Nicholas E. Miller, Ph.D.
@uncannydazzler.bsky.social
Educator. Scholar of comics, media, and popular culture. First-generation academic. Writing about transmedia storytelling and K-pop storyworlds. Dazzler aficionado. Dorothy-coded. Billlie + KiiiKiii on repeat.
I do not want to make light of how dangerous this moment is, as I am genuinely frightened that Trump’s rhetoric is going to get Ilhan Omar killed. That said, there is something profoundly heartening about watching her walk purposefully toward her assailant, refusing to flinch.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Man tackled to ground after spraying unknown substance on Rep. Ilhan Omar at town hall in Minneapolis.
January 28, 2026 at 1:43 AM
I do not want to make light of how dangerous this moment is, as I am genuinely frightened that Trump’s rhetoric is going to get Ilhan Omar killed. That said, there is something profoundly heartening about watching her walk purposefully toward her assailant, refusing to flinch.
I have often worried that I am desensitized to violence, especially state-sanctioned gun violence. The visceral, embodied experience of watching this latest execution proves otherwise. Realizing this feels less like relief and more like an obligation to stay attentive and be unwilling to look away.
January 25, 2026 at 3:52 PM
I have often worried that I am desensitized to violence, especially state-sanctioned gun violence. The visceral, embodied experience of watching this latest execution proves otherwise. Realizing this feels less like relief and more like an obligation to stay attentive and be unwilling to look away.
Reposted by Nicholas E. Miller, Ph.D.
He was doing what many have been saying white men should be doing. He went outside to observe, he documented, he put his body on the line to protect another person and for this he was murdered by the gatekeepers of the fascist regime.
January 24, 2026 at 8:21 PM
He was doing what many have been saying white men should be doing. He went outside to observe, he documented, he put his body on the line to protect another person and for this he was murdered by the gatekeepers of the fascist regime.
Reposted by Nicholas E. Miller, Ph.D.
Sayre: "My background is in international humanitarian response in conflict zones in Yemen, Haiti, Syria, Iraq, and Ukraine. What I've seen here is what I've seen there. A powerful entity violently and intentionally terrorizing people."
January 24, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Sayre: "My background is in international humanitarian response in conflict zones in Yemen, Haiti, Syria, Iraq, and Ukraine. What I've seen here is what I've seen there. A powerful entity violently and intentionally terrorizing people."
My nervous system cannot take this. Watching militarized, masked men assault protesters while another person is executed by federally sanctioned thugs is not “news”—it is trauma. This is not a glitch in the system. This *is* the system: state violence, protected by impunity, carried out in public.
January 24, 2026 at 6:07 PM
My nervous system cannot take this. Watching militarized, masked men assault protesters while another person is executed by federally sanctioned thugs is not “news”—it is trauma. This is not a glitch in the system. This *is* the system: state violence, protected by impunity, carried out in public.
U_Chae, live. Basically in my neighborhood.
So glad she came to STL. Thank you, @korkstl.bsky.social! #UChae #Kpop #KpopSTL
So glad she came to STL. Thank you, @korkstl.bsky.social! #UChae #Kpop #KpopSTL
January 19, 2026 at 1:35 AM
U_Chae, live. Basically in my neighborhood.
So glad she came to STL. Thank you, @korkstl.bsky.social! #UChae #Kpop #KpopSTL
So glad she came to STL. Thank you, @korkstl.bsky.social! #UChae #Kpop #KpopSTL
January 17, 2026 at 2:28 AM
After months of digital collaboration, I finally got to chat with @nayoungbishoff.bsky.social live—and she is every bit as brilliant, cool, and lovely as you would expect. Huge thanks to her for organizing such a fascinating panel on global musical adaptations earlier today! #MLA26
January 10, 2026 at 10:24 PM
After months of digital collaboration, I finally got to chat with @nayoungbishoff.bsky.social live—and she is every bit as brilliant, cool, and lovely as you would expect. Huge thanks to her for organizing such a fascinating panel on global musical adaptations earlier today! #MLA26
For those at #MLA26: I am participating in a virtual roundtable on “Global Musical Adaptations” with @nayoungbishoff.bsky.social at 3:30 PM (EST), with remarks on “Fairy Queens and K-Pop Dreams: A Midsummer Night’s Dream and its Contemporary Afterlives.” Join us! mla.confex.com/mla/2026/mee...
