Rob Nguyen
@robnguyen.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of English, Lycoming College
media studies | SF | Silicon Valley | Asian American Studies
Cover photo taken at Cooper’s Seafood (Scranton, PA)
media studies | SF | Silicon Valley | Asian American Studies
Cover photo taken at Cooper’s Seafood (Scranton, PA)
Watched the Sora 2 video in class today because apparently I was running short on nightmare fuel.
October 4, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Watched the Sora 2 video in class today because apparently I was running short on nightmare fuel.
Looking forward to kicking off ENGL 352: Digital Media Studies this afternoon!
August 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Looking forward to kicking off ENGL 352: Digital Media Studies this afternoon!
Getting my teaching bag game in order for the first day of class.
August 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Getting my teaching bag game in order for the first day of class.
I know it’s not the point of the article or photo but all I can focus on here are the three pens.
July 21, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I know it’s not the point of the article or photo but all I can focus on here are the three pens.
There’s likely a significant overlap between four year olds’ food preferences and the quirks of eccentric billionaires.
May 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
There’s likely a significant overlap between four year olds’ food preferences and the quirks of eccentric billionaires.
I know this was your top concern and I have answered—I did in fact get that photo of a squirrel eating a saltine.
April 27, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I know this was your top concern and I have answered—I did in fact get that photo of a squirrel eating a saltine.
An attempted page break. As I mention when going over word processor rudiments in class, turn on "show all characters" and all sins are revealed.
April 1, 2025 at 1:26 AM
An attempted page break. As I mention when going over word processor rudiments in class, turn on "show all characters" and all sins are revealed.
Finding joy in the little things, like the group project assignment sheets in my Introduction to Literature class (Business, Management, and the Office in Fiction).
March 23, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Finding joy in the little things, like the group project assignment sheets in my Introduction to Literature class (Business, Management, and the Office in Fiction).
Where there are adaptations and comics, there are team-ups and crossover events: the Adaptation Studies Forum and Comics and Graphic Novels Forum are cosponsoring this panel proposal for the 2026 MLA convention. View the complete call at bit.ly/MLA2026comic... and submit your proposal by March 15!
March 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Where there are adaptations and comics, there are team-ups and crossover events: the Adaptation Studies Forum and Comics and Graphic Novels Forum are cosponsoring this panel proposal for the 2026 MLA convention. View the complete call at bit.ly/MLA2026comic... and submit your proposal by March 15!
The Adaptation Studies forum is soliciting proposals for the following panels for #MLA2026, due this Friday, March 15. Please reach out if you have any questions. We look forward to reading about your work!
 Qiana Whitted, University of South Carolina [whittedq@mailbox.sc.edu](mailto:whittedq@mailbox.sc.edu) Adapting Race How do filmic adaptations convey, obscure, and transform racial meanings? How does race, as a social construct and strategy of biopolitical control, adapt within different social and aesthetic contexts? Submit 300-word abstract and bio. Arianna James, University of Pennsylvania [aqjames@sas.upenn.edu](mailto:aqjames@sas.upenn.edu) Bad Adaptations This roundtable seeks speakers exploring “bad” adaptations. How should we evaluate unusual or unconventional adaptations either aesthetically and/or in the context of teaching? Submit 300-500-word abstract and bio. Bishoff. Sponsored with Screen Arts and Culture Forum. Leah M. Anderst, Queensborough Community College [leah.anderst@gmail.com](mailto:leah.anderst@gmail.com) Nayoung Bishoff, The George Washington University [nayoung.seo@gwu.edu](mailto:nayoung.seo@gwu.edu)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kmkp2v3ja6qphp5b4lqur4zl/bafkreigsmuw55lbi7uapkoaaquminfmyhojxn6fmbibq4rpctfxipfdxhe@jpeg)
March 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The Adaptation Studies forum is soliciting proposals for the following panels for #MLA2026, due this Friday, March 15. Please reach out if you have any questions. We look forward to reading about your work!
My wife indulged me on this Christmas list item and now I have a pen that’s at minimal risk of being shot at during hunting season.
January 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
My wife indulged me on this Christmas list item and now I have a pen that’s at minimal risk of being shot at during hunting season.
December 8, 2024 at 3:27 AM