Team

ADMIN TEAM

STEPHANIE “ANGEL”

Lead Admin, Author, Social Media Manager, Podcast Host

Angel (aka Stephanie) has a BA in Film & Digital Media from the University of California, Santa Cruz.  They’ve been a guest on various podcasts and webcasts including Genre TV for All, Free2B Radio, An Englishman in SDCC, and our own website’s FEELINGS… with the Geekiary.  She was also a news anchor on her college campus news station and has written for  Friends of Comic-Con.  They also has essays published in Fandom Frontlines.

They write for various fandoms including Heaven Official’s Blessing/Tian Guan Ci Fu, Fugou Keiji, Game of Thrones, Star Wars, Marvel, Hannibal (it WILL be back), Boku no Hero Academia, Yuri on Ice, and various other titles.  They are particularly interested in fandom activism, fan produced works, feminism in geek culture, and LGBTQ+ representation in media.  They cover geek culture in Honolulu, Hawaii, including the local LARP community, and travels back to the mainland annually for San Diego Comic-Con.  Check out their SDCC Hotel Tips, SDCC Newbie Guide, and SDCC on a Budget articles.

Angel maintains the back end of The Geekiary and oversees the maintenance of social media, website masterposts, and our convention schedule.

Twitter: @angel_ponders
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

JAMIE

Co-Admin, Editor, Author
Jamie has an English degree with a focus in creative writing from The Ohio State University. This helped with self-publishing her very own novel. (Not quite positive how it helped, but surely it did.) The Perils of Long Hair on a Windy Day is available through Amazon and has sold very well among her family members. Her second novel is perpetually in progress. For a while, she tried her hand at vlogging – but shhh, we don’t talk about that.

Jamie reviews The Expanse, Haikyuu, Attack on Titan, and One Punch Man, just to name a few. She also recommends some great TV that you’re missing out on and contributes her insight on movies. She reviews books as she works her way through her massive “to read” pile. Jamie is a member of the San Diego Comic-Con team as well as part of our New York crew, helping cover numerous events in the Big Apple, including New York Comic Con. Check out her NYCC Beginner’s Guide!

Jamie helps with back end operations of the website, including merchandise giveaways and social media. Occasionally she pops up in our themed webcasts. She previously wrote for Fangirlish.

Twitter: @jamiesugah
New York, USA

KHAI

Co-Admin, Editor, Author

Khai is a writer and game designer with a military background. She studied anthropology at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, alternately amusing and confusing people with her academic analysis of fandom culture. Some of her original research, including one titled “Gender, Sex, and Werewolves”, has been presented at international conferences. In between serious research, she hosted a comedy radio program called The ROFLCopter Radio Show.

Since leaving academia, Khai has been writing, hitting conventions, and creating games (both board games and RPGs) with Calico Games. She’s been staff for several LARPS and conventions including New World Magischola and PenguiCon. PenguiCon is also where she led a convention panel on creating board and card games.

Khai is co-editor of (and contributor to) a comic anthology called True War Stories, out in March from Z2 Comics.  She’s been a guest on the popular nerdy podcast Comics Squee and serves as admin for several social media groups including the multi-platform The Gish Network.

Here at The Geekiary, Khai serves as editor, and writer. Her focus is games, comics, and geek culture.  She also helps support back end operations of the website.

Twitter: @DeadlyHausfrau
United States

FARID

Author, Admin Assistant 

Twitter: @tempest071990
Lahore, Pakistan

EDITING AND SUPPORT TEAM

ERIN

Editor, Author, Webcast Host

Erin reviews various TV shows including The Expanse, and many many movies. She has a keen eye for on-screen chemistry, and loves to tackle the subject of casting. She is also our horror aficionado. She live tweets shows, and loves to share her feelings. Erin has a BA in History, and likes to analyze the lore behind historical fiction and horror. She attends San Diego Comic Con and C2E2 every year.

Erin is a co-host of The Geekiary’s flagship webcast FEELINGS… with The Geekiary and is a content editor.

