Dayna B
Dayna B

How does a magazine obsessed media maven get her start?

... by working & writing for MANY publications.

Portfolio links: 

State of Ohio Official Travel Guide (editorial oversight)

  • 2023 Ohio Travel Guide publication

  • 2022 Ohio Travel Guide publication

    • Bronze Anvil at 2023 Anvil Awards in New York City

  • 2021 Ohio Travel Guide publication

  • 2020 Ohio Travel Guide publication

Ohio.org - Travel Inspiration (blog writer)

CityPulse Columbus (blog contributor)

614Now (digital writer)

The Women's Book - In Her Business video series (producer)

Cake & Whiskey (Trailblazer article writer)

Volunteer/Committees:

Book Expo of America (BEA) - Conference Program Volunteer

Midwest Popular Culture Association (MPCA) - Conference Presenter/Panelist

  • “Don’t worry, I’ve patrolled in this halter-top many times”: The normative gendering of atypical female characters in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2012)

  • “I’m not a key … I’m just me”: Women as Objects for Male Consumption in HBO’s Westworld (2017)

  • Traveling to the Center of the Maze: An Existential Interpretation of Westworld’s Season One Finale “The Bicameral Mind” (2017, co-authored with Jenna Brownfield, University of Missouri-Kansas City)

Other Projects: