Steven Dashiell PhD
@dashiellsteven.bsky.social
Research Asst Prof at Morgan State University - social scientist who studies discourse, masculinity, and disparities, specifically in male-dominated subcultures (like game communities and social media). Army veteran. UMBC grad.
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Analyzing gamification as capital in social media posts regarding military recruitment
Military recruitment techniques traditionally focus on warriorship and patriotism, but with waning participation other techniques are being used (e.g. targeting parents Christensen, W. M. 2016a. Th...
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🚨 NEW PUBLICATION ALERT 🚨 "Analyzing gamification as capital in social media posts regarding military recruitment" in Crritical Studies in Media Communication! I used military cultural capital to examine how ppl hated the Army's gaming-themed recruiting campaign. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
When I fell into a particular AI company, I was fascinated. I did an extended ethnography ("lurk") in one group of users, thinking I'd turn the observations into a journal article. A substacker asked me to write about it, and here it is. default.blog/p/the-ai-com...
The AI Companion Who Cares
“If situations are defined as real, then they are real in their consequence.”
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September 14, 2025 at 11:11 AM
When I fell into a particular AI company, I was fascinated. I did an extended ethnography ("lurk") in one group of users, thinking I'd turn the observations into a journal article. A substacker asked me to write about it, and here it is. default.blog/p/the-ai-com...
I was featured on the @saltandsass.bsky.social podcast as an 'Ask the Expert' to talk about my slant of research! My bit is near the 48-minute mark, but listen to the whole thing and subscribe!!! sites.libsyn.com/436716/episo...
Salt and Sass Games: Episode LXXIV
In Episode LXXIV has Mandi and Suzanne chat about Gamefound acquiring Indiegogo and review Wizards and Co, Ofrenda, Digsaw, and Courtisans. Dr. Steven Dashiell joins for a You're The Expert segment be...
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August 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I was featured on the @saltandsass.bsky.social podcast as an 'Ask the Expert' to talk about my slant of research! My bit is near the 48-minute mark, but listen to the whole thing and subscribe!!! sites.libsyn.com/436716/episo...
I think...three publications (maybe four) should all manifest into the world over the fall semester - all games related, I think, so...you've been warned!!!
August 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I think...three publications (maybe four) should all manifest into the world over the fall semester - all games related, I think, so...you've been warned!!!
When the summer course you kinda didn't want but volunteered to take anyway gets a high number of students, so it will be good pay, but...grade soooo many things in the summer
a man in a suit and tie is standing next to another man in a yellow shirt and tie .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing next to another man in a yellow shirt and tie .
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June 28, 2025 at 9:53 PM
When the summer course you kinda didn't want but volunteered to take anyway gets a high number of students, so it will be good pay, but...grade soooo many things in the summer
I've been at this academic thing for about 4 years post-PhD, so it's pretty humbling to say in 4 years people have seen value in citing my research 100 times. I'm blown away.
June 7, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I've been at this academic thing for about 4 years post-PhD, so it's pretty humbling to say in 4 years people have seen value in citing my research 100 times. I'm blown away.
@pcaaca.bsky.social is coming up, and I'm presenting, repping AU because the initial research was started there (in the last days of my postdoc).
I'm up in Game Studies - first day, first panel - talking 'bout some reflections on hardcore gamers who play #Diablo.
I'm up in Game Studies - first day, first panel - talking 'bout some reflections on hardcore gamers who play #Diablo.
April 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
@pcaaca.bsky.social is coming up, and I'm presenting, repping AU because the initial research was started there (in the last days of my postdoc).
I'm up in Game Studies - first day, first panel - talking 'bout some reflections on hardcore gamers who play #Diablo.
I'm up in Game Studies - first day, first panel - talking 'bout some reflections on hardcore gamers who play #Diablo.
Coming to a Role Play in Games conference near you on Wednesday!! (The conference is hybrid - so partially virtual - and free, so attend) #trpg #ttrpg #gamestudies
April 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Coming to a Role Play in Games conference near you on Wednesday!! (The conference is hybrid - so partially virtual - and free, so attend) #trpg #ttrpg #gamestudies
I already have been asked to be on a panel for a 2026 conference (a BIG one) and the panel has already been accepted.....WTF???? #academicsky
April 1, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I already have been asked to be on a panel for a 2026 conference (a BIG one) and the panel has already been accepted.....WTF???? #academicsky
Woo hoo! I was one of the ACLS grantees this year!!!!