January 10, 2026 at 5:11 PM
For those at #MLA26: I am participating in a virtual roundtable on “Global Musical Adaptations” with @nayoungbishoff.bsky.social at 3:30 PM (EST), with remarks on “Fairy Queens and K-Pop Dreams: A Midsummer Night’s Dream and its Contemporary Afterlives.” Join us! mla.confex.com/mla/2026/mee...
Proud of my kids for showing up, standing out, and refusing silence—even in the rain. In a moment amplified by the killing of Renee Good, they chose visibility, solidarity, and care over ICE and its reign of terror. Photo shared by @stlpublicradio.bsky.social.
January 9, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Proud of my kids for showing up, standing out, and refusing silence—even in the rain. In a moment amplified by the killing of Renee Good, they chose visibility, solidarity, and care over ICE and its reign of terror. Photo shared by @stlpublicradio.bsky.social.
📘 PUBLICATION DAY 📘
My edited collection, Critical Approaches to Transmedia Storytelling in K-Pop, is now available for individual purchase and library acquisition via @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social.
So grateful to the contributors who made this project possible! #Kpop #Transmedia #MediaStudies
My edited collection, Critical Approaches to Transmedia Storytelling in K-Pop, is now available for individual purchase and library acquisition via @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social.
So grateful to the contributors who made this project possible! #Kpop #Transmedia #MediaStudies
Critical Approaches to Transmedia Storytelling in K-Pop
In Critical Approaches to Transmedia Storytelling in K-Pop, contributors present a variety of compelling case studies to argue that K-pop has evolved beyond a m…
www.bloomsbury.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:10 PM
📘 PUBLICATION DAY 📘
My edited collection, Critical Approaches to Transmedia Storytelling in K-Pop, is now available for individual purchase and library acquisition via @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social.
So grateful to the contributors who made this project possible! #Kpop #Transmedia #MediaStudies
My edited collection, Critical Approaches to Transmedia Storytelling in K-Pop, is now available for individual purchase and library acquisition via @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social.
So grateful to the contributors who made this project possible! #Kpop #Transmedia #MediaStudies
Even granting every bad decision made by a handful of twenty-somethings and their families, it is still unsettling to watch people cheer on HYBE. Corporate power does not need a fandom, y'all.
December 29, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Even granting every bad decision made by a handful of twenty-somethings and their families, it is still unsettling to watch people cheer on HYBE. Corporate power does not need a fandom, y'all.
Less than two weeks until *Critical Approaches to Transmedia Storytelling in K-Pop* is out—and I just hit “send” on the follow-up volume, *The Cultural Politics of Transmedia Storytelling in K-Pop.* Editing overlapping collections was intense, but 2026 is the year of transmedia scholarship in K-pop.
December 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Less than two weeks until *Critical Approaches to Transmedia Storytelling in K-Pop* is out—and I just hit “send” on the follow-up volume, *The Cultural Politics of Transmedia Storytelling in K-Pop.* Editing overlapping collections was intense, but 2026 is the year of transmedia scholarship in K-pop.
