maktaba,” The American Archivist Reviews Portal, Sept. 30, 2020
• “A Mysterious Librarian is the Breakout Star of Netflix’s “Hilda”,” I Love Libraries, Sept. 11, 2020
• “These Animated Shows Defy Library Stereotypes,” I Love Libraries, Aug. 11, 2020
• “Archivists at the Movies: Reviewing the Film “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”,” SNAP Section blog, Apr. 3, 2020

Popular culture reviews

• “Hazbin Hotel Review,” Pop Culture Maniacs, TBA
• “Interstellar Ranger Commence Review,” Pop Culture Maniacs, TBA
• “Helluva Boss Review,” Pop Culture Maniacs, TBA
• “Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 4 Review,” Pop Culture Maniacs, TBA
• “Gods’ School Review,” Pop Culture Maniacs, TBA
• “Iwájú Review,” Pop Culture Maniacs, TBA
• “The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess Review,” Pop Culture Maniacs, TBA
• “I’m in Love with the Villainess Review,” Pop Culture Maniacs, TBA
• “Ark: The Animated Series Review,” Pop Culture Maniacs, TBA
• “Hailey’s On It! Review,” Pop Culture Maniacs, TBA
• “Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear Season 2 Review,” Pop Culture Maniacs, TBA
• “Tokyo Mew Mew New Season 2 Review,” Pop Culture Maniacs, TBA
• “Yuri is My Job! Review,” Pop Culture Maniacs, TBA
• “Birdie Wing Season 2 Review,” Pop Culture Maniacs, TBA
• “Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Review,” Pop Culture Maniacs, TBA
• “RWBY Volume 9 Review,” Pop Culture Maniacs, TBA
• “Ippon Again! Review,” Pop Culture Maniacs, TBA
• “The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady Review,” Pop Culture Maniacs, TBA
• “Kiff Review,” Pop Culture Maniacs, Mar. 27, 2023
• “What the World Thinks of Velma,” Pop Culture Maniacs, Mar. 9, 2023
• “Velma Review,” Pop Culture Maniacs, Feb. 17, 2023
• “My Dad the Bounty Hunter Review,” Pop Culture Maniacs, Feb. 14, 2023
• “The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder Season 2 Review,” Pop Culture Maniacs, Feb. 13, 2023
• “Sword Art Online Progressive: Scherzo of Deep Night Review,” Pop Culture Maniacs, Feb. 4, 2023
• “D4DJ Review,” Pop Culture Maniacs, Jan. 30, 2023
• “Star Wars: The Bad Batch Review,” Pop Culture Maniacs, January 26, 2023
• “Things Get Better?: LGBTQ Representation in Animation in 2022,” Pop Culture Maniacs, Jan. 16, 2023
• “What the World Thinks of “Wednesday”,” Pop Culture Maniacs, Jan. 9, 2023
• “Spy x Family Review,” Pop Culture Maniacs, Dec. 31, 2022
• “Bocchi the Rock! Review,” Pop Culture Maniacs, Dec. 14, 2022
• “Do It Yourself!! Review,” Pop Culture Maniacs, Dec. 11, 2022
• “Wednesday (Spoiler Filled) Review,” Pop Culture Maniacs, Dec. 7, 2022
• “Hamster & Gretel Review“, Pop Culture Maniacs, Sept. 1, 2022
• “Bang, Bang, Pop!: Reviewing Girls With Guns Anime“, The Geekiary, Aug. 16, 2022
• ““Phineas and Ferb”: An Animated Series All Can Enjoy“, The Geekiary, Aug. 11, 2022
• “2022 Webcomic Roundup: Girl’s Love August Edition,” The Geekiary, Aug. 7, 2022
