Biography

From the Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write”)

Described by critics as "amusingly naive" and "an activist masquerading as an educator."

Dr. Natalie R. Sheppard (she/her/hers or they/them/theirs) is a PhD Scholar of digital (post)humanities, adaptation theory, popular culture, and comic book studies.

Interested in the intersections of things. Human and machine, theory and praxis, word and image, science and art, academia and popular culture.

AI and IP critical hater. Open access, copyleft, and share-alike advocate.

A cyborg trying to make myself into a body without organs.

Currently teaching at a community college in Eastern North Carolina, where I can occasionally be seen on beach walks with my catahoula leopard dog, Rouxgarou.

Like every former English Major, I'm working on a novel.