Announcing the 2025 ACLS HBCU Faculty Fellows and Grantees! This year’s 20 awardees come from 11 HBCUs and represent a range of scholarly approaches to humanistic research, community engaged work, and pedagogical innovation. Meet the awardees: bit.ly/425BPW1
March 31, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Woo hoo! I was one of the ACLS grantees this year!!!!
OKOK....this year is running so fast.
Productivity is up. Academically this year will provide:
- 4 book chapters (1 is under review, 2 are in press already)
- 4 (nongame) academic articles
- 4 gaming academic articles
- 4 academic conferences
Not at "postdoc" speed, but..something
Productivity is up. Academically this year will provide:
- 4 book chapters (1 is under review, 2 are in press already)
- 4 (nongame) academic articles
- 4 gaming academic articles
- 4 academic conferences
Not at "postdoc" speed, but..something
February 14, 2025 at 11:57 AM
OKOK....this year is running so fast.
Productivity is up. Academically this year will provide:
- 4 book chapters (1 is under review, 2 are in press already)
- 4 (nongame) academic articles
- 4 gaming academic articles
- 4 academic conferences
Not at "postdoc" speed, but..something
Productivity is up. Academically this year will provide:
- 4 book chapters (1 is under review, 2 are in press already)
- 4 (nongame) academic articles
- 4 gaming academic articles
- 4 academic conferences
Not at "postdoc" speed, but..something
#AcademicSky resolution for 2025-
8 manuscripts submitted to journals
- 5 related to SDOH and third spaces
-3 directly related to games and gaming
Bluntly, I did it the last year of my postdoc (2022-2023) so I can do it again.
8 manuscripts submitted to journals
- 5 related to SDOH and third spaces
-3 directly related to games and gaming
Bluntly, I did it the last year of my postdoc (2022-2023) so I can do it again.
January 6, 2025 at 1:13 PM
#AcademicSky resolution for 2025-
8 manuscripts submitted to journals
- 5 related to SDOH and third spaces
-3 directly related to games and gaming
Bluntly, I did it the last year of my postdoc (2022-2023) so I can do it again.
8 manuscripts submitted to journals
- 5 related to SDOH and third spaces
-3 directly related to games and gaming
Bluntly, I did it the last year of my postdoc (2022-2023) so I can do it again.
Still considered an "early career researcher", so breaking 80 citations is a pretty damn big deal. #academicSky
December 23, 2024 at 9:24 PM
Still considered an "early career researcher", so breaking 80 citations is a pretty damn big deal. #academicSky
TMW in a rejection (for an edited collection) you get the criticism of "we would like to see this tied to digital games" when...the abstract had absolutely nothing to do with digital games. Just analog games.
December 17, 2024 at 4:58 PM
TMW in a rejection (for an edited collection) you get the criticism of "we would like to see this tied to digital games" when...the abstract had absolutely nothing to do with digital games. Just analog games.
🚨 NEW PUBLICATION ALERT 🚨 "Analyzing gamification as capital in social media posts regarding military recruitment" in Crritical Studies in Media Communication! I used military cultural capital to examine how ppl hated the Army's gaming-themed recruiting campaign. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Analyzing gamification as capital in social media posts regarding military recruitment
Military recruitment techniques traditionally focus on warriorship and patriotism, but with waning participation other techniques are being used (e.g. targeting parents Christensen, W. M. 2016a. Th...
www.tandfonline.com
November 29, 2024 at 11:19 AM
🚨 NEW PUBLICATION ALERT 🚨 "Analyzing gamification as capital in social media posts regarding military recruitment" in Crritical Studies in Media Communication! I used military cultural capital to examine how ppl hated the Army's gaming-themed recruiting campaign. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
I was interviewed by La Presse in Montreal, regarding the manosphere and the election! Hot off the press! (Pardon the pun) www.lapresse.ca/internationa...
Barron Trump | Une influence sur les jeunes hommes
Il a le droit de vote depuis le printemps seulement, mais Barron Trump semble avoir joué un rôle de premier plan dans la réélection de son père. Très branché sur les influenceurs populaires auprès des...