• “Ashly Burch’s Contribution to LGBTQ+ Representation“, The Geekiary, Jul. 30, 2022
• “‘Craig of the Creek’: An Exciting Adventure for All Ages“, The Geekiary, Jul. 21, 2022
• “2022 Webcomic Roundup: Disability Pride Month Edition!“, The Geekiary, Jul. 19, 2022
• “The Demon Girl Next Door Review“, Pop Culture Maniacs, Jul. 18, 2022
• “An Alternative to the Studio System?: Indie Animation Forges Ahead“, Pop Culture Maniacs, Jul. 16, 2022
• “‘Dead End: Paranormal Park’: An Inclusive Horror Series For All“, The Geekiary, Jul. 13, 2022
• “‘The Owl House’ Showcases Diverse Stories and LGBTQ Representation“, The Geekiary, Jul. 8, 2022
• “‘Birdie Wing’: A Golf Yuri Story Soaring to New Heights“, The Geekiary, Jul. 3, 2022
• “‘The Executioner and Her Way of Life’: An Exciting Yuri Isekai Series”, The Geekiary, Jul. 1, 2022
• “‘Amphibia’ Emphasizes Chosen Families and Self-Acceptance,” The Geekiary, Jun. 25, 2022
• “Reviewing Queer Animated Characters With Trauma,” The Geekiary, Jun. 13, 2022
• “Examining Socially Awkward Anime Characters,” The Geekiary, May 21, 2022
• “‘The Demon Girl Next Door’: A Comedic Anime Worth Watching”,” The Geekiary, May 18, 2022
• “‘The Executioner and Her Way of Life’: An Exciting Yuri Anime,” The Geekiary, May 16, 2022
• “Why ‘Birdie Wing: Golf Girls’ Story’ Is a Must-See Anime,” The Geekiary, May 14, 2022
• “Why ‘The Ghost and Molly McGee’ Is A Fun Animated Series”, The Geekiary, May 11, 2022
• “Glitz, Diversity, and Representation in ‘The Proud Family’ Revival,” The Geekiary, May 9, 2022.
• “‘The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder’: A Revival Which Lives Up to the Original,” The Geekiary, Mar. 13, 2022
• “‘Tron: Uprising’: A Cyberpunk Drama That Is Out of This World,” The Geekiary, Mar. 16, 2022
• “‘Kim Possible’ Is A Fun Comedy and Action-Adventure,” The Geekiary, Mar. 6, 2022
• “‘Human Kind Of’ Is A Fun Mature Animated Comedy Series,” The Geekiary, Feb. 22, 2022
• “Counting Beans: Power, Mental Health, and Queerness in ‘Disenchantment’ Part 4,” The Geekiary, Feb. 18, 2022
• “Wednesday Webcomics: ‘I want to be a cute anime girl’,” The Geekiary, Feb. 17, 2022
• “The Promise of Rad Sechrist’s “Project City”,” Pop Culture Maniacs, Feb. 6, 2022
• “Wednesday Webcomics: “Cursed Princess Club”,” The Geekiary, Feb. 2, 2022
•  “The Indie Animation Boom Continues in 2022,” Pop Culture Maniacs, Jan. 27, 2022
• “Wednesday Webcomics: ‘Sugar Moon’,” The Geekiary, Jan. 19, 2022
• “A Cyclone of Calamity: ‘Milo Murphy’s Law’ is An Exciting Sci-Fi Comedy,” The Geekiary, Jan. 12, 2022
• “Wednesday Webcomics: ‘Chroma Key’,” The Geekiary, Jan. 12, 2022
• “Metal Family Review,” Pop Culture Maniacs, Jan. 8, 2022
• “gen:LOCK’: A Mature Animation Which Takes Risks,” The Geekiary, Jan. 6, 2022
• “Booming LGBTQ representation in animation in 2021,” Pop Culture Maniacs, Jan. 5, 2022
• “Wednesday Webcomics: ‘Babe! Series’,” The Geekiary, Jan. 5, 2022
