I wasn’t satisfied with keeping my thoughts, ideas, and writing only within an academic space. So I decided to extend it to more public-facing avenues — podcasting, social media, and online article writing.
Media Psychology Research in the News
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NowThis News
Leer was featured on NowThis News to talk about why so many people were invested in an unexpected TikTok narrative of “Who TF Did I Marry?”
Let’s Talk About…
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Podcasting
Successfully Giving Up - is a podcast that focuses on the stories and narratives that are about giving up something successfully that has brought the guests closer to finding their true selves.
WTF Did We Just Watch - is a revived podcast with my friend Amelia where we ‘shoot the shit’ and talk about horror movies.
Media Psych’d (forthcoming) - a storytelling podcast that aims to disseminate research, concepts, and ideas around media psychology and pairs it with real stories and experts.
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Public Writing Around Mental Health and Social Movements
I have written for the Milwaukee Independent during the height of COVID-19 pandemic and BLM social movement:
“IMAGINE BEING A CHILD: HOW TRAUMA IMPACTS THE YOUNGEST MEMBERS OF KENOSHA’S BLACK COMMUNITY”
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Public Horror Writing
Currently, I have found the opportunity to write about horror movies not only on social media and in academic spaces, but now in public-facing platforms like Ghouls Magazine, Horror Homeroom, and edited collections by Horror Scholar. Sometimes it is academic-y but overall a cool way to connect with the horror community.