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Asterisks & Anomalies

Educational and research site of academic research articles related to the fantastical, from sci-fi to fantasy, from conspiracies to cryptozoology, from horror to action/adventure.

We are interested in any media these research forms may address: from novels and short stories to poems, from social media to fanfiction, from films to streaming serials, from tabletop games to video games.

Asterisks & Anomalies' on the other hand sections summarize and cite larger works, giving readers quick insight into new ideas and developments in the fantastical, providing inpsiration for research.

Lynn Koller
PhD (UCF) & MA (UCF)

PCA 2012 - 2024
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PCA, Indianapolis, 2018
PCA, San Diego, 2017
PCA, Chicago, 2014
PCA, Washington, D.C., 2013
PCA, Boston, 2012

Lynn has a PhD in Texts and Technology from UCF and currently is an Associate Professor of Communication in the Humanities and Communication Department of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, teaching courses such as Visual Design, Speech, Technical Writing, Social Media Communication, and Technology and Modern Civilization. For the Worldwide Campus, she has designed and taught Technology and Modern Civilization and Visual Design.

Previously, she has worked in public relations as a writer for a technology consulting firm. Lynn has published over 140 articles in magazines and newspapers, and been involved in public relations, business journalism, marketing, and Web development along the way.

Her research interests include issues in medicine, social media, digital text communication in interpersonal relationships, visual design, social media, crime and technology, jail culture, adult recreational tennis "psychology," and the societal and personal disruption of mobile phones.

As a volunteer, in June 2016, she proposed and developed a re-entry program (Project Ataraxia)for inmates in the Volusia County Correctional Facility as well as facilitating workshops each week from Summer 2016 through Fall 2017. She has also been an active advocate for sex education reform in Volusia County Public Schools and volunteered for Volusia/Flagler Hospice, Family Renew Community (transitional housing for homeless families), Volusia County Public Schools, and the United States Tennis Association.