• “Review: The Simpsons ‘The Longest Marge’,” Bubble Blabber, Jan. 3, 2022
• “Wednesday Webcomics: ‘She’s a Keeper’,” The Geekiary, Dec. 29, 2021
• “Review: The Freak Brothers ‘Freakchella’,” Bubble Blabber, Dec. 27, 2021
• “English Dub Season Review: Eden’s Zero Season 1 Part 2,” Bubble Blabber, Dec. 22, 2021
• “Wednesday Webcomics: ‘The Pirate and the Princess’“, The Geekiary, Dec. 22, 2021
• “Review: The Freak Brothers ‘The Candidate’,” Bubble Blabber, Dec. 20, 2021
• “Wednesday Webcomics: ‘Ryder’“, The Geekiary, Dec. 15, 2021
• “‘Star Wars Resistance’: Diversity Shines Through in a Galaxy Far, Far Away”,” The Geekiary, Dec. 12, 2021
• “Wednesday Webcomics: ‘Lesbiampires’,” The Geekiary, Dec. 8, 2021
• “Review: The Freak Brothers ‘Bo-Freakian Rap-Sody’,” Bubbleblabber, Dec. 5, 2021
• “‘Ollie & Scoops’: An Enthralling Fantasy-Adventure Series,” The Geekiary, Dec. 2, 2021
• “Wednesday Webcomics: ‘Odd Worlds'”, The Geekiary, Dec. 1, 2021
• “Review: The Freak Brothers “Son of a Freak”,” Bubbleblabber, Nov. 29, 2021
• “Wednesday Webcomics: ‘Bring Me Love’“, The Geekiary, Nov. 24, 2021
• “Arcane Season One Review (Spoiler-Filled),” Pop Culture Maniacs, Nov. 23, 2021
• “Wednesday Webcomics: ‘Mira!’“,  The Geekiary, Nov. 17, 2021
• “Wednesday Webcomics: ‘Ice Massacre’,”  The Geekiary, Nov. 10, 2021
• “Wednesday Webcomics: ‘Diamond Dive’,” The Geekiary, Nov. 3, 2021
• “Spicing It Up: ‘High Guardian Spice’ is A Cute and Magical Coming-of-Age Story,” The Geekiary, Oct. 30, 2021
• “Wednesday Webcomics: ‘Not So Shoujo Love Story’,” The Geekiary, Oct. 27, 2021
• “Quirky Mature Comedy “Inside Job” Lampoons Conspiracy Theories,” The Geekiary, Oct. 23, 2021
• “Star Trek: Lower Decks ‘Breaks Protocol’ With LGBTQ Representation,” The Geekiary, Oct. 20, 2021
• “Wednesday Webcomics: ‘Everywhere and Nowhere’“, The Geekiary, Oct. 20, 2021
• “The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated! Review,” Pop Culture Maniacs, Oct. 13, 2021
• “‘The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated!’ – A Hilarious Anime Which Scrambles Tropes, The Geekiary, Oct. 12, 2021
• “‘Helluva Boss’: An Indie Animation With Morbid Humor,” The Geekiary, Oct. 10, 2021
• “‘RWBY’: The Captivating YA Animated Series,” The Geekiary, Oct. 8, 2021
• “The Indie Animation Boom and Crowdfunded Animation,” Pop Culture Maniacs, Aug. 28, 2021
• “LGBTQ Representation Shines Through in Final Space,” The Geekiary, Jun. 30, 2021
• “A Sparkling Gem All Can Enjoy: The Uniqueness of ‘City of Ghosts’,” The Geekiary, May 26, 2021
• “Disenchantment is Queer Through and Through,” The Geekiary, Mar. 1, 2021
• “LGBTQ representation in animated series in 2020 and beyond,” Pop Culture Maniacs, Dec. 29, 2020
• “Cleopatra in Space Review,” Pop Culture Maniacs, Dec. 22, 2020
• “Victor and Valentino Review,” Pop Culture Maniacs, Nov. 26, 2020
• “Entrapta, She-Ra, and Autistic Representation,” Neurotastic, Jun. 10, 2020