My edited collection *Critical Approaches to Transmedia Storytelling in K-Pop* is out soon (January 8!) with @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social and available for pre-order now: rebrand.ly/kpop-stories. This volume grew out of years of thinking with (and teaching) K-pop storyworlds. #CriticalKPop
Critical Approaches to Transmedia Storytelling in K-Pop
In Critical Approaches to Transmedia Storytelling in K-Pop, contributors present a variety of compelling case studies to argue that K-pop has evolved beyond a m…
rebrand.ly
December 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
My edited collection *Critical Approaches to Transmedia Storytelling in K-Pop* is out soon (January 8!) with @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social and available for pre-order now: rebrand.ly/kpop-stories. This volume grew out of years of thinking with (and teaching) K-pop storyworlds. #CriticalKPop
I had the privilege of teaching Paige during her first year at #WashU, and her work ethic in class certainly matches what is described here. Super proud of her! #VicariousBragging
A perfect match
How head coach Paige Madara, herself a former Bears’ tennis player, helped the WashU women win its first national tennis title.
source.washu.edu
December 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I had the privilege of teaching Paige during her first year at #WashU, and her work ethic in class certainly matches what is described here. Super proud of her! #VicariousBragging
When I stepped away from higher education about five years ago, I had no real sense of what it might mean to be a scholar working in a K–12 world. I knew the move was right for me and my family, but I was not sure whether I would even keep writing.
November 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
When I stepped away from higher education about five years ago, I had no real sense of what it might mean to be a scholar working in a K–12 world. I knew the move was right for me and my family, but I was not sure whether I would even keep writing.
Really looking forward to this book!
My forthcoming book on K-pop fandom looks at how parasocial relationships in K-pop today can be viewed as asymmetrical relationships -- never entirely one-way, but in many cases, two-way, asymmetric-yet-mutual attachments 💞
The Cambridge Dictionary has chosen “parasocial” as its Word of the Year for 2025.
November 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Really looking forward to this book!
Excited to share that *Critical Approaches to Transmedia Storytelling in K-Pop* is now available for pre-order from @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social! This collection brings together an international group of scholars explores how K-pop reimagines narrative across media. www.bloomsbury.com/us/critical-...
Critical Approaches to Transmedia Storytelling in K-Pop
In Critical Approaches to Transmedia Storytelling in K-Pop, contributors present a variety of compelling case studies to argue that K-pop has evolved beyond a m…
www.bloomsbury.com
October 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Excited to share that *Critical Approaches to Transmedia Storytelling in K-Pop* is now available for pre-order from @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social! This collection brings together an international group of scholars explores how K-pop reimagines narrative across media. www.bloomsbury.com/us/critical-...
Behold the gatekeeper of productivity. She allows no edits to pass. It seems my plan to review page proofs has been thwarted.
October 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Behold the gatekeeper of productivity. She allows no edits to pass. It seems my plan to review page proofs has been thwarted.
My sister and her family attend the church in Michigan that was shot up and burned down today. Thankfully, they are safe—but deeply shaken. I’m struggling to hold it together myself, just two weeks after experiencing my own active shooter scare.
September 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
My sister and her family attend the church in Michigan that was shot up and burned down today. Thankfully, they are safe—but deeply shaken. I’m struggling to hold it together myself, just two weeks after experiencing my own active shooter scare.
I figured this was coming, but the #PurpleKiss news still hits hard. Their debut MV remains one of my all-time favorites, and I am not sure we will ever see another track quite like "Sweet Juice."
August 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I figured this was coming, but the #PurpleKiss news still hits hard. Their debut MV remains one of my all-time favorites, and I am not sure we will ever see another track quite like "Sweet Juice."
Can we please stop calling certain words “GPT words”? They show up because LLMs were (unethically) trained on REAL WRITERS using ACTUAL LANGUAGE—including em dashes—that serve legitimate functions. These stochastic parrots do not get to claim ownership of the written word.
July 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Can we please stop calling certain words “GPT words”? They show up because LLMs were (unethically) trained on REAL WRITERS using ACTUAL LANGUAGE—including em dashes—that serve legitimate functions. These stochastic parrots do not get to claim ownership of the written word.
Editing is fun—until citation formatting comes for your soul.
June 30, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Editing is fun—until citation formatting comes for your soul.