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November 19, 2024 at 11:08 AM
I was interviewed by La Presse in Montreal, regarding the manosphere and the election! Hot off the press! (Pardon the pun) www.lapresse.ca/internationa...
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CfP alert! 📢 Mythological Game Studies Conference
@maciejpaprocki.bsky.social and I are organizing an online conference on mythology & video games (May 2025). We're interested in everything games, myth, mythology & mythologies! Abstract deadline: Feb 2!
For more: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
@maciejpaprocki.bsky.social and I are organizing an online conference on mythology & video games (May 2025). We're interested in everything games, myth, mythology & mythologies! Abstract deadline: Feb 2!
For more: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
November 18, 2024 at 1:56 PM
CfP alert! 📢 Mythological Game Studies Conference
@maciejpaprocki.bsky.social and I are organizing an online conference on mythology & video games (May 2025). We're interested in everything games, myth, mythology & mythologies! Abstract deadline: Feb 2!
For more: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
@maciejpaprocki.bsky.social and I are organizing an online conference on mythology & video games (May 2025). We're interested in everything games, myth, mythology & mythologies! Abstract deadline: Feb 2!
For more: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
This was a fun one to present at MAPACA this past weekend. Such a fascinating way to mediate "evil" and "villainy" in the face of stereotypes
November 14, 2024 at 6:41 PM
This was a fun one to present at MAPACA this past weekend. Such a fascinating way to mediate "evil" and "villainy" in the face of stereotypes
TMW your grant proposal is apparently so good, one of the reviewers says in the acceptance letter comments -"I don't know if it is appropriate, but I would love to collaborate on this grant". #research #Academiclife
October 9, 2024 at 6:59 PM
TMW your grant proposal is apparently so good, one of the reviewers says in the acceptance letter comments -"I don't know if it is appropriate, but I would love to collaborate on this grant". #research #Academiclife
Excited to say my presentation for U of Waterloo's online conference on Race and gaming this week is all prepped! I talk about a theoretical take on what impacts African Americans at gaming tables. Deeeep sociology & #gamestudies . (The conference is online and FREE if you want to attend)
December 3, 2023 at 2:49 PM
Excited to say my presentation for U of Waterloo's online conference on Race and gaming this week is all prepped! I talk about a theoretical take on what impacts African Americans at gaming tables. Deeeep sociology & #gamestudies . (The conference is online and FREE if you want to attend)
New Publication alert!! Just realeased - "Revisiting epic glory in Dagorhir: Bleed, masculinity, and identity in larp" in the Journal of American Culture. It has #larp , #mensstudies, and #gamestudies involved! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
November 3, 2023 at 10:57 AM
New Publication alert!! Just realeased - "Revisiting epic glory in Dagorhir: Bleed, masculinity, and identity in larp" in the Journal of American Culture. It has #larp , #mensstudies, and #gamestudies involved! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
I hope I never turn into the guy who is loudly proclaiming at a conference nobody ever cites him. It's supposed to come off as scathing, but it's coming off as egocentric and self-scathing.
October 20, 2023 at 4:10 PM
I hope I never turn into the guy who is loudly proclaiming at a conference nobody ever cites him. It's supposed to come off as scathing, but it's coming off as egocentric and self-scathing.
Happy to announce to all of #academia that I have just accepted an appointment as a Research Assistant Professor at Morgan State University! I will be working on the discourses of particularly African American men as they engage in the social world! Woot!
October 9, 2023 at 11:45 PM
Happy to announce to all of #academia that I have just accepted an appointment as a Research Assistant Professor at Morgan State University! I will be working on the discourses of particularly African American men as they engage in the social world! Woot!
Coming to an @aoir.bsky.social conference near you! (If 'near you' is Philly in October).
September 23, 2023 at 2:40 PM
Coming to an @aoir.bsky.social conference near you! (If 'near you' is Philly in October).
My recently released collaborative article with newly minted Dr. Henry Korkeila and Dr. J. Tuomas Harviainen. In it we discuss gaming capital in forums of the game Overwatch. Under EU guidance it MUST be OpenAccess so download it! journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
September 21, 2023 at 6:04 PM
My recently released collaborative article with newly minted Dr. Henry Korkeila and Dr. J. Tuomas Harviainen. In it we discuss gaming capital in forums of the game Overwatch. Under EU guidance it MUST be OpenAccess so download it! journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....