Other writings about issues in archives and library fields

• “‘One of our largest constituencies’: NARA, genealogists, and ‘making access happen’,” Fall 2019, 47-page paper, unpublished
• “An Outreach Proposal for the Pratt Library and Mine Eyes Have Seen,” Fall 2019
• “A proposed lesson plan: The Prange Collection and Japanese history,” Fall 2019, accompanied by slidedeck
• “The Path Forward to All-Electronic Federal Recordkeeping in 2022,” Summer 2019, advocacy brief
• “Optimizing philanthropy: The challenge of digitizing NPS records,” Summer 2019, mini-grant proposal, accompanied by a slidedeck
• “Serving the U.S. immigrant population: what can libraries do?,” Summer 2019, infographic, accompanied by a slidedeck
• “Webrecorder Proposal Memo,” Spring 2019, paper, written with David Baasch, Kaley Dietrich, and Rebekah Valentine

Writings for the Maryland State Archives

• “A ‘little groggy’: the deputy sheriff of Baltimore and his ‘bowl of toddy’,” Finding the Maryland 400: A Maryland State Archives project, Oct. 31, 2016
• “Sickened Marylanders and the Philadelphia Bettering House,” Finding the Maryland 400: A Maryland State Archives project, Oct. 14, 2016
• “‘The Misfortune that Ensued’: The Defeat at Germantown,” Finding the Maryland 400: A Maryland State Archives project, Oct. 4, 2016
• “‘Flecking the hedges with red’: Palmer’s Ballad on the Maryland 400,” Finding the Maryland 400: A Maryland State Archives project, Sept. 28, 2016
• “British ‘masters of the field’: The disaster at Brandywine,” Finding the Maryland 400: A Maryland State Archives project, Sept. 12, 2016
• “Persecuted in Revolutionary Baltimore: The Sufferings of Quakers,” Finding the Maryland 400: A Maryland State Archives project, Aug. 31, 2016
• “The political climate of Baltimore in 1776,” Finding the Maryland 400: A Maryland State Archives project, Aug. 17, 2016
• “A Short Fight at Hobkirk’s Hill: Surprise, Blame, and Defeat,” Finding the Maryland 400: A Maryland State Archives project, Aug. 4, 2016
• “A ‘dull place’ on the Patapsco: Baltimore and the Marr Brothers,” Finding the Maryland 400: A Maryland State Archives project, Jul. 14, 2016
• “Col. Gaither: Seven years on Georgia’s frontier,” Finding the Maryland 400: A Maryland State Archives project, Jun. 21, 2016
• “Col. Barton Lucas: more than a military man,” Finding the Maryland 400: A Maryland State Archives project, Jun. 1, 2016

Graduate school papers (2016-Present)

• “User Analysis and Needs Assessment of the Library of Congress,” Summer 2019
• “Visualizing My Personal Social Network,” Summer 2019
• “Analyzing the Enron Email Network,” Summer 2019
• “Dataset Creation and the World of Futurama,” Summer 2019
• “Futurama is Brought to You By…Gephi,” Summer 2019
• “Core Trust Seal Assignment,” Summer 2019
• “Case Study Assignment about prison inmate records of New York State,” Spring 2019
• “The Problem Of Food Waste On College Campuses: A User Group Information Behavior Profile,” Fall 2018, written with Tyler Black, Ryan Tetter, Anthony Freeman, and Sarah Hamilton
• “The Problem of Food Waste on College Campuses: An Executive Summary,” Fall 2018, written with Tyler Black, Ryan Tetter, Anthony Freeman, and Sarah Hamilton
• “Cumulative reflection on Information Infrastructures,” Fall 2018

Undergraduate papers

• “A dying light: Puck’s decline and the imperial war of 1898,” Fall 2015
• “Examining armed self-defense of black women from 1955-1975,” Fall 2015
• “Are you afraid of Aunt Jemima?: Looking at Faith Ringgold’s quilt,” Spring 2015
• “‘Things Fall Apart’ in Africa: The Final Stage of European Penetration,” Spring 2015
• “Empires of faith?: Islam and 19th century West African jihads,” Spring 2015
• “Masculinity and Algeria’s Struggle for Independence,” Spring 2015
• “The Perestroika movement and tension within Political Science,” Spring 2015
• “A scathing critique of Da Vinci’s famous painting,” Spring 2015
• “Exploitation of the Oppressed: Lapsed Ethics and Racism in the Tuskegee Study,” Fall 2013
• “Abolishing the transatlantic slave trade and its after effects,” Fall 2013

Other writings

• “Bellissime librerie!: Library tourism from Venezia to Burano,” Reel Librarians, Jan. 25, 2023
• “An Unexpected Drift…Into Fiction Writing,” Originality by Design, Nov. 2019.
• “Managing the Conflict between Anglos and Mexican-Americans,” Open Water, Annual Edition 2015/2016, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, pp 1-28.