Twitter: @erin_linn
West Des Moines, Iowa, USA

BEKAH

Editor, Author

Bekah has a B.F.A. in Theatre Performance from Anderson University and is the Executive Assistant at Saga Event Planning, as well as co-hosting “The Bitching Dead” webcast. She edits pieces before publication and adds content to the website; she also attends and covers several conventions in the US, including Dragon Con, MegaCon Orlando, and Ice & Fire Con. She writes about various fandoms such as Hunger Games, the Walking Dead universe, Disney (particularly Maleficent and Peter Pan), Harry Potter, The 100, and more.  Bekah provides quality memes and product reviews for the site. She lives with her beloved dog, Splendid, who is named after the character from Mad Max: Fury Road, which is one of her Top 5 favorite films.

Twitter: @starshineonfire
South Carolina, USA

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CONTRIBUTORS

TARA LYNNE

Contributor, Webcast Host

Tara Lynne is an author, event planner, fandom and geek culture expert, and public speaker. She founded Ice & Fire Con, the first ever Game of Thrones convention in the US, and now runs its parent company Saga Event Planning.

Additionally, she is an editor of The Geekiary and co-hosts the “FEELINGS…with The Geekiary” and “The Bitching Dead” webcasts. Tara has spoken about geek culture at San Diego Comic-Con, C2E2, Megacon, Dragon Con, Ohio State University, TedX Sarasota, and more; you can find some of her more recent panels on The Geek Saga podcast. Her debut novel, The Way of Reckoning, was published in December 2014; her second novel – entitled How to Start Living…in the Zombie Apocalypse – was released in February 2017. She is currently working on a collection of personal and pop culture musings (She’s Kinda Hot, But Then She Talks: Essays & Insight From a ‘Fake Geek Girl’) and recently starred as Daenerys Targaryen and Margaery Tyrell in the semi-viral Game of Thrones/Hamilton mashup Westeros: An American Musical.

Tara covers various fandoms for The Geekiary including The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice & Fire, Star Wars, and more, as well as writing film and book reviews and attending several conventions a year across the US.

Twitter: @ageeksaga

Greenville, South Carolina, USA

RODNEY

Contributor

Rodney recently graduated from university with a Bachelor’s Degree in English Literature. When he’s not spending all of his free time planning and writing fanfiction, he’s building things in The Sims 4, and thinking up ideas for novels that he wants to eventually get around to writing.

As a contributor for The Geekiary, he provides insight into all things geek-related. Although, it’s safe to say that he has a serious soft spot for the world of superheroes, mystery, magic, and fandom. If there’s news brewing in the realm of Marvel or Scooby-Doo, he’s probably geeking out about it and figuring out how to properly translate his excitement into an intelligible article.

Twitter: @RoohJooh
California, USA

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STACEY YVONNE

Contributor

StickyKeys aka Stacey Yvonne graduated suma cum laude from the School of Hard Knox with a major in “These Streets” and “Scams”. She contributes to The Geekiary by way of producing content that will either get her yelled out by several angry people or not read at all. She loves it!

In her spare time she runs Beacon Hills: After Dark which is primarily a Teen Wolf podcast though she hasn’t actually talked about Teen Wolf in a very long time, go figure.

Interests include: Dylan O’Brien

Twitter:@BHADPodcast
Nomadic

JESSICA

Contributor

Jessica has a BA in music with an emphasis in voice and spends her day typesetting, editing, writing, and moderating webinars. Her geeky days started as a child watching the 60s live-action Batman TV series reruns and as a result, she became a lifelong fan of Dick Grayson. Her love of anime started in the 90s, watching Sailor Moon and Dragon Ball Z with her dad and brother.

Jessica primarily reviews anime and comic book series. She also offers insights on various movies, books, games, and other geeky topics.

Twitter: @tehjessicarae
San Antonio, Texas, USA

MICAH

Contributor

Micah is studying English and Digital Design. His love of geek culture spans across diverse mediums and genres. Comics, anime, films, you name it! He enjoys video games on the Nintendo Switch and Xbox.

JESSICA

Contributor

Jessica Wolff is a graduate of Drexel University with a BS in Film/Video. She has a passion for entertainment and representation in entertainment. She currently resides outside of Washington, DC. 

BRAHIDALIZ

Contributor

Brahidaliz (pronounced Bra-da-leez) is a 2019 graduate of American University’s MFA in creative writing program. They’re a submissions editor for Uncanny Magazine. Their various areas of interest include intersectionality in apocalyptic and disaster films, Artificial Intelligence, writing for animation, YA SFF, and LGBTQ+ representation in children’s media.

Pronouns: he/they

Twitter: @brahidaliz
Washington, DC